Ice Hockey 2017 - 2018 Discussion Thread

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To Ornskoldsvik & Umea

Swedish host cities for 2019 IIHF Under 18 Worlds named

 

The host cities of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Sweden are known. Ornskoldsvik and Umea were named as Sweden’s cities for the event that will take place one year after next spring’s U18 Worlds in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia.

Both cities are located in the northern part of Sweden and are not far apart from each other as they can be reached within one hour by a new railway line or by car along the Baltic Sea. The proposed tournament dates are 18 to 28 April 2019. The teams, groups and schedule will be known next year.

The event will be hosted by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association in co-operation with its branches of the provinces of Angermanland and Vasterbotten, the host cities and the two local clubs MODO Ornskoldsvik and Bjorkloven Umea.

Ornskoldsvik is a classic hockey town in Sweden and even though MODO suffered relegation to the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan in 2016, the club remains well-respected as a talent producer. Peter Forsberg, Markus Naslund, the Sedin twins Daniel and Henrik, Anders Hedberg and Victor Hedman are among the famous hockey players who came from the city of 29,000 inhabitants. The Fjallraven Center offers a capacity for 7,350 spectators.

Umea was already the secondary venue (with Skelleftea) when Sweden hosted the 2000 IIHF World Junior Championship in the north of the country. About 600 kilometres north of Stockholm and 400 kilometres away from the Arctic Circle, Umea is the biggest city in northern Sweden with almost 85,000 inhabitants within the city and over 120,000 in the municipality.

The local club Bjorkloven Umea had appearances in the top Swedish league but had tough years recently including bankruptcy. Since 2013 it is back in the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan. The club plays in the 5,450-capacity T3 Center.

Sweden previously hosted the U18 Worlds once, in 2006 in Angelholm and Halmstad. Since the U18 category got its global event in 1999, Sweden has won five silver medals – most recently in 2016 – and three bronze medals.

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Icing is no a threat for Adam Ružička

 

 

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From tomorrow will start the first seasons international break, in other words we will have the possibilities to follow the first pre-olympic tests. 

 

Basically all participants will show up this weekend. From tomorrow will start the new season of the popular and prestigious Euro-Hockey Tour

 

Traditionally the first stage is the Karjala Cup in Finland (followed in December by the One Channel Cup (Former Izvestia Trophy) in Russia, then the Czech Hockey Games and the Swedes Hockey Games this time played in April before the world championships because of the Olympic games played in it´s traditional February term)

 

This time the Karjala Cup will be contested unusually by 6 teams, Since it´s the Olympic season and the NHL not allowing their players to start in PyeongChang the Team Canada asked for participation in this tournament to test their possible Olympic team. The organizers invited for this edition Switzerland as well. The format of the round-robin is a bit strange tough, each team will play only 3 games against 3 different opponents, the team with highest amount of points after 3 games will win the tourney. For the cumulative standing of the Euro Hockey Tour only the matches and points from the matches between and will be counted

 

The tournament will start tomorrow by matches between Sweden and Czech Republic in Orebro and Switzerland - Canada in Biel, All other next matches will be played in Finland.

 

To notice that also the next December´s stage the One Channel Cup in Russia will be played by almost same 6 teams too, only Switzerland will be replaced by South Korea.

 

 

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18

Stage 1 - Karjala Cup (in Helsinki, Finland)

Wednesday November 8th, 2017 - Schedule

 

18:00  (GMT +1) Sweden vs Czech Republic     * Played in Orebro (Sweden)

20:15  (GMT +1) Switzerland vs Canada     * Played in Biel (SUI)

 

 

The other important international tournaments will start later this week the Deutschland Cup with Germany, Slovakia, USA and the "B" team of Russia from Friday to Sunday.

