#Tim Soderlund

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TRADE ALERT: Chicago Blackhawks have traded Duncan Keith & Tim Soderlund to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Caleb Jones and a conditional 3rd-round pick in 2022.

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| Blackhawks prospect Tim Soderlund ties it up for the Swedes |

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The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that they have agreed to terms with forwards Mikael Hakkarainen (MIGH-kuhl hock-uh-RIGH-nuhn) and Tim Soderlund (SOH-duhr-luhnd) on three-year contracts that each run through the 2021-22 season ($925,000/AAV).

Drafted by Chicago in the fifth round (139th overall) of the 2018 National Hockey League Draft, Hakkarainen recorded 47 points (19G, 28A) in 42 regular-season games with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League during the 2018-19 campaign. The Helsinki, Finland native shared a team-high nine points (4G, 5A) in eight playoff contests with the Lumberjacks. He also appeared in one game with Providence College during the 2018-19 season. Over three seasons (2016-19) with Muskegon and the Chicago Steel, the 21-year-old forward has 111 points (43G, 68A) in 126 USHL regular-season games and 10 points (4G, 6A) in 13 postseason games.

Soderlund, 21, was drafted by the Blackhawks in the fourth round (112th overall) of the 2017 NHL Draft. During the 2018-19 season, he split time between Frölunda HC and Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League, recording five points (3G, 2A) in 26 games with Frölunda HC and nine points (3G, 6A) in 22 games with Skellefteå AIK. He also appeared in six postseason games with Skellefteå, but did not record a point. In 138 career regular-season SHL games over four seasons (2015-19) with Skellefteå AIK and Frölunda HC, Soderlund tallied 35 points (18G, 17A) and four goals in 23 playoff contests.

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Duncan Keith trade grades: Oilers add three-time Stanley Cup champion in deal with Blackhawks

The 2021 offseason is expected to be a doozy with the Kraken’s expansion draft and the unforeseen flat cap looming for the upcoming 2021-22 season.

Now the first domino has fallen, as the Blackhawks parted ways with three-time Stanley Cup champion Duncan Keith, sending him to the Oilers on Monday. The 2015 Conn Smythe winner requested a move to Western Canada to be closer to his son, Colton, who lives in Penticton, B.C.

“Last year was pretty difficult, not being able to see him,” Keith said on a Zoom call with reporters after the trade was announced. “I went almost three months without seeing him and then had a quick little visit and another close to two months without seeing him. . . . I knew I didn’t want to go those long periods of time without seeing him.

“So I’m excited to be closer to him and be able to see him more frequently and have him more involved and being able to come down to Edmonton.”

It’s hockey, but this trade has much more to it than just the on-ice product. It has more meaning to it than, really, any other trade can have. Off the ice, it’s an A+ to all the teams involved, but there is, of course, the on-ice aspect that fans will be focusing on. So, having said that, here’s a look at how each team did:

Oilers receive:

Dustin Keith (D)

Tim Soderlund (F)

Blackhawks receive:

Caleb Jones

2022 conditional draft pick

Blackhawks: B

Jones surely sweetens the pot for the Blackhawks. What pot you may ask? The one that gets them his brother, Seth Jones. The latter Jones brother will be a free agent next summer and has reportedly expressed a desire to move out of Columbus.

Would Seth waive his no-trade clause and keep Chicago off his no-trade list? Possibly, so the siblings could play together a la the Niedermayers or (some) of the Sutters. The move made that acquisition slightly less than a pipe dream, as it also opened up some cap space for the Blackhawks. Keith’s cap hit was $5,538,462, and Jones’ cap hit would be $5,400,000. 

Regardless of the Seth possibilities, Chicago gets a young defenseman in Caleb with 93 games of experience under his belt (33 in 2021). He hasn’t posted big numbers in the NHL, but Caleb has shown he can bring an offensive game with 29 points in 50 games with the Oilers AHL affiliate in Bakersfield in 2018-19 and 11 points in 14 games in 2019-20. 

The move could be good for Caleb, as he didn’t have much room to grow and develop at the NHL level. There were a bunch of guys blocking him and ascending into the lineup on a nightly basis, such as Kris Russell, William Lagesson and Dmitri Kulikov (if he is re-signed).

It should be noted that, if the Blackhawks somehow swing a deal for Seth, it would behoove a big boost on the final grade here.

Oilers: B-

Intangibles. That’s what led to Oilers general manager Ken Holland adding Keith. Holland’s seen the analytics. He’s seen the declining numbers, including a minus-8 goals scored above average that was the third-worst mark for any NHL player over the past two seasons (minimum 100 games), per ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski.

But this trade wasn’t about any of that from the Oilers’ perspective. It was about the intangibles. 

