U18: Hlinka Gretzky Cup

[Antiillafire]

Group A: Group B:
-Czechia -Slovakia
-USA -Canada
-Germany -Finland
-Sweden -Switzerland

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[Goodman68]

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Group A: Group B:
-Czechia -Slovakia
-Canada -USA
-Germany -Finland
-Sweden -Switzerland

On the contrary, the USA and Canada teams are included in the group.

 

[Sanz4]

Will be interesting to see Sweden if they can advance to semifinal, the WHC tournament was a disaster but they have since that improved vs national teams. What i think was a huge miss by the coach was that not a 07 forward got selected to the camp. The forward situation is not that good like previous years, so 2 top 07's could improve the attack

 

[Antiillafire]

On the contrary, the USA and Canada teams are included in the group.

Those weren’t my predictions, just the teams in each group . Slovaks will likely finish in last place in the group with weak 06 age group

 

[Goodman68]

Those weren’t my predictions, just the teams in each group . Slovaks will likely finish in last place in the group with weak 06 age group

Well, just now. The Czechs play in a group with the USA, Germany and Sweden. But not with Canada.

 

[Antiillafire]

Well, just now. The Czechs play in a group with the USA, Germany and Sweden. But not with Canada.

Ahh yes my mistake, corrected now

 

[paul-laus]

Is TSN televising the games because last time the tournament was in Europe, they didn’t…

 

[Antiillafire]

HGC: Slováci štartujú prípravu so 44 hráčmi, po prvom týždni sa káder výrazne zúži

Slovakia’s camp roster, two 2026 eligibles nominated Tomik and Dravecky. I give a very high percentage that they both make the team

 

[Czechboy]

I think we will have a competitive roster. Making semis will be very hard

 

[Goodman68]

I think we will have a competitive roster. Making semis will be very hard

As always But a strong defense is more important than a strong offense. At least I think after the last junior championship

 

[paul-laus]

Has TSN announced any plans to air the games?

 

[kyle44]

Has TSN announced any plans to air the games?

Sounds like RDS is showing 6 games, so I imagine TSN will show the same.

 

[Antiillafire]

Sounds like RDS is showing 6 games, so I imagine TSN will show the same.

I’m guessing the 3 Canadian games plus 2 semi and the gold medal game.

 

[paul-laus]

Awesome news in terms of 6 games worth of coverage. Such a good tournament that doesn’t get enough notoriety

 

[macbowes]

Quote from this press release.

TSN and RDS, the official broadcast partners of Hockey Canada, will broadcast all Team Canada games and select elimination and medal games; please check local listings for more details.

 

[Antiillafire]

Canadian Hockey on TSN National Broadcast Schedule | TSN

Check out TSN's national broadcast schedule, with more tournament coverage to follow.

www.tsn.ca

These are the games tsn is broadcasting, which I’m assuming will also give access to the American network like they do with other international tournaments. However I wonder if Czech and Slovak federations will provide free streaming access via YouTube or their federation sites like they did in 2021.

 

[Pazucha]

SVK Roster:
EliteProspect Overview

 

[WeThreeKings]

SVK Roster:
EliteProspect Overview

Who should we watch for, in particular for the 2024 draft?

Any top 3 round candidates?

 

[macbowes]

Hmm, based on production alone, I thought Tomas Chrenko would have made the team, but perhaps he's considered too late an '07 to make it

 

[Pazucha]

Who should we watch for, in particular for the 2024 draft?

Any top 3 round candidates?

I am not that familiar with this age group yet, so hopefully someone else can answer your question. From my limited knowledge Ondrej Maruna could be the best 2024 draft eligible player on the roster.

Hmm, based on production alone, I thought Tomas Chrenko would have made the team, but perhaps he's considered too late an '07 to make it

I don't know the reason but he wasn't even invited to the pre tournament 40+ players camp.

At the end of last season he played U16 international tournament and his performance was disappointing.

 

[Antiillafire]

Hmm, based on production alone, I thought Tomas Chrenko would have made the team, but perhaps he's considered too late an '07 to make it

Chrenko is a smaller and weaker player in terms of strength and he would need to be in a top 6 role based on his play style. There is already smaller players in the top 6 who he wouldn’t beat out like Kiss.

He will be there next year.

 

[Antiillafire]

Who should we watch for, in particular for the 2024 draft?

Any top 3 round candidates?

2024: Maruna, Kupec, Kiss

Top 3 rounds? For Maruna maybe if he has a good season in the Q. But he’s probably more of a 4-5 rounder. Kiss is interesting, his production in U16 AAA this season was similar to a player who the jets just took in the third round (last season production).

 

[Antiillafire]

Projected lineups for each team?

I’ll take a crack at Slovakia:

Maruna - Pobezal - Liscinsky
Kiss - Pitka - Zalesak
Tomasec - Chovan - Tomik
Liska - Prokopovic - Mikulec

Kupec - Radivojevic
Belusko - Huzevka
Licko - Meszaros
Petras - Fabus

Rafaj
Bodnar
Haronik

 

[Maverick41]

I'll give it a try form Germany, but I have no idea what the actual lineup will look like. I am basing this just on what I would do, and I may be off on some of the positions. I have seen most of the forwards play both center and wing in the past, so it will be interesting to see who the coaches choose for the center positions.

Rihards Griva - David Lewandowski - Gustavs Griva
Nikolas Biggins - Max Herzog - Clemens Seeger
Felix Kerbel - Elias Pul - Nick Maul
Tobias Schwarz - Simon Seidl - Maximilian Oswald
Clemens Sager

Max Hense - Carlos Händel
Manuel Schams - Jacob Ficenec
Maximilian Merkl - Rio Kaiser
Noah Hahn - Finn Serikow

Lennart Neiße
Michail Elagin

 

[SOLR]

I am not that familiar with this age group yet, so hopefully someone else can answer your question. From my limited knowledge Ondrej Maruna could be the best 2024 draft eligible player on the roster.

I don't know the reason but he wasn't even invited to the pre tournament 40+ players camp.

At the end of last season he played U16 international tournament and his performance was disappointing.

Theo Kiss I'm watching closely on top of Maruna.