Finnator123

Longtime captain for Team Finland in World championships & Euro Hockey Tour + new Finnish champion Lasse Kukkonen retires from the national team. He was there, when Finland won 3 Olympic medals in a row (2006,2010 & 2014). He also won 1 WC Gold in 2011 ,2 WC silvers (2007 & 2016) & 1 WC Bronze (2006)

4 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

It's actually a Gala for the 10th edition celebrations. Opening ceremony is tomorrow.

Gala of celebrations, Opening ceremony for the actual event..... I'm just a simple finn  

Lovely opening ceremony  

I almost forgot the day lmao  Thank god it tomorrow, not today 

Looking forward to Sharks - Knights & Jets - Preds series. Those two are going to be epic playoff series

Czech Republic won 3rd stage of EHT on home ice. 3 games, 3 wins.

Hoping that Finland will beat Sweden & get 2nd place.... 

5-4 Victory against Russia & Group victory as well!  

Henrik Karlsson, Goalie in a KHL-team called Barys Astana, has been granted Kazakh citizenship. He will represent Kazakstan in the upcoming DIV 1A World championship tournament 

4 hours ago, hckosice said:

 

Yes, the players from teams that did not qualified for the NHL play-offs, and their players were not sent to the play-offs of their respective AHL farm teams (mainly the young players with two-way contracts) are allowed.

 

The problem is how many of them will also confirm their participation and accept the invitation of their National Team coach.

 

For example for SVK, we have so far only 3 NHLers who confirmed their participation, Andrej Sekera, Tomáš Jurčo and Christián Jaroš. All others which clubs didn´t go through to the play-offs and were eligible refused the invitations for several reasons, Jaroslav Halák (end of contract and afraid of eventual injury which will complicate his new contract negotiations), Richard Pánik (expect the birth of their first child in May), or few others like Marián Gáborík (Injury), some others were sent by their teams to the AHL farm teams and others who play the play-offs are just not eligible until their team will be eliminated

 

but it´s the same practically for each team, meanwhile some super stars already confirmed heir participation like McDavid or Patrick Kane

Finland only has 4 guys from N-America so far. Goalis Husso & Säteri and Defensemen Pokka & Honka. This feels like 2014 all over again lol.  It was a miracle that we finished that tournament with the 4th place....

2 hours ago, hckosice said:

Oleg Znarok is no more the Russian NT coach

Being Head Coach to both SKA & Team Russia can be a challenge, even if the players are mostly same

Now this is pure talent 

NHL Playoffs 2018!
 

Pittsburgh Penguins - Philadelphia Flyers
 

Winnipeg Jets - Minnesota Wild
 

Vegas Golden Knights - Los Angeles Kings
 

Tampa Bay Lightning - New Jersey Devils
 

Boston Bruins - Toronto Maple Leafs
 

Nashville Predators - Colorado Avalanche
 

Anaheim Ducks - San Jose Sharks

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Just in case you missed it, welcome in the NHL thread  

Frankly, i missed this one    The names are too similar to me 

Markkanen rules  

NHL Playoffs have officially started! 
 

Pittsburgh Penguins - Philadelphia Flyers 7-0   

(RIP Flyers )
 

Winnipeg Jets - Minnesota Wild 3-2   
(1st post season win ever for the Jets organization   )

Vegas Golden Knights - Los Angeles Kings 1-0   
(Could've been a Win for LA as well, i'm guessing Game 6 or 7 in this series  )

Oh great. McDavid is gonna play for Team Canada.... 

13 hours ago, phelps said:

 

and finally we got what we asked for...

after another heartbreaker (SKA once again dominated the game, with CSKA still 1-2 down until 3 minutes before the end of regulation...then came the OT, when Sorokin made a couple of miracles and eventually Grigorenko scored the game and series winner), CSKA sent SKA home with their tails between their legs...

 

and let me enjoy the day also thanks to the Foxes, aka HC Bolzano, who won game#1 of the EBEL final series in Salzburg, already turning the home ice advantage around...

just a little satisfaction for all the poor Italian hockey fans...

What comes to that success Bolzano is having... If you want to win, hire a finn!  

52 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Séamus is really excited, he is packing his suitcase as we speak!

He can't wait to meet with @Finnator123 @justony and @IoNuTzZ  #TeamFiftyShades

 

 

I hope Seamus is ready, because in Finland we don't have this thing called small-talk 

So what is happening? 

2 hours ago, phelps said:

wow! great tactical effort by CSKA Moscow (goalie Sorokin just heroic), leading them to win game #5 of the KHL Western Conference Final in Saint Petersburg by the score of 1-0...now they lead the series 3-2 and in 2 days they will have the chance to close the series at home and reach AK Bars Kazan (they swept Traktor Chelyabinsk 4-0 in the Eastern Conference Final series) in the Gagarin Cup Final...

I'd love to see SKA going home with nothing 
And i hope that 32-time Soviet champ will finally win something in a Russian league   

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

It's actually 6 hours and 48 minutes. Brazilian time.

Thanks, timezones! Rushed too much 

It's 10.25pm here atm

So it is 48 mins of Voting left? At least according to Finnish time

Voted! 

31 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

If I'm not mistaken ( @dcro and co, correct me if I'm wrong), just 12 nations and no reserves is ok in case all of your 12 selected nations have already voted (because that means they won't be DQ'ed so you don't need reserves)

 

Don't say if that means you need reserves or not, it's just a free advice in case you think "hey all my 12 nations have already voted"  

That's true

Just now, Werloc said:

Yes. He also had a template posted somewhere around page 30-ish ?

Damn templates or anything happens to get lost , once the replies starts coming non-stop