“I can’t put a price on three Stanley Cups, two Norris Trophies, a Conn Smythe Trophy, two gold medals and his leadership, what he’s meant to the Chicago Blackhawks franchise, how he’s won, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2015. Is he the same player today? No. He wouldn’t be available,” Holland said. “Am I aware of the analytics? Yeah. His analytics aren’t as good as they were in his prime, but I’m not asking him to be our No. 1 defenseman, to play 25 minutes against the other team’s best players. Darnell Nurse is going to do that.”

The expectation is Keith will be slotted on the second defensive pairing, which will pit him against the opposition’s weaker lines. Last season, he led the Blackhawks in ice time (23:25), but as Holland noted, he won’t have to do that now with Nurse on the blueline. Not being on a top D-pair will also limit his exposure to the league’s superstars, which could help shore up Keith’s game and elevate his skill level.

And Keith is hungry to show he’s not done yet despite turning 38 in four days.

“I feel like I have a lot,” Keith said when asked how much is left in his game. “Once we hit the ice, we’re going to see who’s a step behind out there. I’m not much for talking. It is what it is, and we’ll see what happens when we get on the ice.”

Does Keith have to put together an All-Star season? No, because, as mentioned, it’s not about the on-ice game as much as it is the intangibles. 

Last year’s Oilers roster had one guy who won a Stanley Cup: Alex Chiasson, who won with the Capitals in 2018. Keith has three and a Conn Smythe Trophy. Adding a guy that can bring leadership to the locker room, that has been in the trenches and knows what it takes to win a Stanley Cup — multiple Stanley Cups — is invaluable to a locker room. 

“I had to try to do something to make our team better, and I believe I made our team better today. We added a legitimate top-four defenseman,” said Holland, who is taking criticism for the cap hit and not making the Blackhawks retain as much as 50 percent of Keith’s salary. “I know that he’s 37 years of age, but he’s motivated, he’s excited and he’s bringing in lots of intangibles that it’s hard to put a price on. I don’t know what they’re worth, but I do know the teams that go on playoff runs and that are good — and we just watched recently this past week and you look at the veteran players and the impact that they have on those teams. I think it’s because of their experience, and certainly, that’s the hope.”

Time will tell if Keith will feel rejuvenated on a new team, but he does add that element the Oilers were missing. They already have guys who can bury the puck in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. They already have top defensive talent like Nurse. Now they have the guy who knows how to win.

source http://bbcbreakingnews.com/2021/07/13/duncan-keith-trade-grades-oilers-add-three-time-stanley-cup-champion-in-deal-with-blackhawks/

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2018 IIHF World Juniors Players By NHL Team

Boston: Jeremy Swayman (U.S.A.), Ryan Lindgren (U.S.A.), Trent Frederic (U.S.A.), Urho Vaakanainen (Finland), Joona Koppanen (Finland), Oskar Steen (Sweden).

Buffalo: Casey Mittelstadt (U.S.A.), Ukko-Pekka Luukonen (Finland), Vojtech Budik (Czech Republic), Marcus Davidsson (Sweden), Alexander Nylander (Sweden).

Detroit: Malte Setkov (Denmark), Kasper Kotkansalo (Finland), Filip Larsson (Sweden), Gustav Lindstrom (Sweden).

Florida: Aleksi Heponiemi (Finland).

Montreal: Ryan Poehling (U.S.A.), Victor Mete (Canada), Joni Ikonen (Finland).

Ottawa: Logan Brown (U.S.A.), Drake Batherson (Canada), Alex Formenton (Canada), Markus Nurmi (Finland).

Tampa Bay: Cal Foote (Canada), Boris Katchouk (Canada), Taylor Raddysh (Canada), Brett Howden (Canada), Libor Hajek (Czech Republic).

Toronto: Joseph Woll (U.S.A.), Eemeli Rasanen (Finland), Timothy Liljegren (Sweden).

Columbus: Andrew Peeke (U.S.A.), Vitalii Abramov (Russia).

New Jersey: Joey Anderson (U.S.A.), Michael McLeod (Canada), Marian Studenic (Slovakia), Yegor Zaitsev (Russia), Mikhail Maltsev (Russia), Jesper Boqvist (Sweden), Fabian Zetterlund (Sweden).

New York Rangers: Filip Chytil (Czech Republic), Lias Andersson (Sweden).

Philadelphia: Carter Hart (Canada), Maxim Sushko (Belarus), German Rubtsov (Russia), Linus Hogberg (Sweden).

Pittsburgh: Filip Gustavsson (Sweden).

Chicago: Henri Jokiharju (Finland), Jakub Galvas (Czech Republic), Andrei Altybarmanyan (Russia), Artur Kayumov (Russia), Tim Soderlund (Sweden).

Colorado: Conor Timmins (Canada), Cale Makar (Canada).

Dallas: Jake Oettinger (U.S.A.), Riley Tufte (U.S.A.), Colton Point (Canada), Miro Heiskanen (Finland), Ondrej Vala (Czech Republic), Fredrik Karlstrom (Sweden).

