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Beware World Juniors, Topias is coming.

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New Jersey Devils European Prospects Update: Tobias Vilen Getting Noticed

New Jersey Devils European Prospects Update: Tobias Vilen Getting Noticed

EUROPEAN UPDATE: TOPIAS VILEN GETTING NOTICED At the time Topias Vilen was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 5th Round (129th overall) in 2021, the then 17-year-old was already playing regular minutes with his brother Elias for his professional hometown team, the Lahti Pelicans, in the SM-Liiga. Despite being a late round pick, as a prospect, Vilen has always checked a lot of…

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Liiga Läpimurto is back!

This time with Combine to start the season off.

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This week on Läpimurto: How’s your logo drawing skills?

You can usually find one pair of brothers in a Liiga team but in the recent memory not that many have had two. But this year Pelicans do. The two sets of brothers are forwards Aatu and Juuso Jämsen and defenceman Topias and forward Elias Vilén.

Both Aatu and Topias say that on the ice their brothers feel more like team mates than family members. Although they can say the main difference to the rest of the guys is the more blunt feedback they get.

Later in the episode, Ruben Rafkin and Eetu Liukas get into a challenge drawing Liiga team logos and Eemil Viro does the judging.

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Last week on Läpimurto: Jukurit to playoffs?

In the beginning of the episode, Pelicans players Aatu Jämsen, Matias Rajaniemi and Topias Vilén compete in the Läpimurto Skills Challenge. How do the guys perform?

The youngsters of Jukurit Hannes Häkkilä, Joni Jurmo and Aatu Räty talk about the team’s current success and what their goals are for the rest of the season. At this time, Jukurit are placed 4th in the league only six points behind the first place.

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In our series: everyone’s related in hockey

Tommi Niemelä’s Pelicans has proven to be a youth factory and these two are prime example of it. Topias though might tease his older brother a little about getting drafted to the NHL when Elias didn’t.

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Topias Vilén selected 129th overall by New Jersey Devils

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Meet the young Pelicans

Aatu Jämsén talks about his first Liiga games and shows how to do a Michigan / lacrosse goal / or whatever you wanna call it.

Matias Rajaniemi and Topias Vilen on the other hand get into talking about how to combine playing in a professional league whilst still being a student in high school.

Later on in the episode September’s best U20 players are revealed!

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The Vilén brothers starting to secure their spots in the Pelicans lineup

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This week on Läpimurto: the physique of a hockey player

Coach Tommi Niemelä, Pelicans' Topias Vilen, Lukko’s Mikko Petman and JYP’s Brad Lambert talk about the players training routines.

They think of what are the most important things for a hockey player in the current day. It used to be the bigger the better but nowadays it is more preferred for the players to have agility and versatility. 

Later in the episode, Brad Lambert participates in the Red Bull challenge of shooting accuracy, puck handling, bowling, and mystery card where player need to score goals using the mystery items they draw. And Joni Jurmo answers fan questions.

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First Liiga goal for 17-year-old Topias Vilén!

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This week on Läpimurto (a day later than usual): Pelicans coach Tommi Niemelä gets mic’d up!

As Pelicans are currently 7th in the league and only 7 points away from the 2nd place, Tommi Niemelä is very happy regarding how his first season as a head coach in men’s league has been going. Niemelä has previously coached Finland’s junior teams and worked as an assistant coach for two seasons in the Swiss league NLA before joining Pelicans. 

He tells that despite the rough start in the league, he has trusted his team’s development the entire time and also put this mentality in them that the overall process over the season is more important for them than individual games. For him it’s also important that his team has a positive environment around them because that usually helps with the overall success of the team as well.

Niemelä has background in working with juniors had come in real handy with the young talent on the Pelicans roster. Matias Rajaniemi and Topias Vilén see the man as really easy to get along with even when he is also very demanding. Niemelä is also the kind of a coach who likes to hear his own players’ goals for their careers and help them development in that direction. One example of this was Rajaniemi aiming to play the national U20 tournament in Canada and eventually making the team that also boosted his confidence for Liiga games.

Later in the episode Kärpät’s Aatu Räty answers fan questions.

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Red Bull Läpimurto is back for its third season y’all!

The series concentrates on showcasing the league’s under 20-year-old talents. The first episode gives a sneak peak of what is to come.

Players we will be seeing on this season of Läpimurto (depending can they secure their spots on the Liiga team):

JYP: Patrik Puistola, Joni Jurmo, Brad Lambert

TPS: Juuso Pärssinen, Eemil Viro, Ruben Rafkin

Pelicans: Topias Vilen, Matias Rajaniemi

Tappara: Kasper Simontaival, Petteri Puhakka, Kari Piiroinen

Lukko: Mikko Petman

Kärpät: Topi Niemelä, Kasper Puutio, Aku Räty, Aatu Räty