IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 4 Team USA Vs Team Sweden

 

Team USA Record

(2-1-0)

Team Sweden Record

(2-0-1)

Pre Game Notes: With a win the US will clinics the top seed in Group B and would face the lowest seeded team from group A in the quarter finals. Team USA heading into tonight’s final prelim matchup has the best penalty kill throughout the tournament so far. 

1st Period Goals: Team USA Goal Scored by number 2 Drew Hellison the goal was his (1st of the game and 2nd of the tournament). Time of the goal 1:09. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his (1st of the game and 6th of the tournament). Time of the goal 3:58. 

1st Period Penalties: Team Sweden penalty to number 4 Emil Andrae, 2 minute minor for High Sticking. Time of the penalty 15:30

2nd Period Goals:  Team USA goal scored by number 23 Ryan Johnson, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 3:00. Team USA goal scored by number 15 Alex Turcotte, the goal was his 1st of the game and of the tournament. Time of the goal 4:55. 

2nd Period Penalties: Team USA penalty to number 28 Arthur Kaliyev, 2 minute minor for Tripping. Time of the penalty 15:47. 

3rd Period Goals: None

3rd Period Penalties: Team Sweden penalty to number 18 Lucas Raymond, 2 minute minor for Tripping. Time of the penalty 11:56

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 3 Team USA Vs Team Czech Republic

 

Team USA Record Before The Game

(1–1-0

Team Czech Republic

(1-2-0)

Forward Pairings 

Trevor Zegras-Alex Turcotte-Arthur Kaliyev

Matthew Boldy-Matthew Beniers-Cole Caufield

Brett Berard-John Farinacci-Bobby Brink

Brendan Brisson-Landon Slaggert-Patrick Moynihan 

Defense Pairings

Jake Sanderson-Drew Helleson

Cam York-Brock Faber

Ryan Johnson-Henry Thru p

Tyler Kleven-Sam Colangelo

Goaltenders 

Spencer Knight (starter)

Dustin Wolf (backup)

1st Period Goals: None

2nd Period Goals:  Team USA goal scored by number 24 Bobby Brink, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 5:33. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his (1st of the game and 4th of the tournament). Time of the goal 10:30. Team USA goal scored by number 24 Bobby Brink, the goal was his 2nd of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 15:56.

3rd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his (2nd of the game and 5th of the tournament). Time of the goal 6:03. Team USA goal scored by number 28 Arthur Kaliyev, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 8:18. Team USA goal scored by number 13 Cole Caufield, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 10:22. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (1st of the game and 5th of the Tournament). Time of the goal 11:22

Team USA Record After The Game

(2-1-0)

Team Czech Republic

(1-3-0)

With this win the US will advance to the knockout stage 

LA Kings Sign Forward Andreas Athanasiou

 Today your LA Kings signed forward Andreas Athanasiou to a one year deal. He previously played with the Detroit Red Wings for a total of five seasons. I think Athanasiou will be a good fit for the Kings as he can bring depth to the forward position as well as a veteran role for the younger players that are on the roster. The Kings start play on the 2020-21 NHL season on January 14th when the hoist the Minnesota Wild. 

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 2 Team USA Vs Team Austria

 

Team USA Record Before The Game

(0-1-0)

Team Austria Record Before The Game

(0-0-0)

Team USA lineup

Forward Pairings 

Trevor Zegras-Alex Turcotte-Arthur Kaliyev

Matthew Boldy-Matthew Beniers-Cole Caufield

Brett Berard-John Farinacci-Bobby Brink

Brendan Brisson-Landon Slaggert-Patrick Moynihan 

Defense Pairings

Jake Sanderson-Drew Helleson

Cam York-Brock Faber

Ryan Johnson-Henry Thrun

Tyler Kleven-Sam Colangelo

Goaltenders 

Dustin Wolf (starter)

Spencer Knight (backup)

1st Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 15 Drew Helleson, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 15:31

1st Period Penalties: Team USA penalty to number 23 Ryan Johnson 2 minute minor for Cross Checking. Time of the penalty 07:29 

2nd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras the goal was his (2nd of the Tournament and 1st of the game). Time of the goal 3:35. Team USA goal scored by number 25 John Farinacci, the goal was his (2nd of the Tournament and 1st of the game). Time of the goal 5:57. Team USA goal scored by number 18 Brendan Brisson, the goal was his 1st of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 8:55. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras the goal was his (3rd of the Tournament and 2nd of the game). Time of the goal 11:01. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (2nd of the Tournament and 1st of the game). Time of the goal 14:25. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (3rd of the Tournament and 2nd of the game). Time of the goal 18:44. 

2nd Period Penalties: Team Austria penalty to number 19 Marco Kasper 2 minute minor for Holding. Time of the penalty 4:44. Team Austria Penalty to Clemens Krainz 2 minute minor for Hooking. Time of the penalty 18:47

3rd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 21 Brett Berard, the goal was his 1st of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 2:45. Team USA goal scored by number 18 Brendan Brisson, the goal was his 2nd of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 3:53. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his (4th of the Tournament and 3rd of the game). Time of the goal 5:09. Team USA goal scored by number 22 Sam Colangelo, the goal was his 1st of the Tournament and game. Time of the goal 9:15. 

