Team USA rolled over Germany 5-1 in their first of four World Junior Championship “round robin” games.
Red Wings prospect forward Carter Mazur had an assist, finishing at +2 with 2 shots in 15:37 played, skating as the right wing on the Americans’ top line;
And Red Savage scored a goal, finishing at +1 with 4 shots, playing 11:26 as the left wing on the Americans’ fourth line.
Continue reading Red Wings at the WJC: Mazur 1A, Savage 1G in Americans’ 5-1 win over GermanyRed Wings prospect and Edmonton Oil Kings goaltender Sebastian Cossa was expected to split time with Dylan Garand during Team Canada’s four “round robin” games at the World Junior Championship in Edmonton, but it’s a bit surprising that he’s starting Canada’s opening game vs. Latvia on Wednesday (6 PM EDT start on TSN/NHL Network).
TSN’s Mark Masters posted a video report in which Canada coach Dave Cameron spoke about Cossa’s experience in winning the WHL Championship with Edmonton, and then Garand spoke about the excitement of playing at the WJC:
Red Wings prospect Sebastian Cossa will get the start for Team Canada in its first game of the #WorldJuniors against Latvia. Head coach Dave Cameron discussed what Cossa brings to the team and revealed that Dylan Garand will ‘probably’ start on Thursday: https://t.co/0OiWds7cDQ pic.twitter.com/mwX15m4ACD— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) August 10, 2022
Cameron also spoke a bit about Cossa in a 1-on-1 interview with Masters:
“Now the real fun starts…”
Head coach Dave Cameron feels Canada is ready for the #WorldJuniors challenge: https://t.co/2B5IH9QurG#TSNHockey pic.twitter.com/EJHMK0ktBW— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) August 10, 2022
According to Hockeysverige.se, Red Wings prospect and Frolunda HC winger Liam Dower-Nilsson will take part in Team Sweden’s entry in the Four Nations Cup between August 25th and 27th in Roveniemi, Finland.
The Four Nations Cup is seen as something of a dress rehearsal for the year’s upcoming World Junior Championship in December/January, so LDN’s fairly likely to take part in the World Juniors during the 2022-2023 season.
Dower-Nilsson is 19 years old, and the 6,’ 172-pound center will try to break into Frolunda’s men’s team on a full-time basis this year.
Liam’s brother, Noah Dower-Nilsson, took part in the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup as a 17-year-old last week in Red Deer, Alberta, and it’s his draft year. He’s 5’11” and 172 pounds, and plays center.
The Finnish national team won a 6-1 decision over Latvia on Tuesday at the World Junior Championship, and Red Wings prospect Eemil Viro did what Viro does:
He played a quietly efficient game, finishing at +1 with 3 shots in 19:34 played.
Update: Here are the game’s highlights:
Red Wings prospect Theodor Niederbach is taking part in the World Junior Championship with Team Sweden, and then he’ll head back to the SHL to play for his new team in Rogle BK.
Niederbach spoke with Rogle’s website’s Peter Ekholm regarding his expectations for the World Junior Championship. What follows is roughly translated from Swedish:
Continue reading Roughly translated: Theodor Niederbach speaks with Rogle BK’s website about the WJCThe Hockey News’s Steven Ellis posted a list of 20 players to watch at the World Junior Championship, and only one Red Wings player made his cut in Simon Edvinsson:
Simon Edvinsson, D (SWE): With Moritz Seider already making his mark, Edvinsson isn’t far away from becoming the next impact Detroit Red Wings defender. A smart defender with tremendous size and reach, Edvinsson moves well for a 6-foot-6 beast and he isn’t afraid to carry the puck down the ice, either. Edvinsson has true top-pairing potential in the NHL, and this will be a good test for the 19-year-old, especially with a Red Wings roster spot a true possibility.
Continued; here’s hoping Edvinsson, who’s banged up a bit, can play tomorrow.
From Hockeysverige.se’s Rasmus Kagstrom:
Anton Olsson and Simon Edvinsson may miss the WJC premiere
Both Simon Edvinsson and Anton Olsson left with injuries in the WJC exhibition game with Canada. When the Junior Crowns practiced the day before Wednesday’s opener vs. Switzerland, neither was on the ice.
“We will evaluate them now,” says team coach Tomas Monten.
Edmonton. Tomorrow the Junior Crowns start the WJC tournament with a game against Switzerland. In the exhibition game against Canada on Monday, both Anton Olsson and Simon Edvinsson were forced to leave with injuries–and ahead of Wednesday’s premiere game, the defensive duo’s status is still unclear.
Neither Olsson or Edvinsson practiced with the team on Tuesday.
“It’s all right with them. They were involved and did some rehab. We’ll evaluate them now, then we’ll see how it goes. We’re hopeful,” says team captain Tomas Monten.
“Yes, no BS”
If the defensemen don’t play, after all, Monten will still have six healthy defensemen available.
“We usually use seven defensemen, and it’s clear that you always want to dress the team that you want, but this is something that happens.”
But if there had been the WJC final tomorrow, would both have been able to play?
“Yes, no BS talk.”
Of quick World Junior Championship-related note:
Red Wings prospect and Acadie-Bathurst Titan goaltender Jan Bednar stopped 24 of 28 shots in the Czechs’ 5-4 victory over Slovakia in the World Junior Championship’s opening game.
Here are the game’s highlights on Vimeo:
Red Wings prospect Joe Veleno spoke with La Presse’s Katherine Harvey-Pinard regarding his offseason training regimen and his hopes of making the Red Wings’ roster full-time this upcoming season. What follows is roughly translated from French:
Continue reading Roughly translated: Joe Veleno speaks with La Presse regarding his offseason outlookJoe Veleno is confident in the process
Joe Veleno has reached a new stage in his career by playing almost a complete first season in the NHL in 2021-2022. Although his development is not complete, the 22-year-old forward is hopeful that he’ll become an impact player.
A first-round pick, 30th overall, of the Red Wings in 2018, Veleno has spent the last few seasons in the American Hockey League–including 46 games in Sweden during the first pandemic year in 2020-2021.
Recalled from the Grand Rapids Griffins by the Detroit Red Wings at the end of October, the Montreal native scored a goal and added an assist in his first game [vs. Toronto]. He was then able to play in 66 games in Gary Bettman’s league. The previous season, he only took part in 6 games in the red and white uniform.
“I gained a lot of experience. I had the chance to play in a lot of games this year, and see the difference between the American League and the NHL,” says the center, who we met at the Kevin Raphael Classic on August 6th.
Enjoy:
