[GT] WJC: Preliminary Round Day 2. SUI vs CZE. RUS vs LAT. FIN vs DEN. SVK vs CAN.

[sureLoss]

Day 2. 4 games. 2 Flames prospects in action today. Sweden and USA with the day off.








Group A
Switzerland vs Czech Republic 11:00am MT TSN1

Czech roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#CZE
Swiss roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#SUI

Flames prospects:
none

2017 draft prospects to watch:
Swiss #18 Nico Hischer - potential top 5 pick
Czech #8 Marin Necas - potential 1st round pick. Ranked #6 by hockeyprospect.com in their latest rankings. #12 by McKeen's and late rounder by others.




Group B
Latvia vs Russia 2pm MT TSN1

Latvia roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#LAT
Russia roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#RUS

Flames prospects:
Russia #19 Pavel Karnaukhov





Group A
Finland vs Denmark 3:30pm MT TSN3

Finland roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#FIN
Denmark roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#DEN

Flames prospects:
none

2017 draft prospects to watch:
Denmark #16 Jonas Rondbjerg - potential 2nd or 3rd round pick
Finland #33 LW Eeli Tolvanen - potential top 10 pick
Finland #3 D Urho Vaakanainen - potential top 20 pick
Finland #12 D Jusso Valimaki - potential top 20 pick. McKeen's currently has him as the best d-man in the draft in their latest rankings
Finland #34 LW/RW Kristian Vesalainen - potential top 15 pick




Group B
Slovakia vs Canada 6pm MT TSN1

Slovakia roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#SVK
Canada roster: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/en/teams/#CAN

Flames prospects:
Canada #9 Dillon Dube

2017 draft prospects to watch:
Slovakia #20 Adam Ruzicka - potential 2nd round pick

[IgiTang]

Question, is Russian Rafikov still a Flames prospect and is that the Rafikov playing in this tourney for the Commies?

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

Question, is Russian Rafikov still a Flames prospect and is that the Rafikov playing in this tourney for the Commies?

He is, and he is 21 years old.. too old for this tourney.

[GirlySports]

Suisse leading by 2 is like leading by 10

[indes]

Yikes, looks like all the goals in this game the goalies will want back

[Monahan For Mayor]

Riat with the apple! Nice play Swiss.

[Monahan For Mayor]

That was the flames prospect right ?

[savardandjokinen]

Karnaukhov scores

[savardandjokinen]

Originally Posted by Monahan For Mayor

That was the flames prospect right ?

Yep

[Mike F]

Surprised there's not more chatter about the games today, what with real countries like Latvia on display (unlike the World Cup's fake teams like Europe, which ruined that tourney).

[Knut]

^ people are back at work!!. Like me

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Denmark might be sending Finland home early today. Currently leading the Finns 2-0 partway into the 2nd. That would be 2 regulation losses for Finland with only Sweden and the Swiss remaining. The way they're playing, a loss to the strong Swedish team seems likely, and even if they beat the Swiss, they could be out after the round robin.

[vilzeh]

Denmark up 3-0 now. God it's painful to watch Finland struggle... It was all Pulju - Aho - Laine last year.

[Mike F]

What a terrible game for Finland... Fins are both dominating play and playing horribly. Too many penalties, no execution or attention to detail, and the rare shot Denmark gets on net goes in.

[zukes]

Huge upset for the Danes. Congrats to them!

[Gaudfather]

Nice piece on TSN pre-game about Tyson Jost and his Mom.

Go Canada Go!

[Gaudfather]

Canada vastly out shooting the Slovaks, but their goalie came to play!

[Bear]

Barzal is the best player in this tournament. Edmonton decided they neede a Griffin Reinhart more than a Matt Barzal. Thank god.

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

Joseph is a penalty-drawing machine.

[Gaudfather]

Canada finally cracking Huska. All the Slovaks are doing is playing defence and taking penalties.