WC in hockey U20 2024

The German hockey players rewrote history and beat Finland 4:3 in their first appearance at the 2024 U20 World Cup. “Suomi” lost for the second time in a row and significantly complicated the situation in Group A.

The hockey players of Germany surprisingly won the under-20 world championship over the favored peers from Finland 4:3.

The goalkeeper laid the foundation for the German victory Philipp Dietl, who faced 43 pucks heading between the three posts in the meeting. He maintained a save success rate of 93.02% and was deservedly named the best German player of the match. Since the 2022/23 season, he has caught only 28 duels at the club level.

It was a historic victory for the Germans, who claimed their first ever win against Finland at the junior championship. Before being selected from the country of a thousand lakes, they lost 25 times in a row. They crossed sticks for the first time in 1977 and until yesterday they had not lost once with a fantastic score of 141:31.

At the start of the second half, the match was bursting with goals, when 5,077 spectators witnessed three accurate shots within 98 seconds. He put Finland in the lead for the first time Kasper Halttunensubsequently equalized Niklas Huebner and restored the leadership of “Suomi”. Samu Bau. From the 24th minute, however, the above-mentioned goalkeeper Philipp Dietl pulled the blinds and resisted the high shooting activity of the Finnish finishers, who sent 20 shots at the German goal in the middle part and outshot the opponent by a ratio of 17:5 in the third period.

Only the German hockey players were on the offensive, and they repeated the hussar feat of the Finns 10 minutes later and scored twice within 91 seconds. He scored the winning goal Veit Oswald. Only 19-year-old attacker, thanks to two accurate hits immediately in the first meeting of the tournament, equalized the two-point gain from the previous junior championship, where he started in five fights. At the club level, he works in the German DEL in the EHC Munich team. In the national team, he wears the number 13 on his jersey, paying tribute to his father’s career. He is a member of the EV Landshut team, which brought up a pair of German representatives Tobias Rieder and Tom Kühnhackl for the NHL.

The introduction to the tournament is not going well for the Finnish team to Niklas Kokk. The second-highest drafted 2022 goaltender from the Seattle Kraken has a poor save percentage of 87.72% after two games, and in yesterday’s game he made 24 saves with a below average success rate of 85.71%.

The Finns’ elite attack in the composition also falls short of expectations Konsta Helenius – To be Hameenaho – Janne Naukkarinen. They sent 14 shots at the opponent’s goal in the course of two meetings, 10 of which were aimed at the German sanctuary. Despite the fact that the first two names are the team’s busiest forwards, the members of the first offensive formation continue to wait for the opening Canadian point.

After two meetings, the Finns have 0 points with a score of 5:9, and in the next part of the “20” championship, Latvia (December 29 at 2:30 p.m.) and home Sweden (December 31 at 2:30 p.m.) await them.

2023-12-28 10:34:52
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The Americans and Norwegians met in Gothenburg, Sweden, in the second match of Group B at the Under-20 World Championship tournament. The favorite of the meeting was clearly given in advance, but the course of the duel did not clearly indicate that. In the end, the favored American hockey players rejoiced in a match full of eliminations, but the northerners were definitely not far from a big surprise.

USA hockey players confirmed their position as favorites when they defeated Norway 4:1 in the “Slovak” B-group in their opening match at the U20 WC.

Already the number of shooting attempts on both sides after the first part of the game clearly indicated that Norway will not be an easy opponent for the Americans. Well, at least not as simple as overseas hockey players initially thought. The first third did not go significantly differently than expected, the USA immediately burned several goals. The chances of Snuggerud, Brindley or Perreault can certainly be included among the most serious opportunities. But goalkeeper Markus Stensrud confirmed his genius.

It was the end of the opening twenty minutes that started an unprecedented passage of the game accompanied by Norwegian dominance. In the last minute of the first third of the duel, the northerners relentlessly bit the opponent, the favorite also had to be saved by a great goalkeeper Trey Augustine. But that was just a foreshadowing of what was to come.

The Norwegians started the second period with a numerical advantage, in its opening five minutes they spent almost 6 minutes on the ice surface in a more favorable condition. They missed a few seconds even in a power play by two players. During their stay in the offensive, they shot several times, they combined the puck on their sticks really skillfully, and probably few would argue that this is a rookie in the elite category of the tournament.

Pressure, bravery and sacrifice were not enough for the outsider to score a goal. The score of the meeting was opened in its half by prospect St. Louis Blues, American Jimmy Snuggerud. By the end of the second half the score was 3-0, Gavin Brindley also scored twice. One of his two hits came on the power play.

The Norwegians scored only in the third period, even in their own weakness. Their assistant captain succeeded in a separate escape Petter Vesterheim, who played an excellent match. However, the favorite still scored in the given American power play, scoring the final accurate hit of the duel Isaac Howard.

Considering the overall course of the confrontation between one of the biggest favorites of the tournament and a newcomer, it must be noted that the Norwegians played a good duel. Only the third period was clearly inadequate on their part, especially the sequence after the fourth conceded goal, when their chances were only very theoretical. The Americans really struggled with them and in the first half of the meeting they were not sure.

The goalkeepers of both teams can be identified as the best men of the match. He scored up to 40 successful interventions Markus Stensrud. The Norwegian keeper of the space between the posts had a success rate of almost 91 percent at the end, he took care of really extraordinary stops of the puck. However, his counterpart also excelled on the opposite side of the ice Trey Augustine. The goaltender, drafted by the Detroit Red Wings, dropped only one puck and recorded a roughly 96 percent success rate.

If it weren’t for his men in goal, the overall course of the duel and its final result could have been diametrically different. But more importantly, the match showed that the Americans are not unplayable, and on the other hand, that the Norwegians, as newcomers, will definitely not be the slapstick of the group. Every other opponent of both of these units, including Slovakia, can draw very important knowledge from this confrontation.

2023-12-27 07:35:00
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Hockey players from Sweden, Canada and the USA entered the junior world championships in Gothenburg. The home Swedes crushed their peers from Latvia 6-0 and after the first day are at the top of Group A ahead of Canada, the defending champions beat the Finns 5-2.

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Sweden – Latvia 6:0 (2:0, 2:0, 2:0) Goals: 11. Wahlberg (Sandin-Pelikk, Östlund), 18. Bystedt (Hävelid, Sorum), 33. Lekkerimäki (Öhgren, Östlund), 35. Bystedt (Pettersson, Forsfjäll), 49. Sorum (Lindstein, Stenberg), 55. Lekkerimäki (Lindstein)

The Swedes began to confirm their role as favorites already in the opening period, when Anton Wahlberg and Filip Bystedt took a two-goal lead with power shots. During the 5-on-5 game, the Latvians had several promising chances, but their weaknesses kept them down. In the 33rd minute, Jonathan Lekkerimaki made it 3-0 with a power play, and when Bysted made it 4-0 shortly after, the winner was decided. The Northerners added two more goals in the third period.

2023-12-26 20:56:50
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