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[ahtikullervo]

Never ever after the WW II has Team Finland on same level met with Team Estonia. There have been games Finland U18 vs. Estonia U20, Finland U20 vs. Estonia mens team, etc. From its neighbouring countries Estonia is the only one Finland has never ever after WW II faced on equal level in any age group. Tomorrow there will be a change in that. In Kerava (Finland) there is a game between Finland U18 and Estonian U18. Both have their very best rosters, Finland will travel after that game to Switzerland to participatein the tournament with Sweden, USA & Switzerland.

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Team Finland

1 Rasmus Rinne 08.07.1990 Hämeenlinna PK 189/78 G L
30 Niko Sulkanen 15.01.1990 Tampere Ilves 180/74 G L
35 Joonas Kuusela 30.05.1990 Lahti Pelicans 185/72 G L
00 Mikael Mannermaa 08.05.1990 Turku PS 169/69 G L
3 Teemu Eronen 22.11.1990 Helsinki Jokerit 179/78 D L
4 Ville Hietikko 31.03.1990 Hämeenlinna HPK 177/72 D R
5 Nico Manelius 12.03.1991 Helsinki Jokerit 181/86 D L
6 Kristian Näkyvä 18.11.1990 Espoo Blues 183/74 D L
23 Tommi Kivistö 07.06.1991 Helsinki Jokerit 186/87 D L
24 Saku Salmela 16.05.1990 Helsinki IFK 176/72 D L
25 Jesse Turkulainen 17.04.1990 Södertälje SK 188/86 D L
9 Sami Blomqvist 12.06.1990 Espoo Blues 174/73 F L
10 Teemu Hartikainen 03.05.1990 Kuopio KalPa 186/90 F L
12 Jasse Ikonen 13.06.1990 Kuopio KalPa 183/78 F L
13 Pekka Jormakka 14.09.1990 Jyväskylä JYP 174/80 F R
15 Jani Lajunen 16.06.1990 Espoo Blues 185/74 F L
16 Matias Myttynen 12.03.1990 Tampere Ilves 187/83 F L
18 Joonas Nättinen 03.01.1991 Jyväskylä JYP 188/79 F R
20 Toni Rajala 29.03.1991 Tampere Ilves 175/67 F L
21 Matias Sointu 10.02.1990 Tampere Ilves 177/67 F L
26 Jani Helenius 18.01.1990 Helsinki Jokerit 182/85 F L
27 Ilmari Pitkänen 18.07.1990 Helsinki Jokerit 182/83 F L
28 Jere Sallinen 26.10.1990 Espoo Blues 183/82 F L
29 Olli Vannesluoma 22.08.1990 Helsinki Jokerit 178/71 F L

HC: Jukka-Pekka Annala
AC: Kai Rautio
AC: Olavi Viitasalo
AC: Ari-Pekka Siekkinen
TL: Juha Mäki-Kokkila
EM: Tommi Järvinen
DR: Juha Salo
Phys: Teemu Vihervä

Team Estonia

1 Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 03.10.1990 Tallinn Purikad 173/68 G L
35 Mark Rajevski 29.03.1990 Kouvola KooKoo 169/78 G L
3 Artjom Abramov 23.01.1990 Tallinn Purikad 191/84 D L
5 Andres Arrak 21.01.1991 Tallinn Unistars 184/62 D L
6 Artjom Minin 22.09.1990 Helsinki Jokerit 178/82 D L
17 Dmitri Kalenda 10.03.1991 Tallinn Purikad 180/70 D L
24 Vitali Soitu 01.10.1990 Tampere Tappara 177/94 D L
32 Ander Paal 12.06.1991 Tallinn Purikad 191/101 D L
37 Daniil Borovik 10.01.1991 Tallinn Purikad 178/61 D R
14 Igor Lavrov 16.02.1990 Tallinn Stars 177/67 F L
22 Keven Leppimann 05.01.1992 Tallinna Purikad 186/74 F R
23 German Kurganov 03.03.1990 K-Järve Viru Sputnik 187/79 F L
27 Arkadi Zaitsev 01.03.1990 Tallinn Purikad 190/75 F L
28 Uku Mölder 17.04.1990 Kiekko-Espoo 180/68 F L
30 Edgar Baranin 03.04.1990 Tallinn Purikad 181/74 F R
31 Pavel Narvet 29.06.1990 Narva PSK 176/55 F L
33 Jan Lukats 02.03.1991 Tallinn Purikad 167/68 F L
34 Mihkel Võrang 10.03.1990 Tallinn Purikad 174/72 F L
36 Kirill Postolaki 04.03.1990 Tallinn Purikad 185/85 F L
39 Kaspar Karik 25.09.1990 Tallinn Purikad 186/75 F L
40 Martin Gut 17.10.1992 Tallinn Purikad 170/61 F L

