WJC: Team Finland 2023 U18 WJC Roster Talk.

[ChicagoBullsFan]

You mean U18? Lämsä is the U20 head coach and Merikivi moves on. The next U18 head coach is the current U17 head coach Marko Kauppinen, and the U18 head coach after Kauppinen is going to be the current U16 head coach Matti Tiilikainen. Finland has had this system since 2013

Jussi Ahokas
U16 2013-14
U17 2014-15
U18 2015-16(won gold)

Juuso Nieminen
U16 2014-15
U17 2015-16
U18 2016-17(won silver)

Tommi Niemelä
U16 2015-16
U17 2016-17
U18 2017-18(won gold)

Mika Marttila
U16 2016-17
U17 2017-18
U18 2018-19

Anssi Laine
U16 2017-18
U17 2018-19(won silver)
U18 2019-20(covid)

Petri Karjalainen
U16 2018-19
U17 2019-20
U18 2020-21

Mika Marttila
U16 2019-20
U17 2020-21
U18 2021-22(won bronze)

Lauri Merikivi
U16 2020-21
U17 2021-22
U18 2022-23

Marko Kauppinen
U16 2021-22
U17 2022-23(won bronze)
U18 2023-24

Matti Tiilikainen
U16 2022-23
U17 2023-24
U18 2024-25

I'm not right now into right mind-set and mood to answer you.
If you wanna chat etc use private message please. I respond when i can i promise.

It is pretty incredible how almost all Finnish prospects have problems with skating. But it makes sense. As I've watched young players(say 12 to 15) play in junior games, the good skaters need to wait around and can just about never make use of their speed. The play is so slow that fast skating is completely useless. Compare to Canadian leagues of the same age, and it's night and day. The players are constantly skating hard, at full speed. In Finnish minor leagues, a player might skate all out for a total of 5 seconds out of 20 minutes of ice time.

It's like it's an intentional decision. So the weaker skating players "don't feel bad" or something.

Time to throw those f***ing airplane rinks energy waste and bring NHL rinks all SM liiga and mestis arenas.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Finnish hockey is definitely not doing good right now. Finnish leagues are weak, not many drafted players, a lot of draft busts and disappointments, prospects can't skate. Sad.

Covid19 pandemic has to been one major reason why this U18 WJC team failed miserably.
It shows there hasn't been any skill etc coaching and training camps 2020-2022
when pandemic was worse in Finland.

 

[ChicagoBullsFan]

Finnish hockey is definitely not doing good right now. Finnish leagues are weak, not many drafted players, a lot of draft busts and disappointments, prospects can't skate. Sad.

Finland seems to become more basketball nation than hockey nation.
Lauri Markkanen had allstar season in NBA this season and this tuesday
he won NBA's most improved player award which is called ''mini mvp award''.

Absolutely Finnish hockey is going downhill and wrong direction.
Changes are must and heads should drop and all kiss my ass country-club members
and sauna friends and back-washers needs to be all fired.

Liitto lacks real hockey boss who knows his job
not some freaking bank world business management clown.
If Jukka Jalonen won't get NHL coaching job hire him new liitto boss.

 

[Eye of Ra]

I thought we swedes where negative until i read this thread. You guys are the best hockey nation right now, and still its doomsday lol.