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U18: WJC U18 - Grand Forks, North Dakota (14th - 24rd April)

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Yakushev72 said:
WADA doesn't have to explain anything to anybody! Whatever they say is law - comply or we'll shut you down.

I can't believe you read the advertising labels on a product to obtain factual information. Kind of like McDonald's saying that their burgers make you feel "free, alive and zesty for life," when instead, they just make you feel diabetic!

I still have no idea what properties of Meldonium make you a better hockey player. If it functions like a mini-EPO, which has been implied but not factually stated, then you could see how it would help a cross country skier or marathoner, who run long events non-stop at a level alternating between aerobic and anaerobic. Hockey players are expected to skate at a fully anaerobic state for 30- to 50-second shifts, so extra blood cells to bind to oxygen is seemingly of no real advantage, other than recovery between shifts. But even in recovering between shifts, where the recovery period is between 2- or 5-minutes, its hard to see any kind of advantage for well-conditioned players.
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The Russian U18 team got screwed. WADA is now starting to backtrack. Idiots.:help:


http://tass.ru/en/sport/869237
http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/04/13/maria-sharapova-meldonium-suspension-wada-world-anti-doping-agency/
 
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Unbelievable that part of this tournament played on ice hockey hall which audience capacity is only about 700 and whit no tv-signal on North America. Even Imatras ice hockey hall (second arena on 2014 U18 WJC) is much bigger than that (1200).
 
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jalperi said:
Unbelievable that art of this tournament played on ice hockey hall which audience capacity is only about 700 and whit no tv-signal on North America. Even Imatras ice hockey hall (second arena on 2014 U18 WJC) is much bigger than that (1200).
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Only 6 games will be played there. The other remaining 25 games will be at Engelstad Arena.
 
The final roster of team Finland:

Maalivahdit:
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, HPK (-99)
30 Niilo Halonen, Jokerit
31 Leevi Laakso, Sport

Puolustajat:
4 Robin Salo, Sport
6 Juuso Välimäki, Try City Americans WHL
7 Urho Vaakanainen, Blues (-99)
21 Markus Niemeläinen, Saginaw Sprint, OHL
28 Henri Jokiharju, Tappara (-99)
33 Miro Heiskanen, HIFK (-99)
36 Kasper Kotkansalo, Blues

Hyökkääjät:
2 Juha Jääskä, HIFK
10 Kristian Vesalainen, Frölunda SHL (-99)
12 Sami Moilanen, Jokerit (-99)
15 Joona Koppanen, Ilves
18 Janne Kuokkanen, Kärpät
19 Eetu Tuulola, HPK
20 Eeli Tolvanen, Sioux City Musketeers USHL (-99)
22 Aapeli Räsänen, Tappara
23 Emil Oksanen, Blues
24 Otto Somppi, Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL
25 Otto Mäkinen, Tappara
27 Markus Nurmi, TPS
34 Otto Koivula, Ilves

We have quite many underagers too.

http://leijonat.fi/maajoukkueet/u18/201516/mm2016/item/16496-alle-18-vuotiaat-mm-kisoihin-talla-joukkueella.html

Edit: And Niemeläinen is the only 2016 Draft eligible defenseman in our roster.
 
I would like to thank tournament organizers for a convenient game start schedule. Europeans will see the games and get some sleep at nights.
 
Koivula/Kotkansalo are not on the official roster so seems like Finland is still waiting on Puljujärvi/Felixson/Juolevi.

So anybody have any idea if Fasthockey will show every game?



Waking up at 2am and paying 27€ for nothing doesn't sound too good.
 
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JJTT said:
So anybody have any idea if Fasthockey will show every game?

Waking up at 2am and paying 27€ for nothing doesn't sound too good.
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Does anyone know this? I'm personally not gonna stay up for just live stats I think.

On Jatkoaika (Finnish forums) they said no TV signal for that ice hockey hall but I don't trust them and want a confirmation.
 
Mestaruus said:
Does anyone know this? I'm personally not gonna stay up for just live stats I think.

On Jatkoaika (Finnish forums) they said no TV signal for that ice hockey hall but I don't trust them and want a confirmation.
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Jukka Tiilikainen(agent of Vaakanainen, Kotkansalo, Vesalainen and Mäkinen etc.) said that Fasthockey will show the games.

https://twitter.com/TiilikainenJ/status/720497560784388096

Fasthockey has listed all of the games on their schedule too, so looks good.
 
JJTT said:
Koivula/Kotkansalo are not on the official roster so seems like Finland is still waiting on Puljujärvi/Felixson/Juolevi.
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What makes you think Ahokas is waiting for Felixson? I mean he's not an upgrade to Kotkansalo and you can't find his name on the entry list. (Juolevi, Pulju and Laine are on that list)

Jussi said:
That was YLE's statement. No tv signal available.
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Fasthockey doesn't need a tv-signal because they produce their own web-streams.
 
Tormentor said:
What makes you think Ahokas is waiting for Felixson? I mean he's not an upgrade to Kotkansalo and you can't find his name on the entry list. (Juolevi, Pulju and Laine are on that list)
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My bad, though he was on the list.

Good quality on the stream(480p, maybe?), but audio is bit off.
 
Its a bit ridiculous that there are no streams other than the one you have to pay for, like yeah right im not gonna waste my money because of a few games.
 
Simic scores twice to bring up Switzerland 2-1, if you look at the shots it seems like a one-way game.
 
u17 challenges fasthockey.com stream you could barely make out the player numbers.

based on the quality of this latvia-swizerland stream there has been vast improvement.
 
Rhyagelle said:
u17 challenges fasthockey.com stream you could barely make out the player numbers.

based on the quality of this latvia-swizerland stream there has been vast improvement.
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The video is produced by TSN and the production is top notch. Positive surprise!

Worth the subscription to just watch the U18 IMO. Agree that their own productions are hard to follow...
 
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