Nashville: Patrick Harper (U.S.A.), Dante Fabbro (Canada), Eeli Tolvanen (Finland).

Winnipeg: Dylan Samberg (U.S.A.), Kristian Vesalainen (Finland), Mikhail Berdin (Russia).

Arizona: Tyler Steenbergen (Canada).

Vegas: Jonas Rondbjerg (Denmark), Erik Brannstrom (Sweden).

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Player of the game

SWE- Tim Soderlund

CAN- Carter Hart

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Do you anything about Tim soderlund for the ice hogs? Not sure how well your guys know each team!

All we know is that he has a girlfriend! Sorry babes

XOXO -H & B

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Tame Impala - Let It Happen from David Wilson on Vimeo.

Director: David Wilson Production Company: Colonel Blimp Executive Producer: Paul Weston Producer: Corin Taylor Head of Music Videos: Nathan James Tettey Production Manager: Sophie Dewey

Co Production Company: The Directors Bureau Special Thanks to Roman Coppola

Service Company: Radioaktive Line Producer: Kate Galytska Line Production Manager: Kristina Ilyina

Director of Photography: Benoit Soler Production Designer: Kasja Soderlund

Lead Actor: Michael Instone

Editor: Thomas Grove Carter Editing Company: Trim

Cloud Creator / Physical Effect Lead Artist: Aron Bothman

Colorist: James Bamford

Post Production Company: The Mill LA Post Producer: Kait Boehm & Jordan Sharon 2D Lead Artist: Tim Bird

Label: Universal Music Australia Commissioner: Glen Goetze

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Tame Impala - Let It Happen from David Wilson on Vimeo.

Director: David Wilson Production Company: Colonel Blimp Executive Producer: Paul Weston Producer: Corin Taylor Head of Music Videos: Nathan James Tettey Production Manager: Sophie Dewey

Co Production Company: The Directors Bureau Special Thanks to Roman Coppola

Service Company: Radioaktive Line Producer: Kate Galytska Line Production Manager: Kristina Ilyina

Director of Photography: Benoit Soler Production Designer: Kasja Soderlund

Lead Actor: Michael Instone

Editor: Thomas Grove Carter Editing Company: Trim

Cloud Creator / Physical Effect Lead Artist: Aron Bothman

Colorist: James Bamford

Post Production Company: The Mill LA Post Producer: Kait Boehm & Jordan Sharon 2D Lead Artist: Tim Bird

Label: Universal Music Australia Commissioner: Glen Goetze

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Breast Cancer and Reiki

The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2006, about 212,900 women in the U.S. will learn they have invasive breast cancer. American women have a 1 in 8 chance of developing this type of cancer at some point in their lives, and roughly 2 million have already been treated for the disease. Thankfully, death rates from breast cancer have dropped dramatically. Early detection as well as advances in chemotherapy and other treatments mean that each year yields more and more breast cancer survivors.[i]

As with any cancer, traditional treatments for breast cancer can cause their own array of health challenges. Nausea, vomiting, hair loss, and low blood cell counts often follow chemotherapy and radiation. In a recent study published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Michael Hassett of Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that 16 % of breast cancer patients under age 64 required a hospital visit to manage chemotherapy side effects.[ii] Chemotherapy targets all rapidly growing cells, including white blood cells (known as neutrophils), which support the immune system. Neutropenia, meaning white blood cell counts have dropped below normal levels, lowers immune response to invaders like bacteria, viruses and fungi.[iii] Consequently, the most common and serious reason for the post-chemo hospital visits was high fever from infections. Anemia-resulting from low red blood cell count-poses additional struggles in the form of extreme fatigue.

Anti-nausea drugs, blood transfusions and lab-made white blood cell “boosters” now form part of a growing arsenal of coping strategies.[iv] But for women who feel conflicted about taking drugs in the first place, these solutions can seem too toxic or even add additional complaints. The neurtophil enhancers, for example, cause temporary bone pain as the marrow rapidly produces more cells. Leigh Leming, 54, a breast cancer survivor whose cancer later returned and metasticized, decided that this time she wanted to try something different. Unable to eat due to nausea, she now follows the advice of an Ayurvedic chef. She drinks a shot of ginger, lemon juice, and honey before each meal. “It’s the only thing that keeps my food down,” Leming explains. She also takes wheat grass juice to build up her blood counts, because 2 ounces of wheat grass juice contain nutrients equivalent to 4 pounds of organic produce: “The difference in my energy levels is amazing!”

A patient at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Leming noticed fliers offering Reiki sessions there. Reiki (pronounced “RAY-key”) is an ancient healing energy system rediscovered in the late nineteenth century by a Japanese monk named Dr. Mikao Usui. The “Rei” stands for “universal,” and the “ki” refers to “life force energy” similar to “Chi” in Chinese healing or “prana” in yoga. Thus, Reiki means “universal life force energy,” which works on all levels-physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. By influencing all these levels, Reiki is believed gently but dramatically to amplify people’s innate abilities to heal themselves. One can perform Reiki with hands on or above the body, and even across great distances. Most people notice it as heat, tingling or a feeling of deep love and support.

