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U18: Team Finland 2017 U18 WJC Roster Talk.

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World juniors was massive disappointment for Finland.
Defending world champion Finland was 5th in their preliminary group and went to relegation round.

It's time to start look U18 WJC's in Slovakia this tournament played with in European ice surface and big Euro rink which is really good for Finland.
Here's my first U18 roster predictions. Notice THIS IS ONLY SPECULATION.

1st line Vesalainen Ikonen Tolvanen
Vaakanainen Heiskanen.

2nd line Koskenkorva Heponiemi Moilanen
E Teräväinen Jokiharju

3rd line Luusuaniemi Virtanen Pajuniemi
Anttalainen Räsänen

4th line Engberg Kotkaniemi Nyman
13th forward Aarne Talvitie / Jesse Ylönen
7th defenceman Otto Latvala

Goalies
Luukkonen
Lehtinen
Autio

Potential challengers in 2000 born age group.
Niklas Nordgren
Arttu Nevasaari¨
Toni Utunen
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http://www.leijonat.fi/maajoukkueet...la-suomi-puolustaa-huhtikuussa-mm-kultaa.html.

Team Finland's U18 WJC camp roster is announced.
Here's the players.

Goalies
Oskar Autio Blues Espoo
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen HPK Hämeenlinna
Lassi Lehtinen Rauman Lukko

Defencemans
Aleksi Anttalainen TPS Turku
Bernard Isiguzo Blues Espoo
Olli Kaskinen TPS Turku
Otto Latvala HPK Hämeenlinna
Eero Teräväinen Lincoln Stars USHL
Toni Utunen Tappara Tampere

Forwards.
Santeri Aalto Tappara Tampere
Teemu Engberg HIFK Helsinki
Joni Ikonen Frölunda Indians
Jesse Koskenkorva Kärpät Oulu
Jesperi Kotkaniemi Ässät Pori
Rasmus Kupari Kärpät Oulu
Olli Maansaari HPK Hämeenlinna
Aarne Talvitie Blues Espoo
Kristian Vesalainen Frölunda Indians
Santeri Virtanen TPS Turku
Jesse Ylönen Blues Espoo
 
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Interesting that they decided to release the camp roster already with half of the potential players still on the playoffs.

Nice to see Kotkaniemi and Kupari get an camp invite from the 00 borns.

Missing from the roster:

Defense:

Vaakanainen
Heiskanen
Jokiharju
Räsänen?
Vesterinen?

Forwards:

Heponiemi
Tolvanen
Moilanen
Nyman
Hartikainen?
 
JJTT said:
Interesting that they decided to release the camp roster already with half of the potential players still on the playoffs.

Nice to see Kotkaniemi and Kupari get an camp invite from the 00 borns.

Missing from the roster:

Defense:

Vaakanainen
Heiskanen
Jokiharju
Räsänen?
Vesterinen?

Forwards:

Heponiemi
Tolvanen
Moilanen
Nyman
Hartikainen?
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Heponiemi, Moilanen and Jokiharju are all playing WHL playoffs.
Vesterinen plays QMJHL playoffs and Nyman and Räsänen OHL playoffs.

Heiskanen and Vaakanainen are playing liiga playoffs.
JYP vs HPK series is 2-2 and TPS vs HIFK series is also 2-2.

That is Heiskanen and Vaakanainen coming to U18 WJC's depends a lot how far HIFK and JYP goes in liiga playoffs.

Sioux City is going to USHL playoffs and Tolvanen is Sioux City's top scorer.
I don't know what's the situation of Santeri Hartikainen.

Finland will add more players in their camp roster when 1st playoff series's are over.
Finland's team in U18 WJC's will announced after 2nd U18 WJC camp in 12 April.
 
- Portland is currently losing on the first round 2-1, Jokiharju could be available.

- Seattle is leading 3-0 on the first round, Moilanen is unlikely to be available.

- Swift Current is tied at 2-2 with Game 7 being played April 3rd so Heponiemi is 50/50

- Kingston is losing 2-1, Nyman and Räsänen could be available.

- Shawinigan is tied 2-2, Vesterinen is 50/50

- Sioux City is leading the USHL in points and the playoffs haven't even started yet so seems unlikely Tolvanen would be there.

- Liiga's Game 7's of semi finals are being played on 15.4 so Vaakanainen or Heiskanen could still make it on time, even if HIFK/JYP advance to the next round.

Best lineup we could get would probably be something like this then:

Vesalainen-Heponiemi-Ikonen
Nyman-Virtanen-Ylönen
Kotkaniemi-Koskenkorva-Kupari
Aalto-Talvitie-Maansaari
Enberg

Vaakanainen/Heiskanen - Jokiharju
Kaskinen/Anttalainen - Räsänen/Vesterinen
Teräväinen/Utunen - Latvala/Isiguzo


Luukkonen, Autio, Lehtinen

No idea how the defense shapes up after the first pair.
 
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Finnish hockey association has added more players Finland's U18 WJC training camp roster.

New players are.
Juho Korhonen Oulun Kärpät
Vili Laitinen Espoo Blues
Erkka Seppälä HPK Hämeenlinna
Jussi Tammela Kalpa Kuopio.
 
