2018 UNDER-18 FIVE NATIONS TOURNAMENT CZECH REPUBLIC, FINLAND, SWEDEN, RUSSIA, UNITED STATES || FEB. 13-17 || USA HOCKEY ARENA 2018 U18 FIVE NATIONS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE TALKING POINTS DATE MATCHUP TIME/RESULT FINLAND VS. CZECH REPUBLIC (17), Alex Andersson (22), David Tues, Feb. 13 Czech Republic vs. Finland 3:30 p.m. ET The 2018 Under-18 Five Nations Gustafsson (23), Jonatan Berggren (24), Tues, Feb. 13 Sweden vs. USA 7 p.m. ET Wed, Feb. 14 Finland vs. Russia 3:30 p.m. ET Tournament kicks off Feb. 13 with Oskar Back (26), Lukas Wernblom (31), Wed, Feb. 14 Czech Republic vs. USA 7 p.m. ET Finland vs. Sweden at 3:30 p.m. ET at Carl Jakobsson (36), Samuel Fagemo Thu, Feb. 15 Russia vs. Czech Republic 3:30 p.m. ET USA Hockey Arena. (40) are all in the Top 40. Goaltenders Thu Feb. 15 Finland vs. Sweden 7 p.m. ET Olaf Lindbom (4), and Jesper Eliasson Fri, Feb. 16 Sweden vs. Czech Republic 3:30 p.m. ET In November's tournament the Czech (13) also made the list. Fri Feb. 16 USA vs. Russia 7 p.m. ET Sat, Feb. 17 Russia vs. Sweden 3:30 p.m. ET Republic defeated Finland, 3-2 in Sat, Feb. 17 USA vs Finland 7 p.m. ET overtime. Karel Plasek and Vojtech TOURNAMENT DETAILS Doktor picked up assists on the game- Each team will compete in four USA games in bold | All streamed live on HockeyTV.com winning goal. games, with points awarded for wins Live stats at USAHockeyNTDP.com/5Nations2018 (3), overtime wins (2) and overtime Both teams have several players that losses (1). The first-place team will were recently included on the NHL be determined based on final point 2018 U18 FIVE NATIONS TOURNAMENT STANDINGS Central Scouting Mid-Season Rankings standings. TEAM PLACE PTS W L T GF GA List. TOP NHL-ELIGIBLE TALENT USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 Members of Team Finland that were Of the 112 players in the tournament, Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 included on the Top 40 of the NHL 72 are rated by NHL's Central Scouting Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Central Scouting Mid-Season rankings Bureau for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. include: Rasmus Kupari (6), Jesperi Thirty-one players in the tournament Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kotkaniemi (9), NIklas Nordgren (19), are rated in the Top 40 of the North Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sampo Ranta (23), and Lenni Killinen American or International skaters. (33). Finnish goaltenders Justus Annunen (5), and Jere Huhtamaa (12) Team USA has the most players on the TOURNAMENT MEDIA CONTACT also appeared on their respective lists. Central Scouting list with 18. Kris Nolt 717-823-1859 / [email protected] On the Czech Republic Daniel U18 FIVE NATIONS HISTORY Line charts and statistics are available for all scouts and media in Kowalczyk (49), Jakub Adámek (79), The Under-18 Five Nations and Four the USA Hockey Arena’s Box Office. Line charts and statistics will Matej Pekař (87), Vojtech Kropáček Nations tournaments are held twice also be available in the press box for each game. (89), Jakub Lauko (18), Karel Plášek (46), a season. The U.S. has placed first in Media should coordinate interviews requests through NTDP Michal Kvasnica (34), Adam Gajarský at least one of the two yearly events manager of communications Kris Nolt. He will coordinate media (65) made the list of skaters while dating back to the 2007-08 season. In requests through each team’s respective team manager. goaltenders Daniel Dvořák (10) and total, the U.S. has won the event 19 Lukas Dostál (3) made their list. times since the U.S. began participating TOURNAMENT WEBSITE in 1997-1998. USAHockeyNTDP.com/5nations2018 USA VS. SWEDEN The second half of Tuesday's matchup The U.S. has won both of the yearly FOLLOW ON SOCIAL #5NATIONS features Team USA and Team Sweden tournaments five times (2003-04, 2008- at 7 p.m. 09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2016-17). The two teams' last matchup at the NOVEMBER'S FIVE NATIONS @USAHOCKEYNTDP @USAHOCKEYNTDP Under-18 level was on November 10 In the November U18 Five Nations in Finland at the U18 Five Nations tournament in Finland, the U18s Tournament where Sweden topped went 1-0-2-1 (W-OTW-OTL, L) in the USA HOCKEY'S NATIONAL TEAM the U.S., 2-0. tournament to tie the Czech Republic for FACEBOOK.COM/USANTDP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM third place. Joel Farabee (Cicero, N.Y.) Almost every player on Team USA is and Oliver Wahlstrom (Quincy, Mass.) rated by NHL’s Central Scouting Bureau. led Team USA in the tournament with three points (1-2-3) in their three games. @USAHOCKEYARENA @USAHOCKEYARENA