Leming’s friends at St. Luke’s Wellness Center explained that they receive Reiki sessions prior to chemotherapy in order to offset some of their post-chemo reactions. Other patients noticed dramatic improvement in pain levels following Reiki treatments. After experiencing some of this pain relief herself-“I actually forget to take my pain pills after a Reiki session”-Leming gathered a group of patients and survivors to learn how to treat themselves with Reiki. Having received an attunement (opening of the body’s natural energy paths) from a Reiki Master Teacher, they can now feel Reiki flowing through their own hands. Although her pain returns, Leming reports a greater sense of calmness and peace when dealing with pain, as well as other cancer stressors like finances and family relationships.

No formal U.S. studies have proven Reiki’s effectiveness in treating cancer; however, The Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative recently awarded a $20,000 grant to Dr. Ahlam Mansour of the College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Mansour will study “the effects of Reiki on the level of anxiety, physical problems, spiritual well-being, and complete blood counts in patients undergoing their initial AC (chemotherapy).”[v] The June 1997 issue of Cancer Prevention Control shared preliminary results from a controlled study at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Canada. Twenty volunteers with chronic pain, including pain from cancer, received Reiki treatments from a certified Reiki Level 2 practitioner. Study supervisors used both a visual analog scale (VAS) and a Likert scale to measure pain before and after Reiki. The study found that receiving Reiki greatly improved pain levels.[vi]

Across the United States, hospitals and hospices have begun to value Reiki. In 1997, Nancy Samson, RN, BS, began coordinating a volunteer Reiki program in the radiation oncology ward at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. Today, the center hosts Reiki Certification Classes and advertises 50% reimbursement of class cost for DHMC employees. [vii] The esteemed California Pacific Medical Center’s Health and Healing Clinic offers Reiki, along with acupressure, nutritional therapy and yoga. [viii] Hospices increasingly offer Reiki to patients as a means of easing pain and reducing anxiety about the unknown.

Arizona hosts one of the longest relationships between Reiki and traditional cancer treatment. Sally Soderlund, RN (Support Services Coordinator for Oncology) directs the Tucson Medical Center (TMC) Reiki Clinic. The Reiki program at TMC began over 11 years ago in the Cancer Care Unit. It has since branched out to other areas of the hospital as well. Reiki practitioners at TMC usually describe Reiki as “healing energy” and work together in two person teams. They emphasize the relaxing and healing qualities of Reiki, rather than delving into metaphysics. Although some patients report spiritual experiences during Reiki sessions, volunteers explain that Reiki is a healing system, not a religion. The TMC clinic’s success continues due to patient requests for repeat sessions as well as nurse reports of improved patient mood and healing rate.[ix]

The American Cancer Society regards Reiki as a “safe” complementary cancer therapy. Their website acknowledges patients’ subjective reports of Reiki’s ability to speed healing and increase their sense of well-being. Like massage, Reiki induces relaxation, lowers heart rate and reduces stress levels. Studies indicate that people heal better if they can remain in a low stress state. Because massage actually manipulates tissue, though, the American Cancer Society recommends avoiding areas near tumors until research shows if tissue manipulation can spread cancer cells to other parts of the body.[x] Unlike massage, Reiki involves a light touch or no touch at all: there is no tissue manipulation. Recipients remain clothed while energy flows above and into their body. For people with multiple tumor sites, Reiki offers a chance to tap into the healing power of relaxation without any contraindications.

[i] American Cancer Society: Caner Reference Information. cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1X_How_many_people_get_breast_cancer_5.asp?sitearea=

[ii] About Health and Fitness: breastcancer.about.com/

[iii] “How Cancer Can Put You at Risk of Serious Infection.” Healthmonitor: July-August 2006, p. S3.

[iv] “Take Care of Yourself.” Healthmonitor: July-August 2006, p. S4.

[v] Source: Office of Communications, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, usask.ca/communications/ocn/Apr24/news8.html.

[vi] Source: Olson K, Hanson J, 1997. “Using Reiki to manage pain: a preliminary report.” Cancer Prevention Control 1997, June, Vol.1(2): pages 108-13.

[vii] Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Classes and Events. dhmc.org/dhmc/webpage.cfm?site_id=2&morg_id=0&org_id=1&sec_id=3&gsec_id=3&item_id=3

[viii] CPMC Institute for Health and Healing. cpmc.org/services/ihh/professionals/overview.html

[ix] Rand, William Lee. “Reiki in Hospitals.” Reiki News Articles: The International Center for Reiki Training. reiki.org/reikinews/reiki_in_hospitals.html

[x] American Cancer Society. “Reiki” and “Massage.” cancer.org/docroot/eto/content/eto_5_3x_massage.asp?sitearea=eto

Source by Laura Bruno

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Top 200 Fantasy Prospect Forwards

Here are the Top 200 prospects to own in your points-only keeper league – January edition!

