World Junior Championship

klicks · December 13th, 2007, 10:28 AM

In just a couple of weeks, December 26 to be exact, the World Junior Hockey championships will begin. This showcase of the top junior players from around the world will be in the Czech Republic this year. If you're a hockey fan, this is a great tournament to watch. It has top talent, with a high...
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BtownJay · December 13th, 2007, 11:10 AM

Awesome, way to start this thread Klicks! I have to search for these games online since they are never shown in the states. The Flyers #2 overall pick from last season VanRymesdyk (sp) is on the US team.

BtownJay · December 13th, 2007, 11:11 AM

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wrong thread - but thanks for that Jay. Guess I've just been unlucky enough to only catch the scraps he's lost. In this case, I'm happy I was wrong!

lol, i moved it, apparently had both open... damn you read that fast.

klicks · December 13th, 2007, 11:16 AM

cool. I've only checked the Canadian roster in any detail, but will be going through all the teams in the next while. I noticed a Forsberg on Sweden, currenty playing for MODO, wonder if he's Peter's son? I haven't been able to find out yet, but am looking.
I highly recommend TSN.CA as a reference site for the championship - if you can't get the TSN channel on your cable/satellite I think their website may have some simulcasts.

klicks · December 13th, 2007, 11:18 AM

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lol, i moved it, apparently had both open... damn you read that fast.

lol - and then I noticed you deleted (moved I guess) and changed mine. I was fast by pure fluke, just noticed a comment had been posted so I checked - probably saw it just after you posted. You re-posted it in the Flyers, I mean future champs thread?

BtownJay · December 13th, 2007, 11:26 AM

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I highly recommend TSN.CA as a reference site for the championship - if you can't get the TSN channel on your cable/satellite I think their website may have some simulcasts.

I read tsn.ca daily, love that site. Sadly, if you aren't in Canada, you can't watch their simulcasts. It really drives me nuts.

klicks · December 13th, 2007, 03:44 PM

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I read tsn.ca daily, love that site. Sadly, if you aren't in Canada, you can't watch their simulcasts. It really drives me nuts.

Urrrgh - hate blocking!! No better than outright censorship in my mind.
We want net freedom, er, freedom on the net?

BtownJay · December 19th, 2007, 02:36 PM

Hey Klicks, I moved this thread to the NHL Rants section. It gets too buried in the NHL News section with new links always coming in.

And I just got some GREAT Effing news!! I'm going to get to watch this this year!!!!

NHL Network, the first national network dedicated entirely to hockey, today announced it has secured the exclusive U.S. rights to the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, Dec. 26, 2007 – Jan. 5, 2008. The upcoming tournament marks the first time the World Junior Championship will be telecast live on NHL Network in the United States.

NHL Network in the U.S. will televise live coverage of the entire medal round of the 2008 World Junior Championship, including both quarterfinal games, both semifinal contests, the bronze-medal game and the gold-medal game. All games will be televised in HD and will receive at least one primetime re-air on the network

Coverage on NHL Network in the U.S. gets underway on Wednesday, January 2nd with LIVE telecasts of the two quarterfinal games at 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT and 2:00 pm ET/11:00 am PT. For the 2008 tournament, the second- and third-place teams from each of the two groups after the round-robin portion will play in the quarterfinals. The winners of each group after the round-robin games advance to the semifinals. The final four teams square off LIVE on NHL Network at 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT and 2:00 pm ET/11:00 am PT on Friday, January 4th. The bronze medal game will be on the network LIVE at 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT Saturday, January 5th, followed shortly by the Gold Medal game LIVE on NHL Network in the U.S. at 2:00 pm ET/11:00 am PT.

sportsfanatic · December 21st, 2007, 05:48 AM

Wow this a very good game. I hope team Canada wins they got strong offense and stingy defense.

BtownJay · December 26th, 2007, 10:50 AM

WJC underway...

Team USA up 4-1 over Kazakhstan in the 3rd. The Flyers #2 overall pick from last season James VanRiemsdyk has a goal and an assist. Team Canada and all their studs play this afternoon.

BtownBeers · December 26th, 2007, 11:11 AM

Glad you get to see the games Jay....I so wish i go the NHL channel....had you not gotten them we'd have worked around the TSN issue for ya.