HC: Hannu Järvenpää
AC: Jüri Rooba
TL: Toivo Viinapuu
GM: Ahti-Kullervo Jõgi
EM: Andres Kaljuste
DR: Julia Ossipova
Phys: Aleks Jairus

[ahtikullervo]

Finland U18 - Estonia U18 14:0 (7:0;3:0;4:0)



02.21 1:0 Myttynen (Turkulainen, Eronen)
04.27 2:0 Ikonen (Turkulainen)
04.37 3:0 Sallinen (Kivistö, Ikonen)
05.25 4:0 Hartikainen (Hietikko, Pitkänen)
09.15 5:0 Hietikko (Sointu, Lajunen) PP
14.18 6:0 Sallinen (Eronen, Nättinen)
15.18 7:0 Myttynen (Pitkänen, Hartikainen)
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23.13 8:0 Sointu (Lajunen)
32.47 9:0 Helenius (Rajala)
37.44 10:0 Sallinen (Ikonen)
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40.59 11:0 Ikonen (Sallinen, Nättinen) PP
43.56 12:0 Vannesluoma (Kivistö, Lajunen)
48.43 13:0 Kivistö (Rajala, Nättinen)
55.28 14:0 Myttynen (Pitkänen, Hartikainen)

Team Estonia. In goal Mark Rajevski 34.56 (-9), Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 25.04 (-5); defence Andres Arrak -1, Vitali Soitu -2 (+1 PPG), Daniil Borovik -3, Ander Paal -3 (+1 PPG), Artjom Abramov -4 (+1 PPG), Dmitri Kalenda -5, Artjom Minin (-6); forwards Arkadi Zaitsev (0), Pavel Narvet (0), Kaspar Karik -1 (+1 PPG), Mihkel Võrang -2, German Kurganov -2, Igor Lavrov -2, Keven Leppimann -2 (+1 PPG), Jan Lukats -3, Martin Gut -4 (+1 PPG), Kirill Postolaki -5, Edgar Baranin -6 (+1 PPG) ja Uku Mölder -6 (+1 PPG).

PIM for Team Estonia 12 (Karik, Zaitsev, Võrang, Paal, Abramov, Arrak) and Team Finland 4 (Hietikko, Ikonen).

[ahtikullervo]

Next big thing: IIHF World Championships U20 Division II Group B in Tallinn. I have made home site (in English), thanks to DK: http://u20mm.eestikad.ee/index.php

[DropThePuck]

OUCH! Sorry to see your boys take such a beating. Hope there were some positives for them to take away with them from lopsided affair.

[ahtikullervo]

Numbers did not matter. The fact that the game took place was a huge victory for us! It was the first time since 1945...

Just another trip down the memory lane. Finland got its first ever victory in ice hockey over Estonia. It was in year 1937 and the score was 2:1...

[Dark Knight]

Here's the real victory: GM: Ahti-Kullervo Jõgi

[Marshy]

sorry ahti but me and my suomi blood have to smile a bit about this.

[ahtikullervo]

Our games at U20 Worlds:

Estonia - Croatia 5:2 (1:1;2:1;2:0)
Estonia - Spain 13:2 (4:0;5:0;4:2)

[Reb]

Our games at U20 Worlds:

Estonia - Croatia 5:2 (1:1;2:1;2:0)
Estonia - Spain 13:2 (4:0;5:0;4:2)

Do I understand this correctly? 5-2 we can sneeze at. 13-2 we can't sneeze at.
How much ice does Espania get during a season? As I recall, from my time in Morocco, not much.