  As always, players within +/-5.0 rating points of each other should be considered equal and at that point are a matter of team needs or personal bias. These rankings are late this month due to the extensive work done in the 11th annual Midseason Fantasy Guide (pick it up here right now!). The Midseason Guide, besides having second-half projections, also has over a dozen NCAA free agents that NHL teams are looking at, plus European players of interest, a look at the 2019 draft, some prospects who could join their NHL club late in the season and help you – and much more! Check it out here!

  Friday I posted the Top 300 skaters list (you can find that here). Saturday was the Top 100 defensemen.

  Click any player name to be taken to his phenomenal prospect profile…

  Jan 10 Prospect Team type Prospect Rating Dec 10 Nov 10 1 Andrei Svechnikov CAR o 84.9 2 1 2 Brady Tkachuk OTT p 84.7 1 2 3 Jesperi Kotkaniemi MON o 80.5 7 6 4 Dylan Strome CHI o 79.5 6 7 5 Eeli Tolvanen NSH o 79.4 3 4 6 Henrik Borgstrom FLA t 78.7 5 5 7 Robert Thomas STL t 74.8 8 8 8 Casey Mittelstadt BUF o 74.2 4 3 9 Martin Necas CAR o 73.7 10 9 10 Drake Batherson OTT p 73.6 9 15 11 Kailer Yamamoto EDM os 73.5 12 10 12 Jack Roslovic WPG t 72.8 13 12 13 Jordan Kyrou STL o 72.1 15 17 14 Filip Zadina DET o 71.6 16 16 15 Troy Terry ANA o 71.1 17 18 16 Cody Glass VGK o 70.6 18 21 17 Sam Steel ANA o 70.4 19 14 18 Jordan Greenway MIN p 69.9 20 19 19 Vitali Kravtsov NYR o 68.5 21 20 20 Kristian Vesalainen WPG p 68.4 22 28 21 Andreas Johnsson TOR o 68.1 43 53 22 Gabriel Vilardi LAK o 67.8 25 26 23 Michael Rasmussen DET p 67.8 23 27 24 Brett Howden NYR t 67.6 14 13 25 Filip Chytil NYR o 67.0 26 32 26 Jaret Anderson-Dolan LAK o 66.9 24 25 27 Nick Suzuki MON t 66.8 27 29 28 Kirill Kaprizov MIN os 66.7 28 30 29 Tage Thompson BUF o 66.5 30 33 30 Luke Kunin MIN o 66.5 31 34 31 Dylan Sikura CHI o 66.4 29 31 32 Aleksi Heponiemi FLA o 66.1 33 36 33 Morgan Frost PHI o 66.1 35 38 34 Logan Brown OTT o 66.0 34 37 35 Alexander Nylander BUF o 65.6 36 39 36 Lias Andersson NYR t 65.6 37 40 37 Alex Formenton OTT o 65.2 49 57 38 Ryan Donato BOS o 65.0 46 50 39 Barrett Hayton ARI t 64.9 38 41 40 Martin Kaut COL t 64.9 39 42 41 Jason Robertson DAL o 64.7 138 138 42 Owen Tippett FLA o 64.6 32 35 43 Michael McLeod NJD t 63.9 41 47 44 Warren Foegele CAR o 63.7 42 46 45 Ty Dellandrea DAL o 63.6 44 49 46 Joshua Ho-Sang NYI o 63.5 45 45 47 Adam Gaudette VAN o 63.4 40 43 48 Maxime Comtois ANA p 62.2 48 48 49 Anders Bjork BOS t 61.2 52 55 50 Dillon Dube CGY o 60.9 54 56 51 Vitali Abramov CBJ os 60.7 47 44 52 Conor Garland ARI os 60.6 120 169 53 Andrew Mangiapane CGY o 60.6 55 59 54 Nikita Scherbak LAK o 59.5 56 60 55 Nicolas Roy CAR t 59.4 59 64 56 Taylor Raddysh TBL p 59.1 60 65 57 Oliver Wahlstrom NYI o 59.0 61 51 58 Joel Farabee PHI t 59.0 62 66 59 Daniel Sprong ANA o 58.8 58 23 60 Jonathan Dahlen VAN o 58.6 57 61 61 Joe Veleno DET o 58.4 64 96 62 Nick Merkley ARI o 58.3 65 52 63 Denis Gurianov DAL o 58.2 66 89 64 Evgeny Svechnikov DET o 57.7 67 68 65 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson BOS t 57.7 50 58 66 Lucas Wallmark CAR o 57.7 69 79 67 Boris Katchouk TBL t 57.6 68 69 68 Antti Suomela SJS o 57.4 70 71 69 German Rubtsov PHI t 57.2 71 72 70 Mathieu Joseph TBL t 57.2 78 111 71 Aleksi Saarela CAR o 57.2 72 73 72 Isac Lundestrom ANA o 56.9 73 74 73 Kieffer Bellows NYI p 56.9 74 63 74 Rasmus Kupari LAK o 56.3 76 77 75 Dominik Kahun CHI os 56.2 79 81 76 Grigori Denisenko FLA o 56.1 83 86 77 Lawson Crouse ARI p 56.0 77 76 78 Oskar Lindblom PHI t 55.9 63 67 79 Jason Dickinson DAL t 55.3 80 82 80 Carl Grundstrom TOR o 55.1 81 84 81 Roope Hintz DAL o 55.0 82 85 82 Zach Aston-Reese PIT o 54.5 85 87 83 Sammy Blais STL o 54.2 128 127 84 Julien Gauthier CAR o 54.0 86 88 85 Josh Norris OTT o 53.8 88 90 86 Ryan Poehling MON t 53.8 91 93 87 Jonathan Davidsson CBJ o 53.7 89 91 88 Nic Petan WPG os 53.5 75 75 89 Valentin Zykov VGK o 53.4 87 80 90 Mikhail Vorobyev PHI o 53.3 84 78 91 Vladislav Kamenev COL t 53.3 51 54 92 