Estonia U18 @ Finland U18

[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.

http://eestikad.ee/images/fin_jersey[1].jpg vs. http://eestikad.ee/images/est_jersey[1].jpg

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

[Shardik]

Excellent matchup! If Finland takes it seriously, it will be a blowout but I love the idea of equal footing matchups with our closest brother nation. Hopefully one day in U20 and seniors too. The only problem with this setup is that I wish the game took place in Estonia to give the sport more exposure there.

From the Finnish squad I want to point out the second youngest guy on the roster, Toni Rajala of Ilves. At only 16 years old he is playing in Ilves's A-Junior team, in a league where some players are four years older than him! 12 games into the season he is at a steady point per game pace with 6 goals and 6 assists.

Who are Estonia's best prospects in this group?

EDIT: I just understood that the game is under way. After two periods of play it is 10-0 for Finland. SOG is 56 to 4...

[Shardik]

The game ended 14-0 (7-0,3-0,4-0)

Score sheet here: http://80.248.243.180/cgi-bin/08_kausi/jaakiekko_mm/rt_event_frame.pl?GAMEID=64&LANG=EN&TYPE=81