Aleksi Heponiemi's Swift-Current and Henri Jokiharju's Portland advanced 2nd round in WHL playoffs last night.

This means Heponiemi and Jokiharju will miss Finland's first preliminary round games in U18 WJC's.
Also Sami Moilanen will miss Finland's first preliminary round games in U18 WJC's Seattle advanced 2nd playoff round in WHL defeating Tri-City 4-0.
 
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Eemeli Räsänen's and Linus Nyman's Kingston Frontenacs advanced 2nd round in OHL playoffs last night.
Right now seems that Finland isn't getting much players in North America.
 
http://www.yle.fi/ohjelmaopas/data/ypuvko2.htm

Looks like Yle will show at least a replays on TV, games should be live on YLE Areena

13.4.2017: 21.25 – 23.00 Jääkiekon U18 MM: SVK - FIN
15.4.2017 17.20 Jääkiekon U18 MM: FIN - SUI
16.4 20.25 – 22.50 Jääkiekon U18 MM: LAT - FIN
18.4.2017 18.00 – 19.30 Jääkiekon U18 MM: FIN - CAN
 
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When is the final roster supposed to be out? The games start the day after tomorrow..
 
JJTT said:
When is the final roster supposed to be out? The games start the day after tomorrow..
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Finland's U18 WJC team will announced Tomorrow ( Wednesday) or Thursday afternoon.
But deadline when rosters should be finalized is before U18 WJC quarterfinals ( if i'm not mistaken)
 
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Aleksi Heponiemi's Swift-Current win Regina Pats 5-4 in overtime last nights 4th WHL semifinal game.

Swift-Current leads Regina series 3-1 and is one win away of WHL finals.
Seems really likely Heponiemi will miss U18 WJC's.

Henri Jokiharju's Portland is down 2-1 in WHL playoffs against Kelowna.
Jokiharju's chances to participate in U18 WJC's are 50-50.

Linus Nyman's and Eemeli Räsänen's Kingston is down 3-0 against Peterborough Petes in OHL playoffs.
Looks really good for that at least Nyman and Räsänen are coming to U18 WJC's ( If Kingston release them)
 
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Good info guys.

I had totally forgotten about this tournament. Was a nice surprise reading that it starts tomorrow in the Finnish media. I'm surprised how silent media has been about this, we're the defending champs after all. All focus on Laine has confused everyone.
 
HIFK lost 5th liiga semifinal game against Tappara tonight.
This means Miro Heiskanen is free to participate Team Finland in U18 WJC's.

But if / when Heiskanen joins Finland's team it'll happen after liiga's bronze medal game.
 
Keke said:
Teräväinen and Ikonen skipped the bronze medal game in 2012. I think Heiskanen will join the team immediately
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Didn't someone also skip it last year. Maybe Puljujärvi hmm. I might remember wrong.
 
Somebody posted this on Jatkoaika, didn't find anything official:

G(3):

Autio Oskar, Blues Espoo
Lehtinen Lassi, Lukko Rauma
Luukkonen Ukko-Pekka, HPK Hämeenlinna

D(5):

Anttalainen Aleksi, TPS Turku
Isiguzo Bernard, Blues Espoo
Latvala Otto, HPK Hämeenlinna
Teräväinen Eero, Lincoln Stars, USHL
Utunen Toni, Tappara Tampere

F(11)

Aalto Santeri, Tappara Tampere
Engberg Teemu, HIFK Helsinki
Ikonen Joni, Frölunda Indians, Ruotsi
Koskenkorva Jesse, Kärpät Oulu
Kotkaniemi Jesperi, Ässät Pori
Kupari Rasmus, Kärpät Oulu
Maansaari Olli, HPK Hämeenlinna
Talvitie Aarne, Blues Espoo
Vesalainen Kristian, Frölunda Indians, Ruotsi
Virtanen Santeri, TPS Turku
Ylönen Jesse, Blues Espoo

This leaves spots open for Räsänen, Heiskanen, Vaakanainen and Nyman
 
^ Who the hell is Iziguzo Bernard or something?!? :laugh: And since when has TT's lil bro played D?? :help:
 
Loffer said:
^ Who the hell is Iziguzo Bernard or something?!? :laugh: And since when has TT's lil bro played D?? :help:
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Take a wild guess :sarcasm:

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Eero has always played d
 
So...Heiskanen is in,
Räsänen&Nyman, really good possibility
= 5+2 d men = 7

No room for Vaakanainen&Jokiharju.
Rest of the NA help, not coming.

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Something like:

1. Nyman-Ikonen-Vesalainen
2. Kotkaniemi-Koskenkorva-Ylönen
3. Talvitie-Virtanen-Maansaari
4. Aalto-Kupari-Engberg

1.Heiskanen-Räsänen
2.Vaakanainen*/Teräväinen-Teräväinen/Latvala
3.Anttalainen-Latvala/Isiguzo

1.Ukko-Pekka
2.????

Although if they choose 8 d-men,then Vaakanainen
will obviously be in too,if Kalpa wins today.

* with Vaakanainen
 
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