Finland outstanding in U18 tournament

31 Dec 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist

Finland easily wins the U18 5-Nations Tournament in Zuchwil, Switzerland after four big wins.

Four of the best Finnish U18 players (Olli Määttä, Ville Pokka, Sasha Barkov and Rasmus Ristolainen) are currently playing the World U20 Championship in Canada, but the U18 tournament in Zuchwil was still no contest for the young lions.

First Slovakia was beaten 8-1, then Czech Republic 7-2, Switzerland 5-1 and Germany 7-2.

5-Nations Tournament, Zuchwil, Switzerland

#	Club	G	W	W-OT	L-OT	L	Score	P
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	0	27:6	12
2	Switzerland	4	3	0	0	1	16:11	9
3	Slovakia	4	1	1	0	2	9:15	5
4	Czech Republic	4	1	0	1	2	10:18	4
5	Germany	4	0	0	0	4	8:20	0

Finnish players of course dominated the top scorer list:
1.

Joonas Huovinen 0+9
2.

Rasmus Kulmala 6+2
3.

Dominik Simon 3+3
4.

Esa Lindell 1+5
4.

Niklas Tikkinen 1+5
6.

Martin Reway 3+2
7.

Nico Friman 2+3
7.

Marco Müller 2+3
9.

Nicola Brandi 0+5
9.

John Koslowski 0+5

The games:

Dec. 26 2011	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Switzerland - Germany	7-3	Show details»
Dec. 26 2011 16:30	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Slovakia - Czech Republic	4-3	Show details»
Dec. 27 2011 15:00	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Slovakia - Finland	1-8	Show details»
Dec. 27 2011 18:30	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Czech Republic - Switzerland	2-5	Show details»
Dec. 28 2011 15:00	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Finland - Czech Republic	7-2	Show details»
Dec. 28 2011 18:30	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Germany - Slovakia	1-3	Show details»
Dec. 29 2011 15:00	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Czech Republic - Germany	3-2	Show details»
Dec. 29 2011 18:30	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Finland - Switzerland	5-1	Show details»
Dec. 30 2011 11:00	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Germany - Finland	2-7	Show details»
Dec. 30 2011 14:30	U18 National team games Regular season \| 5-nat Zuchwil	Switzerland - Slovakia	3-1	Show details»

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