[GDT] WJC Pre-Tourney: Canada vs Sweden. 10 AM. TSN

[sureLoss]

The final pre-tournament game for the Canadians before the Boxing Day tournament opener against the USA. The final cuts have been made for Canada, and it is the last chance they have to form chemistry and fine tune in game conditions.

Canadian lines at practice:

Quenneville-Strome-Marner
Perlini-Barzal-Virtanen
Crouse-Stephens-Konecny
Chartier-Beauvillier-Gauthier
Point

Chabot-Hicketts
Fleury-Hickey
Sanheim-Dermott
McKeown

It has already been announced Point will not play against Sweden, but will play on Boxing Day.

McDonald has been named the starter for this game. McDonald hasn't looked that great so far in the QMJHL this season or in the camp leading up to this tournament.

He needs to have a decent showing at this game. First of all to get confidence in himself, then that of his teammates and coaches, and finally Team Canada fans. McDonald still has a chance to be the starter over Blackwood for this tournament. If McDonald strings some strong performances together in the next 3 games, he could make the decision hard for Lowry when Blackwood's supension is up.


Sweden has a strong team this year, even with some of the questionable decisions to leave off Kovacs, Kylington, and Andersson. They should be a medal contender.

Notable players for Sweden:

Goaltenders
SÖDERSTRÖM Linus - 2015 4th round pick Rangers
KÄLLGREN Erik - 2015 7th round pick Coyotes
SANDSTRÖM Felix - 2015 3rd round pick Flyers

Defencemen
3 LAGESSON William "A" - 2014 4th round pick Oilers
4 LARSSON Jacob - 2015 1st round pick Ducks
9 CARLSSON Gabriel - 2015 1st round pick Blue Jackets
5 OLLAS Mattsson Adam - 2014 6th round pick Flames
7 PETTERSSON Markus - 2014 2nd round pick Ducks
8 FORSLING Gustav - 2014 5th round pick Canucks traded to Blackhawks

Forwards
29 KEMPE Adrian "A" - 2014 1st round pick Kings
25 HOLMSTRÖM Axel - 2014 7th round pick Wings
23 LINDBLOM Oskar - 2014 5th round pick Flyers
20 ERIKSSON EK Joel - 2015 1st round pick Wild
21 NYLANDER William - 2014 1st round pick Leafs
19 NYLANDER Alexander - potential 2016 top 10 pick
17 TIMASHOV Dmytro - 2015 5th round pick Leafs
12 FORSBACKA-KARLSSON Jakob - 2015 2nd round pick Bruins. Picked with one of the picks the Flames sent in the Hamilton trade
16 GRUNDSTRÖM Carl - potential 2016 1st round pick
14 OLOFSSON Fredrik - 2014 4th round pick Blackhawks
26 EHN Christoffer - 2014 4th round pick Wings
11 VEJDEMO Lukas - 2015 3rd round pick Canadiens
24 LÖÖKE Jens - 2015 3rd round pick Coyotes

[puffnstuff]

7th round pick made the team? Oh, picked by the Wings...gonna be their best player then.

[dash_pinched]

Is Linus SÖDERSTRÖM related to former Flyers goalie Tommy Soderstrom?

[sureLoss]

[Enoch Root]

Wouldn't have minded Sanheim as his partner either, but I like that Hickey is playing with Fleury - I bet their responsibilities grow as the tourney unfolds.

[Monahan For Mayor]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Wouldn't have minded Sanheim as his partner either, but I like that Hickey is playing with Fleury - I bet their responsibilities grow as the tourney unfolds.

It's an insight to the memorial cup winning defence.

[Monahan For Mayor]

Swedes playing the body!

[Soccergirl1987]

Couple nice saves by Mcdonald.

[Monahan For Mayor]

Nice play Virtanen.

[Soccergirl1987]

Nice steal and snipe by Virtanen. Canada up 1-0.

[saillias]

Not really a fan of the pressure being put on Hickey to leave BU and play in the WHL. Hmm, college experience in Boston, or all hockey all the time while riding the bus in Red Deer. Unless you can't make the grades there's nothing inherently more attractive about playing in the WHL than NCAA.

[cofias]

Virtanen may be no good, but that was a sick shot.

[Soccergirl1987]

Follows that up by taking a shot instead of passing on a 3 on 1 and then steamrolling the goalie and getting a penalty. Yup. No good.

[Soccergirl1987]

Sweden scores quickly on the powerplay.

[Savvy27]

Very quick passing play and one-time shot on that Swedish PP. Chartier standing near the goal scorer but not really doing anything.

[Soccergirl1987]

Another pp coming up for Sweden on a slash by Konecny.

[The Hendog]

I forget how tough the Refs and rules are enforced in International hockey, especially Junior. Canada is going to have to adjust quickly and be more disciplined if they want to have success in this tournament.

[Monahan For Mayor]

Originally Posted by The Hendog

I forget how tough the Refs and rules are enforced in International hockey, especially Junior. Canada is going to have to adjust quickly and be more disciplined if they want to have success in this tournament.

I said in during the Belarus game that if they didn't get some discipline, the better teams will punish them. That didn't take long to come to fruition haha.

[Monahan For Mayor]

Nice play

[Soccergirl1987]

Nice pressure by Perlini and pass by Barzal to set up Strome. 2-1 Canada.