U18: World Championship, Lappeenranta & Imatra, Finland

[Anthony Mauro]

Finland has a shot as USA is not playing up to par.

Impressed with Connor and though I have been on record for not liking Dougherty for the hype he gets, he is proving to be very steady and reliable.

Kapanen is not playing like a first rounder.

 

[JJTT]

Holy **** what a goal by Saarela 2-2

 

[Gaps]

Saarela ties it. Nice one.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Finland scores, 2-2. Americans caught on their heels, Saarela did a nice job of splitting the D.

 

[Keke]

Saarela. Wow

 

[FinPanda]

Awesome goal by Saarela.

 

[JJTT]

Kiviranta from Kapanen 3-2

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Kiviranta from Kapanen 3-2

Beautiful shot, and also a really nice job by Kapanen to set him up.

Great game so far.

 

[Keke]

See Kapanen what happens when you play smart with the puck

Don't force the plays, use your awesome speeds and hands and we have a good chance to win this.

 

[McGlassbangers]

Flashes of Kapanen's skating ability. Milano looked like snail when Kapanen took off. Juho Lammikko has been huge surprise. 3rd/4th round draft pick.

 

[NikF]

I'm only getting sound from the stream now and a black screen. Working for everyone else?

 

[JJTT]

WTF Urama? Putting Kapanen on the last draw. 3-3..

 

[Hank Chinaski]

WTF Urama? Putting Kapanen on the last draw. 3-3..

Wasn't that Saarela that originally got thrown out of the circle?

 

[Periwinkle]

What on Earth with another last second goal.
Hopefully this won't affect our boys' confidence. Yikes. Finland was kind of asking for it, after the lead their game became noticeably more passive - you can't defend a lead againts a team like that for over a period. Or maybe they were just tired.

 

[JJTT]

Wasn't that Saarela that originally got thrown out of the circle?

Yeah but he should have put another center on the ice instead of Kapanen. Really bad coaching.

 

[FinPanda]

Why Urama didn't send defensive players on the last draw instead of offensive players..

 

[Hank Chinaski]

4-3 USA, filthy toe drag between the legs by Eichel!

 

[VictorLustig]

Nice goal by Eichel, he's not nearly as good as I thought he'd be though. Looks like we will have a SWE-FIN matchup in the quarters.

 

[JJTT]

4-3 USA, filthy toe drag between the legs by Eichel!

Horrible goaltending by Kähkönen on that one. He let in 3 very soft goals.

 

[1Gold Standard]

So, Canada gets the Swiss in the 1/4 final.

 

[BusQuets]

When is the last time Finland lose because of bad goaltending? This time for sure. Also what's the hype with Eichel? He wasn't even close to what i expected with the hype, very disappointing.

 

[1Gold Standard]

Nice goal by Eichel, he's not nearly as good as I thought he'd be though. Looks like we will have a SWE-FIN matchup in the quarters.

He has shown more flash than substance. I thought he'd tear up the prelim. rd. So, lets see what he can do in the elimination games. I think he's looking better as the tournament progresses.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Horrible goaltending by Kähkönen on that one. He let in 3 very soft goals.

Agreed. The feed I watched didn't have replays, but it looked like he was beat short side on that one.

 

[JJTT]

When is the last time Finland lose because of bad goaltending? This time for sure. Also what's the hype with Eichel? He wasn't even close to what i expected with the hype, very disappointing.

Umm every year before Saros after Rask?

 

[Keke]

Agreed. The feed I watched didn't have replays, but it looked like he was beat short side on that one.

He was beat five-hole. Very sneaky shot by Eichel but how frustrating it's to have 4 goals scored early and late in the period period