[Duckbill]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition......to have such a bad forecheck?

[ahtikullervo]

Tonight:

Estonia - Mexico 4:1 (1:0;2:0;1:1)

More at: http://www.u20mm.eestikad.ee

[Dark Knight]

Tonight:

Estonia - Mexico 4:1 (1:0;2:0;1:1)

More at: http://www.u20mm.eestikad.ee

Congratulations Ahti I think your kids right now could beat the Ducks

[ahtikullervo]

We took China 10:1 (2:0;4:0;4:1) instead...

[ahtikullervo]

And finally Netherlands in final game after penalty shots: 3:2 (1:0;1:1;0:1;0:0;2:0)

WE WON GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Year 2007 for me in hockey:

Ducks Stanley Cup!

U18 II A - bronze (my first ever hockey Worlds medal)

U20 II B - Gold (at home tournament in front of sold out crowd...)

I am pretty happy guy now!

[DropThePuck]

Congrats Ahti!

What a great year it's been for you! Don't forget to add seeing the Ducks play in London!!

[ahtikullervo]

In a way started with staring seeing Ducks in Vancouver and also included Moscow Worlds and IIHF Congress...

[ahtikullervo]

[Dark Knight]

Ahti!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to you and the team!!!

[Reb]

Well Done!!

[ahtikullervo]

Thanx!

It was a lot of FUN!

[Latvian]

Congrats, mate!

Unfortunately (or fortunately ) Latvia U20 boys woudn't meet you next year, as they beat Belarus in decisive game yesterday 3:1 in front of 9500 fans @ Arena Riga and got promoted to 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship in Canada.



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Belarus - Latvia 1-3 (0-0, 1-1, 0-2)

Latvia is celebrating the promotion to the 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship in Canada thanks to a 3-1 win against before undefeated Belarus.


Belarus had won every game so far while Latvia lost three points against Slovenia. But the hosts Latvia were ready to claim promotion by beating Belarus 3-1 in front of an impressive crowd of 9400 fans at the Arena Riga. Latvia got the better start and opened the score with defender Arturs Kulda's power play goal at 27:49. The Belarusians could react and Yuri Yelinseyenka equalise at 36:00 just after their opponents did not make use of a two-minute power play. The game was open for a long time, but the Latvians could gain advantage in the last period while Belarus played most time shorthanded. The noise level was increasing as former AHLer Kaspars Daugavins missed the Latvian lead with his penalty shot at 53:59. Nevertheless, 98 seconds later Latvia regained the lead thanks to Janis Straupe's goal. It was the game-winning goal and also Daugavins finally found the net by scoring an empty netter with 10 seconds remaining.

While Belarus gave the direct return to the top division away in the last game, Latvia will play at the 2009 U20 Worlds in Ottawa, Canada, after two years in Division I.

[Dark Knight]

Congratulations to the Latvian boys as well

[ahtikullervo]

I was in Riga (as a guest of Frontier) and saw the Latvian show!!! WOW!

By the way winning rituals were exactly the same as our boys did, except our boys did not smoke the cigars...

But game in Riga was special. My friend Eriks Miluns was the 2nd coach of team Latvia. I am very happy for him!!!

[ahtikullervo]

U20

Worlds

1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. Russia
4. USA
5. Czech Republic
6. Finland
7. Slovakia
8. Kazakhstan
9. Switzerland
10. Denmark

Division I A

1. Germany
2. Austria
3. Norway
4. Poland
5. Ukraine
6. Lithuania

Division I B

1. Latvia
2. Belarus
3. Slovenia
4. Hungary
5. France
6. Great Britain

Division II A

1. Italy
2. Japan
3. Korea
4. Belgium
5. Roumania
6. Iceland

Division II B

1. Estonia
2. Netherlands
3. Croatia
4. Spain
5. Mexico
6. China

Division III

Will be played from January 16th onwards.

Unique IIHF 100 years gold medals have gone to Canada, Germany, Latvia, Italy & Estonia! I am proud that my team is in such company!

[ahtikullervo]