This weekend are also scheduled the first 3 Challenger Tournaments. In France from Thursday to Saturday with Belarus, France, Latvia and Slovenia. In Austria from Thursday to Saturday as well Austria, Denmark, Norway and South Korea participating and finally in Budapest, Hungary the 3rd Challenger from Friday to Sunday with Hungary, Italy, Japan and Poland playing.

 

[hckošice 14,790]

Friendly Matches

8th November 2017

 

Mens

Today started the first of the 4 this seasons Euro-Hockey Tour tournaments, the Karjala Cup with first 2 games, if both matches are counted for the tournament, only the Sweden - Czech Republic game will be counted for the General cumulative standing of the Euro-Hockey Tour 2017/18.

 

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18

Stage 1 - Karjala Cup (in Helsinki, Finland)

Wednesday November 8th, 2017 - Results

 

18:00  (GMT +1) Sweden vs Czech Republic  5-3    * Played in Orebro (Sweden)

20:15  (GMT +1) Switzerland vs Canada   2-3   * Played in Biel (SUI)

 

Karjala Cup Standing after Day 1

1. Sweden 3 pts, 2. Canada 3 pts, 3. Switzerland 0 pts, 4. Czech Republic 0 pts. Finland and Russia have not played yet

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR Cumulative Standing

1. Sweden 3 pts, 2. Czech Republic 0 pts. Finland and Russia have not played yet

 

 

Other Matches

Canada "WHL U20" - Russia U20  7-0  (*7th November 2017)

Russia U20 - Canada "WHL U20"  4-3

Czech Republic U20 - Finland U20  3-2 After OT

USA U18 - Switzerland U18  2-3 After GWS

Russia U20 "B" - Sweden U20  1-5

Finland U18 - Czech Republic U18  2-3 After GWS

 

 

Womens

Canada - Finland  5-1  (*6th November 2017)

Canada - Sweden  9-0  (*7th November 2017)

USA - Finland  8-2  (*7th November 2017)

Czech Republic U18 - Japan U18  2-1

 

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Tomorrow in the first seasons international break are among the highlights of the day scheduled the Euro-Hockey Tour´s Karjala Cup in Helsinki with it´s 2nd day scheduling only one game and also the start of the first 2 Challenger Tournaments of the season in France and Austria.

 

 

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18

Stage 1 - Karjala Cup (in Helsinki, Finland)

Thursday November 9th, 2017 - Schedule (GMT +2)

 

18:30  Finland vs Russia 

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, INNSBRUCK

(in Innsbruck, Austria)

Thursday November 9th, 2017 - Schedule (GMT +1)

 

17:00  Denmark vs South Korea

20:30  Norway vs Austria

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, FRANCE

(in Cergy-Pontoise, France)

Thursday November 9th, 2017 - Schedule (GMT +1)

 

16:30  Belarus vs Latvia  

20:00  France vs Slovenia

 

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nice game between SUI and CAN yesterday night...

SUI, despite not having a lot of their best players (who were on the ice the night before in the CHL) on their roster, played a very good game and took the early lead, but CAN immediately reacted and tied the score...

then a minute of down focus by the Swiss gave the Canadians the chance to score 2 goals in a row and since then the game was under control of the guys with the maple leaf on their sweaters...

a late goal by the Swiss (with the empty net) was just "cosmetic" and Canada took the win home by a final score of 3-2...

to be honest, CAN weren't that impressive, but still they got what they wanted more and could take care of the usual Swiss team, a group of players who always play well but who always have so much troubles to score some goals...they just can't do it...

 

unfortunately I couldn't watch much of the CZE @ SWE match, but for what I saw Sweden were clearly the better team, with the Czechs having quite a bad performance for what concerns their defensive game...

 

later tonight I expect a very good show with the Russia @ Finland game (which I'm not gonna miss for any reason...thanks to CT4 HD )...

