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NFT: IIHF U18 Hockey World Championships (Jack Hughes)

pjcas18 : 4/18/2019 10:57 am
for hockey fans, this is a nice showcase for many players eligible in the upcoming June draft.

Including projected #1 Jack Hughes.

USA schedule:

4/18 (today) vs Sweden 7:30 PM
4/19 vs Slovakia 3:30
4/21 vs Russia 3:30
4/23 vs Latvia 3:30

Then QF/SF/Finals (25, 27, 28)

Most games on NHL network.

USA had two exhibitions, lost 1 - 0 to the Fins and beat the Swiss 8 - 0. Jack Hughes had 6 pts and was player of the game vs the Swiss.

Other players to watch (from the major teams):
Spencer Knight, top rated goalie in the draft
Cam York
Cole Caufield (small, but puts the puck in the net - WISCO commit)
Alex Turcotte
Matthew Boldy

Canada:
Dylan Cozens
Ryan Suzuki
Thomas Harley
Peyton Krebs
Alex Newhook

Finland:
Anton Lundell
Ville Heinola
Mikko Kokkonen
Antti Tuomisto

Sweden
Philip Broberg
Victor Soderstrom
Tobias Bjornfot

Russia:
Vasili Podkolzin

Sleeper:
Solvakia: Maxim Cajkovic

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pjcas18 : 4/23/2019 12:20 pm : link
Interesting
US gets sort of hosed  
pjcas18 : 4/23/2019 8:31 pm : link
best team so far, but due to group and results they play the Fins in the QF, 1 vs 4.

Fins are never easy, even this year with a young team.
They play the Fins  
pjcas18 : 4/23/2019 8:31 pm : link
Thursday at 9:30 AM I believe
Man  
Jay in Toronto : 4/23/2019 8:59 pm : link
I'll definitely be watching the Badgers next year. Granato must be walking on a cloud.
RE: Man  
pjcas18 : 4/23/2019 9:01 pm : link
In comment 14400412 Jay in Toronto said:
Quote:
I'll definitely be watching the Badgers next year. Granato must be walking on a cloud.


a lot of young talent, sometimes it's easy to forget these kids will be college freshmen (if they stay committed to school) and many just 18 years old and playing against players sometimes 22 or 23.

Now, a good sign for the US players from the USNDPT is they play a schedule that includes a lot of college teams and their better players thrive, but it's not a Big 10 schedule
Had to DVR the game today b/c I was on a train from NYC  
pjcas18 : 4/25/2019 4:07 pm : link
to Boston, but holy shit, Hughes saved his best game for the Qf's to perhaps get revenge on the Fins for U20 loss.

US blanks the Fins 6 - 0

Hat trick for Hughes and so much individual talent displayed.

a total of 4 points for Hughes, as he assisted on a Caufield goals (of course he did).

So now, after 5 games:

Hughes has 16 points
Caufield has 15 points
Boldy has 11
Newhook (Canada) has 8
Turcotte has 8


Caufield needs two goals to tie Ovie's goal record of 14, 3 to break it.

Hughes with 28 points over two tourneys needs 3 to tie Ovi's career U18 mark of 31.

Kucherov has the single tourney points record of 21, Hughes needs 5 to tie that.

USA has a rematch with Russia in the semi-finals on Saturday. USA beat Russia 6 - 3 in the regulation round, but it was closer than the score.


To me this is the game  
pjcas18 : 4/25/2019 4:12 pm : link
that best shows you why Hughes is so highly regarded, I'd look at NHL Network and see if there is a replay at all.
RE: To me this is the game  
Jay on the Island : 4/26/2019 3:48 pm : link
In comment 14405446 pjcas18 said:
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that best shows you why Hughes is so highly regarded, I'd look at NHL Network and see if there is a replay at all.

I saw the highlights this morning and he was incredible. He's my pick for the Devils.
USA vs Russia  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 9:46 am : link
on now in the semis.

matching awful calls amounted to nothing, 0 - 0 5 min in.
Teams trading power plays  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 10:38 am : link
USA a surprising 0 for 5. Still scoreless 5 min in to the 2nd.
Parade  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 10:55 am : link
to the box continues. Neither team has broken through so far. over halfway through the 2nd.

Announcer with high praise for Russia goalie Askarov "he's the best goalie I've seen since Carey Price" - Askarov is an underage U18, he'll be in the 2020 draft.
Russia  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 11:01 am : link
shortie to take the lead. Russian forechecker out hustles Hughes for the chance
USA  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 11:26 am : link
storms back in the 3rd, two Cole Caufield goals put US up 2 - 1.

Caufield ties Ovechkin for most goals ever in a U18 tournament.

This kids is going to shoot up draft boards.

Most natural goal scorer I've seen at this age in a while. Reminds me of a better scoring Martin St. Louis
Russia  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 11:31 am : link
ties it up, after a giveaway/miss by Boldy.

2 - 2 12:30 left in the 3rd.
under 6 left  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 11:44 am : link
in the tie game, Russia has the momentum
US to the box  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 11:47 am : link
4 and a half left.

Could be the game
USA kills off the PP  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 11:50 am : link
Knight with a sick save to keep it tied.

2:03 left in regulation.
OT  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 11:53 am : link
coming up.
OT is 4 v4  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:00 pm : link
USA turns the puck over, Knight stops the breakaway.

