Amish Rake Fighter Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Group A Canada Czech Republic USA Euro All Star Group B Finland Russia Sweden NA Young Stars Preliminary Round (round robin) Saturday, Sept. 17 Team Europe vs. Team USA, 3:30 p.m. Team Canada vs. Team Czech Republic, 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 Team Russia vs. Team Sweden, 3 p.m. Team Finland vs. Team North America, 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19 Team Czech Republic vs. Team Europe, 3 p.m. Team North America vs. Team Russia, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 Team Finland vs. Team Sweden, 3 p.m. Team Canada vs. Team USA, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 Team North America vs. Team Sweden, 3 p.m. Team Canada vs. Team Europe, 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 Team Finland vs. Team Russia, 3 p.m. Team Czech Republic vs. Team USA, 8 p.m. Semifinals (single elimination; A1 vs. B2, B1 vs. A2) Saturday, Sept. 24 Semifinal 1, TBD Sunday, Sept. 25 Semifinal 2, TBD Final (best-of-three) Tuesday, Sept. 27 Final Game 1, 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 Final Game 2, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 Final Game 3, 7 p.m. (if necessary) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 And the brackets are: (, [, and { ), ], and } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Bowman and Chiarelli named co-managers of team North America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Bowman and Chiarelli named co-managers of team North America Chiarelli is the manger of team young stars, I don't think there is a team North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Do they show this on TSN or anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Do they show this on TSN or anything? it'll be streamed and on TV, sounds like all games will be played at the ACC in Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Can players under age 23 qualify for Canada's main team, or are they forced to play for the NA Young Stars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The reason why sports is so fun to watch is because the players are willing to sacrifice themselves for the team. In hockey, this means blocking a 100 MPH slap shot or taking a hit to make a play. What does team North America or euro stars have to play for? Are they going to try and block shots at all, just before the season starts and risk injury? Are they going to take devastating hits to make the plays or chicken out and give the puck away? Are there going to be a devastating hits at all in this tournament? They should've kept it as a country vs country competition with a long term vision of eventually making it as reputable as World Cup of soccer. Start with top 8 ranked countries in the world, then try to grow the game by going to the Olympics in Asia (Korea in 18 and China in 22) and hopefully the number of teams can be expanded to 12, 16, then 24 in 20 or 30 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRick Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Wished they could've added like a Team Enforcer and Team Over 35 group into the mix while making up the teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 The reason why sports is so fun to watch is because the players are willing to sacrifice themselves for the team. In hockey, this means blocking a 100 MPH slap shot or taking a hit to make a play. What does team North America or euro stars have to play for? Are they going to try and block shots at all, just before the season starts and risk injury? Are they going to take devastating hits to make the plays or chicken out and give the puck away? Are there going to be a devastating hits at all in this tournament? They should've kept it as a country vs country competition with a long term vision of eventually making it as reputable as World Cup of soccer. Start with top 8 ranked countries in the world, then try to grow the game by going to the Olympics in Asia (Korea in 18 and China in 22) and hopefully the number of teams can be expanded to 12, 16, then 24 in 20 or 30 years. Agreed. I was just reading this, and glossed over the teams and saw Europe and NA. Once I clued into what they did there, I shook my head. However, I would think that the competitive spirit will be there. For the Euro teams it's not so bad, since they will at least have the best players of those remaining countries where any one country couldn't put up as strong a team. I don't think this is as good for the development of the NA team, as I believe they would be better served playing with a mix of veterans. I would think that the Canadian and US teams at the least will clobber these poor kids, especially on an (assuming) NHL-sized rink. But hey, we get fresh new hockey in a little over a week that will give us all something new to talk about, so this is better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggy Bank Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 U23 Predictions?? Gaudreau Monahan MacKinnon Huberdeau McDavid Scheifele Strome Eichel Bennett Drouin Couturier RNH Horvat Hamilton Ekblad Severson Jones Trouba Nurse Murray XXXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Agreed. I was just reading this, and glossed over the teams and saw Europe and NA. Once I clued into what they did there, I shook my head. However, I would think that the competitive spirit will be there. For the Euro teams it's not so bad, since they will at least have the best players of those remaining countries where any one country couldn't put up as strong a team. I don't think this is as good for the development of the NA team, as I believe they would be better served playing with a mix of veterans. I would think that the Canadian and US teams at the least will clobber these poor kids, especially on an (assuming) NHL-sized rink. But hey, we get fresh new hockey in a little over a week that will give us all something new to talk about, so this is better than nothing. Great post, but the tourney is 2016 so we have to wait just over a year for it to begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I think Horvat should be considered for the U23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 North American Under-23 Lines: RNH - Galchenyuk - MacKinnon Drouin - McDavid - Eichel Gaudreau -Monahan - Saad Scheifele - Couturier - R. Strome Reinhart Ekblad - Hamilton Jones - Trouba Murray - Reilly Nurse Gibson Fucale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Dumb idea. We have the Olympics with NHL'ers. World Cup seems pointless now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 North American Under-23 Lines: RNH - Galchenyuk - MacKinnon Drouin - McDavid - Eichel Gaudreau -Monahan - Saad Scheifele - Couturier - R. Strome Reinhart Ekblad - Hamilton Jones - Trouba Murray - Reilly Nurse Gibson Fucalehonestly I see the u23 team getting drilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 If the U23 team is to survive this tournament, they need to start thinking about taking guys like Horvat, Jenner, Couturier and Paquette over more skilled guys. You can trust a skilled guy like Crosby to still be defensively responsible against the best players in the world. Can't say the same thing about guys like Bennett, Gaudreau, Drouin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Great post, but the tourney is 2016 so we have to wait just over a year for it to begin. Damn. I thought that was moving kinda fast. Thanks for setting me straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Jane Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Projected Team Canada : http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=778257 Forwards: Sidney Crosby John Toews Ryan Getzlaf John Tavares Ryan Johansen Jamie Benn Claude Giroux Taylor Hall Tyler Seguin Rick Nash Patrice Bergeron Corey Perry Steven Stamkos Defence: Drew Doughty Mark Giordano Duncan Keith Kris Letang P.K Subban Marc Vlasic Shea Weber Goalies: Price Holtby Luongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Jane Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Projected Team Sweden: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=778309 Forwards: Nicklas Backstrom Marcus Kruger Henrik Sedin Daniel Sedin Mika Zibanejad Filip Forsberg Gabriel Landeskog Alex Steen Henrik Zetterberg Loui Eriksson Carl Hagelin Patric Hornqvist Gustav Nyquist Defense: Oliver Ekham Larsson Victor Hedman Niklas Hjalmarsson Erik Karlsson John Klingberg Niklas Kronwall Anton Stralman Goalies Jhonas Enroth Robin Lehner Henrik Lundqvist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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