HF Habs: 2025 World Junior Championship: Gold - USA | Silver - Finland | Bronze - Czech Rep.

[Team_Spirit]

ASP dekes Hrabal out of his shorts.

1-1.

Love this guy

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Hrabal is an amazing goalie. Really impressed by him. Between him and Dobes...the future of Czech goaltending is in very good hands

Dostal also. he is probably better than Hrabel

 

[Team_Spirit]

So are we doing this here or on the main boards?

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I forgot about that. No shoot-out in Gold medal game. Sudden death OT only.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Haltunnen has definitely been a disappointment this tournament. I thought he'd be a better goal scorer than he has been.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Finland gets 1st PP. Hooking to Max Plante. Shots 3-1 Finland. 6 minutes into game.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Kiiskinen!

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Kiiskinen allowed to step right into the slot & shoot from 20 feet out. He went low glove. Great shot. I love Kiiskinen. I definitely wanted Montreal to draft him. *sigh*

1-0 Finland. PPG.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Finland absolutely dominating here.

They're cycling the Americans to death. Americans aren't handling it well at all.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Yeah so we're 2 Off to the main boards.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Hagens 1-1.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Leonard with a hard shot that Rimpinen can't handle in his glove. Hagens driving the net puts in the rebound. Hagens starts that by creating the turnover & getting it to Leonard.

He starts & ends the play. Good stuff.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

2-1 Finland!!

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Bad goal by Augustine. Uronen shoots from pretty far out & is still able to go far side.

Fins score 59 seconds after US ties it.

Hemming with 2 really nice plays on both of the Fins goals.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Ha. Ha. Leonard goes down & looks around like, where's the call, so he hauls down Haltunnen. Now, they're both going to the box. Lol

Haltunnen picked him, so Leonard was upset. Leonard then rubs his glove in his face and Haltunnen goes down. Leonard for roughing. Haltunnen for embellishment. Good call.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Fins lead 2-1 after 1. Shots 13-8 Finland. They are big & strong upfront. Americans seem small in comparison. They are getting wrecked on the cycle.

US can't get anything going unless the big line is on. Leonard & Hagens are driving things. Perreault is invisible so far.

For me, Hemming has been the best player on the ice. Big, fast & he's creating plays.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Hemming is a Dallas pick, BTW. f*** them. They got a beaut.

Kiiskinen was taken by Nashville, but traded to Detroit. Nashville sent Kiiskinen & a 2024 2nd round draft pick to Detroit for Andrew Gibson (RD). Yes, the same Gibson that took the infamous penalty against the Czech's that led to the game winning PPG.

 

[LaP]

Hemming is a Dallas pick, BTW. f*** them. They got a beaut.

Kiiskinen was taken by Nashville, but traded to Detroit.

His OHL stats are pretty bad though. I mean Mesar was great at the u20 too but because he did not put the OHL on fire he was an awful pick ...

 

[MarkovsKnee]

His OHL stats are pretty bad though. I mean Mesar was great at the u20 too but because he did not put the OHL on fire he was an awful pick ...

Kiiskinen is playing in Liiga & is almost point per game.

Edit: nevermind, you mean Hemming. Yeah, he should be a 3rd line forward at NHL level. It's his 1st year in OHL I expect him to keep improving. He has another year there.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Kiiskinen is playing in Liiga & is almost point per game.

I assume he was talkng about Hemming

 

[MarkovsKnee]

I assume he was talkng about Hemming

Yeah, I figured that out. Lol

 

[Whitesnake]

Leonard isn't big. But he's a bull on skates. So strong on his skates. insane.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Svoboda what are you doing?! Shoot, dude!! Shoot! Lol

One on one with goalie & he passes off - 5 feet behind his target, too.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Pieniemi!

3-1 Finland.

 

[CheldishGamibno]

Augustine so meh