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Friendly Matches

9th November 2017

 

Mens

 

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18

Stage 1 - Karjala Cup (in Helsinki, Finland)

Thursday November 9th, 2017 - Results (GMT +2)

 

18:30  Finland vs Russia  3-2

 

Karjala Cup Standing after Day 2

1. Sweden 3 pts, 2. Canada 3 pts, 2. Finland 3 pts, 4. Switzerland 0 pts, 4. Russia 0 pts., 6. Czech Republic 0 pts.

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18 Cumulative Standing

1. Sweden 3 pts, 2. Finland 3 pts, 3. Russia 0 pts, 4. Czech Republic 0 pts.

 

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, INNSBRUCK

(in Innsbruck, Austria)

Thursday November 9th, 2017 - Results (GMT +1)

 

17:00  Denmark vs South Korea  7-4

20:30  Norway vs Austria  3-2 After OT

 

Tournament Standing after Day 1

1. Denmark 3 pts, 2. Norway 2 pts, 2. Austria 1 pt, 4. South Korea 0 pts

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, FRANCE

(in Cergy-Pontoise, France)

Thursday November 9th, 2017 - Results (GMT +1)

 

16:30  Belarus vs Latvia   5-7

20:00  France vs Slovenia   2-3 After OT

 

Tournament Standing after Day 1

1. Latvia 3 pts, 2. Slovenia 2 pts, 2. France 1 pt, 4. Belarus 0 pts

 

 

Other Matches

Slovakia U16 - Russia U16   0-8 

Finland U20 - Sweden U20   4-6

Slovakia U17 - France U18   3-2 After GWS

Belarus U17 - Latvia U17   5-4 After GWS

Belarus U20 - Denmark U20   4-1

Latvia U16 - Norway U16   5-3

Sweden U18 - Czech Republic U18   4-1

Slovenia U16 - Hungary U16   2-12

Belarus U18 - Switzerland U18   1-2

Hungary U20 - France U20   3-2

Czech Republic U20 - Russia U20 "B"   1-2 After OT

Germany U17 - Switzerland U17   4-3  After GWS

Finland U18 - Switzerland U18   6-2

Latvia U20 - Austria U20  1-4

Norway U18 - Latvia U18  0-3

Austria U16 - Italy U16  1-2

Germany U18 - Slovakia U18  5-4 After GWS

Slovenia U20 - Italy U20  4-1

 

 

 

Womens

 

Finland - Sweden  3-1  (*8th November 2017)

USA - Canada  4-2  (*8th November 2017)

Russia - Czech Republic  3-1

Germany - Switzerland  2-5

Germany U18 - Sweden U18  2-4

Russia U18 - Finland U18  3-1

 

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Tomorrows international matches schedule

 

 

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18

Stage 1 - Karjala Cup (in Helsinki, Finland)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 3 Schedule (GMT +2)

 

15:00  Czech Republic vs Switzerland

18:30  Canada vs Sweden 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHLAND CUP 2017

(in Augsburg, Germany)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

16:00  USA vs Slovakia

19:30  Germany vs Russia "B" 

 

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, INNSBRUCK

(in Innsbruck, Austria)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

17:00  Norway vs Denmark

20:30  Austria vs South Korea

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, FRANCE

(in Cergy-Pontoise, France)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

16:30  Latvia vs Slovenia 

20:00  Belarus vs France

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, BUDAPEST

(in Budapest, Hungary)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

15:30  Japan vs Italy 

19:00  Hungary vs Poland

 

 

[hckošice 14,790]

Czech Republic eliminated Russia in the U17 World hockey Challenge quarterfinal !!! This is a unbelievable upset ! https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/national-championships/men/world-u17/2017/schedule-results/stats/game-summary?gameid=422

 

 

Congrats The other semifinalists are United States and the Red and White teams of Canada

 

 

All results can be found here http://results.totallympics.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1608&page=1&extra=#pid25185

[hckošice 14,790]

Friendly Matches

10th November 2017

 

Mens

 

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18

Stage 1 - Karjala Cup (in Helsinki, Finland)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 3 Results (GMT +2)

 

