U16: Five Nations Tournament in Romanshorn, Switzerland (3-8 February)

[theslatcher]

the higher ups at the federation always talk about being top 3 in the world at all levels, wonder what they has to say about this age class.

wouldnt hurt to try Roos and Spelkvist next time

Roynezon & Tollefsen would be fun as well.

 

[erikhamren]

Roynezon & Tollefsen would be fun as well.

Dunno about Tollefsen, he's with Norway U16 rn. But Roynezon yeah for sure. Its time to scrap the no underagers in U16 rule or whatever it is. Especially now since theres zero excitement in the 09 forward group except Eklund Aspe

 

[theslatcher]

Dunno about Tollefsen, he's with Norway U16 rn. But Roynezon yeah for sure. Its time to scrap the no underagers in U16 rule or whatever it is. Especially now since theres zero excitement in the 09 forward group except Eklund Aspe

Tollefsen did represent Sweden last season, and I don't think he's even able to represent Norway come the IIHF tournaments?

The underager rule was applied to all NTs under U18. We'll see if it has changed now, with Björck selected for U17 last season, or if that was a big exception. Hopefully it means the rule is no more but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Thefinnishchamp]

Another tournament win for the age group with the top scorers once again being Fugleberg, Santala and Luukas Kokkonen. Several others also did well like Kuukasjärvi, Liljeberg, Kylmälä, Torvinen and Lenni Kokkonen.

Definitely a lot to be excited about with this group.

 

[erikhamren]

Finland 06 group were dominant too at this stage, if i remember correct. But seems like this age group is a tier above?

 

[Thefinnishchamp]

Finland 06 group were dominant too at this stage, if i remember correct. But seems like this age group is a tier above?

The 06 age group is really good especially when it comes to depth, this past WJC was a good demonstration of that as more than half of the players were from that age group and not the 05.

But some of the 06 guys who were really dominant a couple of years ago, like Saarelainen and Kiviharju, have an issue with skating and/or size that limits their NHL potential. The top guys from 09 age group are all mostly 180 cm and up already and skating is a strength for many of them.