Jayce Hawryluk FLA o 53.1 93 101 93 John Quenneville NJD t 52.8 90 92 94 Dylan Gambrell SJS o 52.6 92 94 95 Riley Tufte DAL p 52.2 147 152 96 Klim Kostin STL p 51.7 95 98 97 Liam Foudy CBJ t 51.1 96 99 98 Sasha Chmelevski SJS o 51.0 123 125 99 Rasmus Asplund BUF o 50.6 97 102 100 Sonny Milano CBJ o 50.6 98 95 101 Cliff Pu CAR o 50.5 94 97 102 Rudolfs Balcers OTT o 50.5 100 105 103 Rourke Chartier SJS o 50.4 101 106 104 Dominik Bokk STL o 50.4 102 107 105 Zach Senyshyn BOS o 50.3 99 104 106 Max Jones ANA p 50.1 103 100 107 Maxim Letunov SJS o 50.0 104 108 108 Janne Kuokkanen CAR o 49.9 105 110 109 Sheldon Dries COL os 49.6 133 134 110 Kevin Stenlund CBJ p 49.4 106 112 111 Mitchell Stephens TBL t 49.4 107 140 112 Cooper Marody EDM o 49.4 108 115 113 Sheldon Rempal LAK os 48.9 109 114 114 Travis Boyd WAS o 48.6 111 143 115 Kevin Roy ANA o 48.6 112 109 116 Trent Frederic BOS p 48.5 113 119 117 Mason Shaw MIN os 48.5 114 128 118 Jake Evans MON o 48.4 115 120 119 Shane Bowers COL t 48.4 116 121 120 John Hayden CHI p 48.3 110 116 121 Ryan McLeod EDM o 48.3 118 123 122 Alex Barre-Boulet TBL os 48.3 119 160 123 Kole Lind VAN o 48.0 122 113 124 Spencer Foo CGY o 48.0 121 124 125 Matt Luff LAK o 47.8 124 195 126 Victor Olofsson BUF o 47.8 125 154 127 Kiefer Sherwood ANA t 47.7 126 142 128 Maxim Mamin FLA o 47.6 127 126 129 Michael Dal Colle NYI o 47.6 129 147 130 Mason Appleton WPG o 47.5 130 129 131 Jeremy Bracco TOR o 47.3 131 131 132 Nikita Gusev VGK os 47.1 132 132 133 Adam Mascherin DAL os 46.9 117 122 134 Dmitry Sokolov MIN o 46.6 134 135 135 Shane Gersich WAS o 46.5 135 136 136 Filip Chlapik OTT o 46.5 136 137 137 Francis Perron SJS o 46.5 137 151 138 AJ Greer COL p 46.4 139 139 139 Matthew Highmore CHI o 46.3 140 141 140 Alexandre Texier CBJ o 46.2 141 144 141 Victor Ejdsell CHI p 46.1 142 145 142 Erik Foley STL o 46.0 143 146 143 Adam Brooks TOR o 45.9 144 148 144 Dmytro Timashov TOR o 45.9 145 149 145 Wade Allison PHI o 45.8 146 150 146 Stelio Mattheos CAR o 45.5 148 153 147 Tyler Benson EDM o 45.5 149 185 148 Jonatan Berggren DET o 45.4 150 156 149 Patrick Harper NSH os 45.3 151 118 150 David Pope DET o 45.3 152 157 151 Remi Elie BUF p 45.2 153 117 152 Juho Lammikko FLA o 45.2 154 158 153 Alexander Volkov TBL o 45.0 155 159 154 Akil Thomas LAK o 45.0 156 161 155 Joey Anderson NJD o 45.0 157 162 156 Tyler Steenbergen ARI o 44.7 158 130 157 Ville Meskanen NYR o 44.6 159 163 158 Pierre Engvall TOR o 44.6 160 164 159 Axel Holmstrom DET o 44.5 161 165 160 Brendan Lemieux WPG p 44.5 162 166 161 Sergei Shumakov UFA o 44.4 163 167 162 Lukas Jasek VAN t 44.4 164 155 163 Tanner Laczynski PHI o 44.4 165 168 164 Saku Maenalanen CAR o 44.3 182 187 165 Noah Gregor SJS o 44.2 166 171 166 Philipp Kurashev CHI o 44.1 186 190 167 Mike Amadio LAK o 44.1 167 172 168 Benoit-Olivier Groulx ANA o 44.1 168 174 169 Tyler Lewis COL o 44.0 169 175 170 Rem Pitlick NSH p 44.0 170 176 171 Jesper Boqvist NJD o 44.0 171 177 172 C.J. Smith BUF o 43.9 172 178 173 Jonny Brodzinski LAK o 43.9 173 179 174 Tomas Hyka VGK o 43.9 174 180 175 Anatoly Golyshev NYI os 43.8 175 181 176 Brett Seney NJD os 43.7 176 182 177 Gabriel Fortier TBL o 43.5 177 183 178 Kalle Kossila ANA o 43.4 178 184 179 Calvin Thurkauf CBJ p 43.4 179 186 180 Dryden Hunt FLA o 43.1 180 217 181 Austin Wagner LAK p 43.1 183 204 182 Marcus Davidsson BUF t 43.0 184 188 183 Jay O'Brien PHI t 43.0 185 189 184 Daniel O'Regan BUF t 42.9 181 133 185 Peter Cehlarik BOS o 42.7 187 191 186 Cameron Hebig EDM o 42.7 188 202 187 Michael Spacek WPG o 42.7 189 192 188 Martins Dzierkals TOR o 42.6 190 193 189 Carsen Twarynski PHI o 42.5 191 194 190 Jonah Gadjovich VAN p 42.5 192 196 191 Jack Drury CAR t 42.5 193 197 192 Antoine Morand ANA o 42.5 194 198 193 Rocco Grimaldi NSH os 42.1 195 222 194 Tim Soderlund CHI os 42.0 196 199 195 Serron Noel FLA p 42.0 197 200 196 Connor Dewar MIN o 41.8 198 201 197 Adam Helewka ARI t 41.7 199 203 198 Nicolas Aube-Kubel PHI o 41.7 200 289 199 Adam Erne TBL p 41.6 201 205 200 Brandon Hagel BUF o 41.6 202 206

