U18: GDT Final day

[Hockeyfrilla]

Finally gold!!!! We tend to underperform in finals

 

[theslatcher]

I think the Swedish goalie has been awarded player of the game for Sweden every game he has played, at least it feels like that.

He has. Staff must love goalies.

 

[SweLeafsFan]

The announcer has the most annoying voice.

 

[Erikfromfin]

Congrats Sweden... nice to see your junior program actully winning something now and then

 

[SweLeafsFan]

Congrats Sweden... nice to see your junior program actully winning something now and then

Yeah now we have to wait 20-30 years again.

 

[VictorLustig]

The POG awards have been a joke. Alnefelt has been just okay throughout the tournament but gotten the award 4(!?) times.

 

[king89]

Yeah now we have to wait 20-30 years again.

You guys will probably win the U20 WJC now, i can bet money on that.

 

[FinPanda]

Sweden wins it because of great team effort and special 2002 kids. I think there is no bigger favourite next year than um.. Sweden. That group as a whole is so special.

Holtz, Nybeck, Niederbach, Raymond, Wallstedt, Helge Grans, Emil Andrae etc. Yeah, good luck for all the other teams.

Congrats Sweden, well deserved.

edit: and the swedish goal song is stuck in my head now...

 

[Phil McKraken]

I feel really sorry for the Russian players, to see them in such pain hurts a bit, even as a Swede. They played their hearts out, what a great tournament for them. What a game.

Screw that, we've been waiting for a U18 gold literally since the tournament was instated, and it's not like we haven't had our share of heartbreak in the U20s either.

 

[Tomas W]

Kinda strange in a 4-3 game where a player scored a hat trick and the OT winner, huh

Strange is an understatement. Of course Raymond was the player of the game.

Well done Swedish Boys! First U18 Gold, and at home in Sweden, that is something!

 

[Tomas W]

Raymonds three goals were all gourgeous too!

 

[Predatore]

Impressive effort by Sweden.
As for Lucas Raymond; earlier in the tournament I thought it looked like he has run out of gas having played a long season and honestly not being really himself. For those that for example saw Raymond (and Holtz) at U18 Hlinka, his effort in this tourney was maybe 30% of that. He did show up big time in the final and appears to be a player for the big games.

When it comes to the Swedish 01 group, there's plenty of skilled defensemen. At forward, however, there's really only Simon Holmström, Karl Henriksson and Noel Gunler (who was cut from the team) with skills to become scoring players at NHL level. Too bad Costmar was injured, would have liked to see more of him.

 

[canswetoxic]

Raymonds three goals were all gourgeous too!

Raymond has my hair style
Just wondering, where's parents from ? probably one of his parent isn't Swedish ?

 

[Predatore]

Raymond has my hair style
Just wondering, where's parents from ? probably one of his parent isn't Swedish ?

Dad is from France

 

[theslatcher]

Raymonds three goals were all gourgeous too!

For different reasons too!

 

[JimboA]

This video with a Kernkraft 400/Lil Jon mashup was pretty funny to me

 

[Tomas W]

For different reasons too!

Yeah it showed off different skills, yeah with the dangle, the one timer and the sidestep and roof wrister.

 

[BlitzSnipe]

I wanted to see the goal cam... isn't that why it's there?

It probably wasn't shown because the puck was in. What other explanation could there be?

 

[BlitzSnipe]

I feel really sorry for the Russian players, to see them in such pain hurts a bit, even as a Swede. They played their hearts out, what a great tournament for them. What a game.

Thanks for the comment man. The Swedes were really good today, congratulations for Gold! Let the great competiton live on .

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Congrats on getting to the finals to Russia and Sweden and giving us a great game. Congrats on winning the gold Sweden.

 

[jj cale]

Yeah, full marks to the swedes for pulling it off, congrats!!

 

[Chimpradamus]

I think the Swedish goalie has been awarded player of the game for Sweden every game he has played, at least it feels like that.

Especially since half the goals he allows are softies that just leaks through him, in both the semi final and the final game. No way he was the best Swedish player in either of those games.

Pretty funny Sweden won gold, when the coach refused to pick perhaps the best forward on the team (that kid playing for Luleå).

 

[Tomas W]

Especially since half the goals he allows are softies that just leaks through him, in both the semi final and the final game. No way he was the best Swedish player in either of those games.

Pretty funny Sweden won gold, when the coach refused to pick perhaps the best forward on the team (that kid playing for Luleå).

Its a team sport. Got to have a good attitude.

 

[Star Ocean]

We actually won? I went to bed after 3-2 russia.

We won a final?!

What

 

[illone84]

Congrats on the gold, Sverige! Lots more to come up in the near future!