Russia pressing, but Knight keeps it out.
Knight  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:02 pm : link
again, saves a point blank shot.
Hughes  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:05 pm : link
off the cross bar.

3:30 left in OT
Holy shit  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:08 pm : link
44 seconds left in OT, Russia gets called for too many men.
I guess 4  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:09 pm : link
on 3 rest of the way and then a shootout.
Hughes  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:11 pm : link
hits another cross bar, Russia escapes.

We're going to a shootout.

Shame, what a game.

shootout  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:14 pm : link
coming now
Turcotte  
pjcas18 : 4/27/2019 12:19 pm : link
lost the puck, 1 US shooter down.

Knight saves Russia first shooter.

Caufield lost the puck (poke check by Askarov)

Podkolzin goes wide. barely.

Hughes loses the puck

3 US shooters, no shots yet, WTF?

Russia shooter scores.

1 - 0 Russia after 3 rounds

4th US shooter looks lost as well.

Russia can win with a goal here.

Knight stones him.

US chances down to Boldy.

It's over, US upset.

Hughes  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 10:11 am : link
picks up an assist so far in the bronze game.

US 1, Canada 0 in the first.
Dylan Cozens  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 10:13 am : link
scores to tie it up, 1 - 1 end of the 1st.
Hughes  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 10:24 am : link
1 point behind Ovechkin's record for points in a U18
Holy shit  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 10:40 am : link
US puts on a passing clinic

Hughes to York back to Hughes for the sweet top shelf goal.

US up 2 - 1.

Hughes ties Ovi, most points ever in a U18.

He's got a period and a half left to break the record.
Bobby Brink  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 10:53 am : link
with the PP goal to extend the US lead to 3 - 1.
didn't start the tourney with the team, but he's making up for lost time.

I like this kid.

So many quality US players.

One of the announcers who has been watching this tourney since inception said even though they won't win gold (or maybe not even bronze) this is the best US team he's seen. The US has 7 golds in the last 10 tourneys, and something like 13 straight medals, so that's high praise.
York from Hughes  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 10:56 am : link
on the PP.

Jack Hughes is now the alltime leading point scorer in the U!8 tourney, breaking Ovechkin's record.

Caufield needs a goal to break Kucherov's goal record.
Hughes  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 10:59 am : link
also needs one point to break Kucherov's single tourney point record of 21.

He broke Ovi's alltime record (that for both players was over two tourneys)
This twitter  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 11:14 am : link
feed has a video clip of the Hughes and York give and go goal by Hughes to give them the lead
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Cam York  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 11:44 am : link
with a PP goal, US up 5 - 1, bronze pretty much clinched.

I think Cam York gets best D, Hughes best F, and Askarov (russia 2020 draft eligible) gets best G.
16 consecutive medals  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 11:47 am : link
to be fair to Canada, this tourney, U18 worlds, conflicts with many of their juniors leagues playoffs so they don't always have their best team here.

There is another U18 tourney in August, called the Gretzky Hlinka cup that is U18 and Canada dominates that.

US has only won that once.
that should say  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 11:48 am : link
16 consecutive medals for the US (in the U18 worlds)
Looks  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 11:52 am : link
like Caufield comes up 1 goal shy of breaking the record (he tied it).

He had so many chances too, so he'll have no complaints.
Cam York  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 11:58 am : link
US player of the game. Canada goalie their POTG.

It's funny, US scored 6 against Russia in regulation and 5 vs Canada and both times the Russia and Canada goalie got POTG.
Sweden goes up  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 2:43 pm : link
2 - 0 on Russia, a few min into the 2nd.

I like Philip Broberg, D on Sweden.

Sweden has never won this tournament and they're playing at home, good crowd.
Podkolzin  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 2:56 pm : link
(#3 rated draft prospect) cuts the lead in half. Sweden up a goal, 5 min left in the 2nd.
Just like that  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 3:23 pm : link
Podkolzin sets up a Russia goal 20 seconds into the 3rd to tie the game.

Setting up a great 3rd.
Russia  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 3:41 pm : link
with their 3rd unanswered goal, leads the home team 3 - 2.


And then Raymond comes right back to tie it up.

3 - 3 now under 10 left.
Back to back penalties  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 3:49 pm : link
for the Swedes, give the Russians an PP that will take the clock to under 3 min.

still tied for now.
OT  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 4:01 pm : link
in Sweden, 4 on 4 for 20 and if no one scores a shootout.

hope it's not decided in a shootout.
Hat Trick!!  
ColHowPepper : 4/28/2019 4:27 pm : link
What a sniper Lucas Raymond!! OT winner, upper corners are where he likes to go
Sweden wins  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 4:27 pm : link
gold. Lucas Raymond finishes the hat trick.

He's one of the top prospects for 2020 draft.
Top players  
pjcas18 : 4/28/2019 4:34 pm : link
F: Caufield (should have been Hughes IMO)

D: Broberg (SWE) (I thnk could have been York, but no argument)

G: Askarov (RUS) (16 year old)
his first of the game was a beauty  
ColHowPepper : 4/28/2019 4:34 pm : link
nutmegged the Russian d-man, took the puck back behind him and whipped it in the upper corner....great hands on this kid
As this thread is set to die  
pjcas18 : 4/29/2019 2:56 pm : link
I'll leave Athletic subscribers with an incredible article by scout Scott Wheeler, on how he does his job.
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