BtownJay · December 26th, 2007, 11:13 AM

Game over. USA wins 5-1. VanRiemsdyk named player of the game. Beating Kzn tells us nothing, but its good to get an opening game win.

Also, Sweden beat Slovakia 4-3. Two good match-ups coming up next, Canada vs. Czech and Finland vs. Russia. Canadas team is STACKED, i don't see how they can lose a game.

BtownJay · December 26th, 2007, 11:16 AM

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Glad you get to see the games Jay....I so wish i go the NHL channel....had you not gotten them we'd have worked around the TSN issue for ya.

Thanks. But sadly, the NHL Network won't have any games until Jan. 2nd, after all the group stage games are done. But there are some sopcast feeds of the games that i can use until then. Not to mention this is in Europe, so all the games are during the day, when i'm at work.

BtownBeers · December 26th, 2007, 11:18 AM

I was wondering how you were going to enjoy the games when you were posting about games in progress. Work sucks...its overrated and such a waste of life.

GO USA...I know nothing about these teams or the players on them sadly.

BtownJay · December 26th, 2007, 11:24 AM

Team Canada is disgusting...

WorldJuniors2008.com: Roster of team: Canada

They have our very own Flyer Claude Giroux... its like a list of all the future stars of the NHL.

December 13th, 2007, 10:28 AM	#1
klicks Join Date: 07-04-2005 Posts: 1,385	World Junior Championship In just a couple of weeks, December 26 to be exact, the World Junior Hockey championships will begin. This showcase of the top junior players from around the world will be in the Czech Republic this year. If you're a hockey fan, this is a great tournament to watch. It has top talent, with a high... Full Article Last edited by klicks; December 13th, 2007 at 10:35 AM.

December 13th, 2007, 11:10 AM	#2
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	Awesome, way to start this thread Klicks! I have to search for these games online since they are never shown in the states. The Flyers #2 overall pick from last season VanRymesdyk (sp) is on the US team.

December 13th, 2007, 11:16 AM	#4
klicks Join Date: 07-04-2005 Posts: 1,385	cool. I've only checked the Canadian roster in any detail, but will be going through all the teams in the next while. I noticed a Forsberg on Sweden, currenty playing for MODO, wonder if he's Peter's son? I haven't been able to find out yet, but am looking. I highly recommend TSN.CA as a reference site for the championship - if you can't get the TSN channel on your cable/satellite I think their website may have some simulcasts.

December 21st, 2007, 05:48 AM	#9
sportsfanatic Join Date: 12-16-2007 Posts: 10	Wow this a very good game. I hope team Canada wins they got strong offense and stingy defense.

December 26th, 2007, 10:50 AM	#10
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	WJC underway... Team USA up 4-1 over Kazakhstan in the 3rd. The Flyers #2 overall pick from last season James VanRiemsdyk has a goal and an assist. Team Canada and all their studs play this afternoon.

December 26th, 2007, 11:11 AM	#11
BtownBeers Join Date: 08-23-2004 Location: In Mrs. Jays Pants! Posts: 21,572	Glad you get to see the games Jay....I so wish i go the NHL channel....had you not gotten them we'd have worked around the TSN issue for ya.

December 26th, 2007, 11:13 AM	#12
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	Game over. USA wins 5-1. VanRiemsdyk named player of the game. Beating Kzn tells us nothing, but its good to get an opening game win. Also, Sweden beat Slovakia 4-3. Two good match-ups coming up next, Canada vs. Czech and Finland vs. Russia. Canadas team is STACKED, i don't see how they can lose a game.

December 26th, 2007, 11:18 AM	#14
BtownBeers Join Date: 08-23-2004 Location: In Mrs. Jays Pants! Posts: 21,572	I was wondering how you were going to enjoy the games when you were posting about games in progress. Work sucks...its overrated and such a waste of life. GO USA...I know nothing about these teams or the players on them sadly.

December 26th, 2007, 11:24 AM	#15
BtownJay Join Date: 07-14-2004 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 28,016	Team Canada is disgusting... WorldJuniors2008.com: Roster of team: Canada They have our very own Flyer Claude Giroux... its like a list of all the future stars of the NHL.