Toggle sidebar

WJC: U18 Division 2A and 2B 2025.

bv29

bv29

Registered User
Nov 29, 2022
29
48
Any stream from Bulgaria ? They usually had it regularly...couldn't find anything for Belgium - Australia (8:4).
 
  • Like
Reactions: Eye of Ra
MeHateHe said:
No streams on the Bulgarian federation's youtube page or on the IIHF youtube page.
Click to expand...
Streams on link FrHockey gave works, at least for me.

Serbia has three 14-yrs and five 15-yrs old on their roster :eek3:
 
I see Spain has taken a stranglehold. They've done well in Division II tournaments in the past few years and they're the only undefeated team after two days. There was a thread a few years back asking who the next minnow would be to take a run at the top divisions. Spain still lacks a lot of basics you need for that kind of breakthrough, but they're doing a few things right at least.
 
MeHateHe said:
I see Spain has taken a stranglehold. They've done well in Division II tournaments in the past few years and they're the only undefeated team after two days. There was a thread a few years back asking who the next minnow would be to take a run at the top divisions. Spain still lacks a lot of basics you need for that kind of breakthrough, but they're doing a few things right at least.
Click to expand...
They have stability on the Management side which helps. Infrastructure still needs more money. Perhaps move a club team into one of the lower mid Euro leagues.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MeHateHe
PanniniClaus said:
They have stability on the Management side which helps. Infrastructure still needs more money. Perhaps move a club team into one of the lower mid Euro leagues.
Click to expand...
Not many options there except for French Division 1, don't know how realistic is Ligue Magnus. Spain NT played two friendly games back in February IIHF break against Bordeaux (loss) and 5:2 win against Anglet, so there is some limited LM potential.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Summer Rose
bv29 said:
Not many options there except for French Division 1, don't know how realistic is Ligue Magnus. Spain NT played two friendly games back in February IIHF break against Bordeaux (loss) and 5:2 win against Anglet, so there is some limited LM potential.
Click to expand...
It would need to be Div 1, at least initially.
 
PanniniClaus said:
They have stability on the Management side which helps. Infrastructure still needs more money. Perhaps move a club team into one of the lower mid Euro leagues.
Click to expand...
Recognizing how expensive the sport is - you need more than a patch of grass or a chunk of concrete - it's encouraging to see decent facilities in places like Turkiye and Thailand. Despite their geographic challenges, Australia has done some nice things with the sport domestically, but they've been stuck in the Division IIs forever. Thought maybe having an NHLer would give the sport a boost. Too much cricket and rugby, I guess.
 
  • Like
Reactions: PanniniClaus
Chinese Tapei beat Serbia 4:2. If not for Bulgaria in this group Serbs would be relegated twice in a row.


MeHateHe said:
but they've been stuck in the Division IIs forever.
Click to expand...
If Blues miss playoffs maybe Walker shows up. He is at one-way contract so no eventual AHL obligations for him. Tyrone Bronte and him could be very potent duo for D2 level.
 
bv29 said:
If Blues miss playoffs maybe Walker shows up. He is at one-way contract so no eventual AHL obligations for him. Tyrone Bronte and him could be very potent duo for D2 level.
Click to expand...
He can still make it if the Blues get bounced out of the 1st round reasonably quickly. Maybe it even increases his chances somewhat if he can step onto the ice out of the plane basically only prolonging his season by 3-5 days.
 
The 2A tournament starts tomorrow. Italy's first-ever appearance in D2A. GB is their main opponent but it being GB you can't expect much even if they do have a good team.

Interestingly, both GB and Romanian rosters have a player who moved to play junior hockey to Latvia. The first time I noticed this, the Latvian hockey system gained at least some international traction. Ironically, when their own prospects are leaving it ASAP.
 
Croatian final roster

G
Nikša Slade- KHL Sisak
Borna Jurin- KHL Medveščak Admiral
Luka Ljubić *- HK MK Bled (SLO)

D
Marko Zlatar- KHL Zagreb
Karlo Stepan *- KHL Medveščak Admiral
Timur Lojo **- HK Slavija jr. (SLO)
Fabijan Martinec **- EA Steiermark (AUT)
Ivan Matejo Krmpotić *- KHL Mladost
Petar Tuškan Ivanuš *- KHL Zagreb
Roko Debelić- KHL Zagreb

F
Bruno Alić *- EA Steiermark (AUT)
Mihael Jagatić **- Atlantic Coast Academy (USA)
Matko Idžan **- KHL Mladost
Teo Pranjić - Hiti Academy Bled Hawks (SLO/AUT)
Tin Hrvoj- KHL Medveščak Admiral
Josip Mihalić **- EA Oberösterreich (AUT)
Patrik Marojević- KHL Mladost
Marko Mandušić- KHL Mladost
David Ferenčina- KHL Zagreb
David Babić *- KHL Medveščak Admiral
Niko Sitar- Hiti Academy Bled Hawks (SLO/AUT)
Mislav Primužak- KHL Medveščak Admiral
Teo Marić **- KHL Mladost

* - underager
** - double underager

Very, very bad team. Except for few players, rest should switch hockey sticks with school books for their own good. I am fully expecting relegation to D2B.
 
Our roster doesn't look that bad and has a few players who did well last year coming for another shot (Brynley Capps is a rare one that has potential to be a mainstay in the senior team in the not too distant future imo), but indeed have no expectation of defeating the Italians, and if we're really ambitious I'm sure we could fit in an embarrassing collapse against Croatia or Romania in there too!
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: SoundAndFury
China 4-1 Romania, don't know much about the teams' respective strengths but on the face of it looks like a really promising result for the Chinese. I notice Cory Kane, one of the Olympic Mercenaries China recruited seems to have stuck around and is part of the coaching team for the juniors, so he's off to a good start there.

GB 3-0 Croatia, not able to find a stream for this one but looking at the play by play and shotmap, seems like we dominated the first period, then somehow started making a meal of things and only then scored the goals when Croatia where growing into the game
 
  • Like
Reactions: FourQuarters, PanniniClaus and Summer Rose
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)

Latest posts

Ad

Ad

Top Bottom