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Canada earns dramatic win over Sweden to take house gold at 2018 World Junior Championship

Canada entered the 2018 World Junior Championship looking for redemption and, on Friday evening, it acquired it.

One yr after struggling a devastating gold medal shootout loss to the US, Crew Canada returned to the highest of the junior hockey world with an exhilarating Three-1 win over Sweden within the World Junior Championship.

It does not all the time occur as such, however the gold medal recreation featured the 2 clear-cut greatest groups within the match. Sweden entered the ultimate recreation with an ideal 6-Zero file, whereas Canada’s lone defeat got here in a shootout loss towards the US within the preliminary spherical.

The sport lived as much as the hype, as the 2 groups fought valiantly in a good back-and-forth contest that was up for grabs proper up till the ultimate minutes. Finally, although, Canada prevailed in dramatic trend, securing their first gold medal on the WJC since 2015 and their 17th in complete.

Canada opened the scoring on a beautiful sequence within the second interval. Jordan Kyrou (St. Louis Blues) and Dillon Dubé (Calgary Flames) acquired the higher of Sweden on a 2-on-2 rush, with Kyrou pulling up simply contained in the blue line to search out Dubé with an excellent feed. Regardless of being shadowed by Swedish defenseman Timothy Liljegren (Toronto Maple Leafs), Dubé was capable of end with an excellent shot that discovered the highest shelf.

The Swedes tied the sport on the power of a short-handed purpose — their third within the final two video games — from Tim Soderlund (Chicago Blackhawks) with just below seven minutes remaining within the second interval. Sweden has often showcased their glorious velocity and taking pictures all through the match, and each have been on show on this purpose.

The sport remained deadlocked at 1-1 till late within the third interval regardless of a variety of probabilities at each ends of the ice. Finally, it was Canada’s Tyler Steenbergen (Arizona Coyotes) who got here by means of because the hero when he managed to redirect a puck into the again of the web with lower than two minutes remaining within the third interval. The feed from defenseman Conor Timmins (Colorado Avalanche) was distinctive as nicely. 

Steenbergen was probably essentially the most unlikely of heroes for the Canadian squad, because the gold medal game-winner was simply his first purpose of the match. He was the final ahead on the Canadian roster to register a purpose, however boy did he ever choose his spot.