On Team Sweden Adam Boqvist (2), Jacob Olofsson (5), Adam Ginning (7), Filip Hallander (12), Filip Johansson continued on page 2... FACEBOOK.COM/USAHOCKEYARENA 2018 UNDER-18 FIVE NATIONS TOURNAMENT || USA HOCKEY ARENA || FEB. 13-17, 2018 1 TALKING POINTS CONTINUED... LAST YEAR... NCAA Division I and III opponents. University where he is in his third Last year, the U.S. National Under-18 Both squads also compete in several season. The Canton, New York native Team won both Under-18 Five Nations international events each season. was selected 50th overall in the 2015 tournaments. NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild. Additionally, the players face a daily In November 2016, the U.S. (1999 routine of off-ice development that Chad Kolarik (2002-04/Adler birth year) earned victories against includes strength training, cross- Mannheim) skated two seasons with Switzerland (7-2), the Czech Republic (5- training, cognitive skill testing and the NTDP in Ann Arbor, Mich. before 3) and Finland (3-2) and fell to Sweden academics. moving across town to play for the (2-1) to earn nine points, two more than University of Michigan. any other team in the tournament to COACHING STAFF AT U18 5 NATIONS finish first. Seth Appert (Cottage Grove, Minn.) While at Michigan, Kolarik helped the will lead the U.S. in the event for the Wolverines to two conference titles The U.S. clinched first place in the final second time this season. Joining Appert in 2005 and again as a senior in 2008. game of the tournament against Finland behind the bench will be associate The Abington, Pennsylvania native where Scott Reedy (2015-17/University coach Nick Fohr (Grand Forks, N.D.) and skated six seasons in the NHL and AHL of Minnesota) scored the game-winner intern assistant coach Mason Graddock before moving overseas to the Swedish at the 6:16 mark of the third period (Stowe, Vt.). Hockey League in 2013. and St. Cyr stopped 23 shots. With that tournament victory, the U.S. National TEAM USA CAPTAINS Kolarik currently plays for Adler Under-18 Team has won nine of the Mattias Samuelsson (Voorhees, N.J.) Mannheim in the German hockey last ten international events held each will serve as team captain for the duration league. November. of the Five Nations Tournament. Partick Giles (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Jonathan Ryan Stoa (2003-05/Spartak Moskva) The 2016-17 U.S. National Under-18 Gruden (Rochester, Mich.) will serve as skated two seasons with the NTDP Team followed November's performance alternate captains. and helped claim gold at the 2005 IIHF by claiming its second international Under-18 Men’s World Championship tournament victory of the season by NTDP AT THE OLYMPICS: Five NTDP with the Under-18 Team. He also helped earning 11 points and posting a 3-1-0- alumni were named to the U.S. Men’s the U.S. to a bronze medal at the 2007 0 (W-OTW-L-OTL) record in Sundsvall, Olympic roster. IIHF World Junior Championship. Sweden in February 2017. Stoa skated four seasons for the Troy Terry (2014-15/University of University of Minnesota where he In the deciding game against Denver) skated one season with the helped Minnesota win the WCHA tournament-host Sweden, Josh Norris NTDP as a member of the Under-18 championship his sophomore season (2015-17/University of Michigan) scored Team. He helped the U.S. win gold at and captained the team his senior a short-handed goal with three seconds the 2015 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World season. remaining in regulation and then tallied Championship as well as the 2017 two shootout goals in a 5-4 victory at World Junior Championship. Terry is Brandon Maxwell (2007-09/BK Mlada Sundsvall Energi Arena. St. Cyr tallied 25 known for his three shootout goals to Boleslav) spent two years with the saves in the game. defeat Russia in the semifinal and his NTDP before moving to the Ontario shootout goal to defeat Canada to win Hockey League. Maxwell helped ABOUT THE NTDP the World Junior Championship last Team USA earn a bronze medal at The pinnacle of amateur player year. the 2008 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World development in the U.S., the NTDP Championship. He has played in Europe scouts and selects the top 22 players Jordan Greenway (2013-15/Boston since 2012 after leaving the OHL. In in two age groups (Under-17 and University) capped off his two seasons 28 games this season he has a 2.37 Under-18) to train and develop in a with the NTDP by helping the U.S. goals against average and .931 save highly competitive two-year program. National Under-18 Team win the IIHF percentage.
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