15:00  Czech Republic vs Switzerland   3-2

18:30  Canada vs Sweden   0-2

 

Karjala Cup Standing after Day 3

1. Sweden 6 pts, 2. Finland 3 pts, 3. Canada 3 pts, 4. Czech Republic 3 pts, 5. Russia 0 pts., 6. Switzerland 0 pts.

EURO-HOCKEY TOUR 2017/18 Cumulative Standing

1. Sweden 3 pts, 2. Finland 3 pts, 3. Russia 0 pts, 4. Czech Republic 0 pts.

 

 

 

DEUTSCHLAND CUP 2017

(in Augsburg, Germany)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 1 Results (GMT +1)

 

16:00  USA vs Slovakia   1-2

19:30  Germany vs Russia "B"    2-8

 

Tournament Standing after Day 1

1. Russia "B" 3 pts, 2. Slovakia 3 pts, 3. United States 0 pts, 4. Germany 0 pts

 

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, INNSBRUCK

(in Innsbruck, Austria)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 2 Results (GMT +1)

 

17:00  Norway vs Denmark   0-2

20:30  Austria vs South Korea   8-3

 

Tournament Standing after Day 2

1. Denmark 6 pts, 2. Austria 4 pts, 3. Norway 2 pts, 4. South Korea 0 pts

 

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, FRANCE

(in Cergy-Pontoise, France)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 2 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

16:30  Latvia vs Slovenia   4-1

20:00  Belarus vs France   3-2 After OT

 

Tournament Standing after Day 2

1. Latvia 6 pts, 2. Belarus 2 pts, 3. Slovenia 2 pts, 4. France 2 pts

* Latvia is already the official winner of the tournament

 

 

 

EUROPEAN ICE HOCKEY CHALLENGER, BUDAPEST

(in Budapest, Hungary)

Friday November 10th, 2017 - Round-Robin Day 1 Schedule (GMT +1)

 

15:30  Japan vs Italy    2-1

19:00  Hungary vs Poland   1-4

 

Tournament Standing after Day 1

1. Poland 3 pts, 2. Japan 3 pts, 3. Italy 0 pts, 4. Hungary 0 pts

 

 

Other Matches

 

Lithuania - Estonia   7-2

Ukraine U20 - Latvia "B"   2-9

Canada "OHL U20" - Russia U20   2-5   (*9th November 2017)

Sweden U20 - Czech Republic U20   4-3

Norway U20 - Slovakia U20   1-3

Denmark U20 - Austria U20   4-3 After GWS

Hungary U20 - Italy U20   4-5 After GWS

Russia U20 "B" - Finland U20   2-0

Latvia U20 - Belarus U20   0-2

Slovenia U20 - France U20   1-3

Switzerland U20 - Germany U20   4-3 After OT

Czech Republic U19 - Finland U19   2-3 After GWS

France U18 - Germany U17   2-3 After OT

Denmark U18 - Slovakia U18   2-4

United States U18 - Sweden U18   0-2

Switzerland U18 - Czech Republic U18   0-4

Germany U18 - Belarus U18   5-3

Slovakia U17 - Switzerland U17   3-1

Russia U16 - Latvia U17   4-1

Slovakia U16 - Belarus U17   0-4

Latvia U16 - Norway U16   6-7 After OT

Hungary U16 - Italy U16   8-2

Czech Republic U16 - Switzerland U16   4-2

Austria U16 - Slovenia U16   1-2

Norway U18 - Latvia U18   3-4 After GWS

 

 

Womens

 

Czech Republic - Switzerland  0-1 

France - Denmark  1-7

Germany - Russia  1-6

Hungary - South Korea  3-1

Canada - Finland  4-0

Sweden U18 - Finland U18  1-0

Switzerland U18 - Austria U18  7-0

Italy U18 - Slovakia U18  1-0

Czech Republic U18 - Japan U18  1-2

Germany U18 - Russia U18   0-3