3rd Period Penalties: Team USA penalty to number 28 Arthur Kaliyev 2 minute minor for Hooking. Time of the penalty 14:35. Team Austria Penalty to Philipp Wimmer 5 minute major for Checking to the head and neck area and a Game Miscount (penalty being served by number 9 Mathias Bohm). Time of the penalty 18:07. 

Team USA Record After The Game

(1-1-0)

Team Austria Record After The Game

(0-1-0)

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship Game 1 Team USA Vs Team Russia

 

Team USA record before the game

(0-0-0)

Team Russia record before the game

(0-0-0) 

Pre Game Notes: Defenseman Cam York will be the captain for Team USA for the tournament. The United States enter the 2021 World Juniors on a five game win streak against the Russians heading into this year’s tournament. Kings prospect Arthur Kaliyev, Anaheim Ducks prospect Trevor Zegras,and Montreal Canadiens prospect Cole Caufield head into the first game with a total of 5 points in the exhibition game against Finland on December 22nd.

1st Period Goals: Team Russia Goal scored by number 13 Vasilli Ponomaryov, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and of the game. Time of the goal 8:07. Team USA goal scored by number 12 Matthew Boldy, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and of the game. Time of the goal 14:01

2nd Period Goals: Team Russia goal scored by number 11 Zakhar Bardkov, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 3:12.  Team Russia goal scored by number 13 Vasili Ponomaryov, the goal was his 2nd of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 10:08. Team Russia Goal scored by number 24 Ilya Safonov, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 11:15

3rd Period Goals: Team USA goal scored by number 25 John Farinacci, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 9:57. Team USA goal scored by number 9 Trevor Zegras, the goal was his 1st of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 17:42. Team Russia goal scored by number 42 Yegor Chinakhov, the goal was his first of the tournament and game. Time of the goal 19:39

LA Kings 2021 NHL Schedule Release

     Today your LA Kings released who they will be playing for the 2021 NHL season, this season will be 56 games for all clubs across the league due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic. There will
be four divisions this season, the North division will be an all Canadian division, the Central division will have (Carolina, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Nashville, and Tampa Bay), and the East division will have (Boston, Buffalo, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington). The Kings will play 28 games home and away and play only teams in the West division (teams in the west include all pervious Pacific Division teams with Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver leaving and Colorado, Minnesota, and St. Louis entering). The Kings will begin play on January 14th and 16th as take on the Minnesota Wild at home from Staples Center. Due to the pandemic no fans as of right now will be allowed to attended games across the league. All Kings games can be watched on Fox Sports West and streamed on Fox Sports Go 

Here is the Kings 2021 schedule.

IIHF 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship

     Hello hockey fans, due to the NHL’s 2020-21 season not beginning till January due to the COVID 19 pandemic, I will be reporting and doing game recaps of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships since that is the next big event happening in the hockey world. The game recaps will be mostly for Team USA , and also I will talk about how the players that Kings have drafted that are on other National Teams such as Canada and Sweden have played during the Tournament. If either Team USA, Canada, or Sweden make it to the Gold or Bronze medal game I will report on those games as well. All games in the tournament will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta due to the Pandemic. Some players had to be cut from their national teams due to testing positive for COVID 19. Fans in the United States can watch all the games on the NHL Network while in Canada fans can watch the games on TSN. 

     The players that are on the Kings and made their teams are Forward Quinton Byfield and Defenseman Jordan Spence (Team Canada), Defenseman Tobias Bjornfot (Team Sweden), Forwards Arthur Kaliyev, Alex Turcotte and Defenceman Brock Faber (Team USA), Forward Kasper Simontaival (Team Finland), Goaltender Lukas Parik (Team Czech Republic), Forward Martin Chromiak (Team Slovakia). Helge Grans (a prospect that the Kings drafted this year) did not make the Team Sweden roster even though he tried out Team Sweden. Grans was cut the final day of training camp due to other players wining the rosters spots.

I think that Quinton Byfeild and Jordan Spence will make a big impact for the Canadians this year

as Byfield’s speed and quick hands will be able to get pucks on net and produce big goals in the tournament, while Spence is a all around defenseman that can play both sides of the puck extremely well and set up some nice goals from the slot and behind the net. 

     For Team USA Alex Turcotte will be interesting to watch, since being picked by the Kings in 2018, Turcotte has been playing hockey at the University Of Wisconsin and has not achieved the potential that analysts predicted when he was drafted.  

     The first Team USA game will be on Christmas Day as they take on Team Russia, which is a always high anticipated matchup between the two countries. After that game the USA will have three more games in their group to play as they take on Austria on December 26th, then on December 29th they face off against the Czech Republic and finally on New Year’s Eve Team USA closes the Round Robin group play against Sweden.

     Team Canada will start play on December 26th against Germany, then will take on Slovakia the next day on December 27th, then on December 29th Team Canada faces off against Switzerland, and end the year off on New Year’s Eve as they take on Finland in a rematch of last years semi final matchup which Canada beat Finland 5-0. 

Can not wait for hockey to be back and watch some the of the future stars of the NHL.