Lower than a minute after Steenbergen’s purpose, Canada ahead Alex Forementon all however put the victory on ice with an empty-netter.  

Canada’s ‘Participant of the Sport’ honors within the gold medal victory went to goaltender Carter Hart (Philadelphia Flyers), who made 35 saves towards the Swedes. It is also price noting that 17-year-old Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin (projected to be the highest total choose on this summer time’s NHL Draft) was honored as one of the best defenseman of the match.

Considered one of my favourite issues concerning the WJC yearly is the fierce competitiveness of the children concerned. All of the gamers are youngsters trying to show themselves whereas representing their nation, and there is an intense starvation that is virtually palpable. If you attain the gold medal recreation, these stakes and feelings are at an all-time excessive, and it all the time results in pure pleasure for one staff and pure agony for the opposite.

That agony actually took middle stage in the course of the silver medal presentation this yr. Lots of the Swedish gamers have been distraught within the wake of the crushing loss, however none extra so than captain Lias Andersson (New York Rangers). Andersson, who was in tears on the ice, accepted his silver medal from match officers earlier than chucking it into the stands as he skated away. 

Andersson both let his feelings get one of the best of him or he actually had no real interest in hanging on to a silver medal. Both manner, he’ll seemingly catch some flak for the poor show of sportsmanship, however it’s arduous to criticize a teenage child for making a poor selection within the rapid aftermath of a crushing defeat. If you ask youngsters to change into extraordinarily invested in occasions like these, it is inevitable that stuff like this can occur sometimes. 

Lias Andersson tossing the silver medal into the gang. Not gonna lie, I am hyper aggressive and get so mad after I lose, so I really feel the place he is coming from. http://pic.twitter.com/9U1NmcaAss

— Wyatt Arndt (@TheStanchion) January 6, 2018

However, as an fascinating footnote, try the dude who wound up catching the medal. He was sporting three jerseys suddenly (for no matter wild purpose) and one among them simply occurred to be a Sweden sweater.

And, for what it is price, he reportedly returned the medal to Andersson shortly after catching it.

What else occurred on the ultimate day of the WJC?

The United States received bronze with a dominant 9-Three victory over Czech Republic.

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2019-20 Rockford IceHogs Players By Nationality

American: 4 (Collin Delia, Dennis Gilbert, Chad Krys & Dylan McLaughlin)

Canadian: 12 (Nicolas Beaudin, MacKenzie Entwistle, Alexandre Fortin, Brandon Hagel, Matthew Highmore, Reese Johnson, John Quenneville, Dylan Sikura, Tyler Sikura, Matt Tomkins & Kris Versteeg)

Swedish: 6 (Adam Boqvist, Lucas Carlsson, Philip Holm, Jacob Nilsson, Tim Soderlund & Anton Wedin)

Finnish: 4 (Mikael Hakkarainen, Kevin Lankinen, Aleksi Saarela & Joni Tuulola)

Swiss: 1 (Philipp Kurashev)

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Canada wins 2018 World Junior gold after 3-1 victory over Sweden

The country has their first World Junior gold since 2015.

Canada will take home the 2018 World Junior gold medal after besting Sweden 3-1 in the final game of the tournament on Friday evening. Arizona Coyotes prospect Tyler Steenbergen got the game winning goal for Team Canada with 1:40 left in the game.

Team Canada had five power play opportunities on the game and while they converted none of them, Steenbergen’s game-winner came just moments after their final failed man-advantage.

Sweden outshot the Canadians by an advantage of 36-28, but goaltender Carter Hart stopped all but one attempt from their opponents.

Team Canada captain Dillon Dube opened the scoring two minutes into the second period. On a rush down the ice, Dube received a nice pass in tight from Jordan Kyrou. Dube was able to keep the Swedish defender off the puck before he snapped the puck over the glove of netminder Filip Gustavsson.

When it seemed Canada would have the chance to take over the game with a late second period power play, Sweden once again snapped any momentum with a shorthanded goal. Tim Soderlund took advantage of a nice defensive steal at the other end as he put the puck off the post above the glove of Carter Hart for the 1-1 tie goal.

In Sweden’s semifinal match against the United States, the team tallied two shorthanded goals.

Steenbergen broke open the game with less than two minutes to go in the third period. A nice feed from the top of the slot from Conor Timmins met Steenbergen at the front of Team Sweden’s net, where he tapped the puck in over Gustavsson for the ultimate game-winner.

It’s Tyler Steenbergen who���s the hero for Canada. Puts them ahead with less than two minutes remaining http://pic.twitter.com/AlGRB8uJiN

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 6, 2018

Alex Formenton capped off the gold medal game with the 3-1 empty net goal just moments later for Team Canada.

The gold medal is Canada’s first since 2015 and the country’s 17th gold medal in World Junior history.