Devils @ WJC 2009: Day 1 Update
The World Junior Championships (U-20s) have started in Canada and three Devils prospects are featured in the tourney. I will provide updates on them every day in a fanshot such as this. I'm using the IIHF's stats site for the numbers, if anyone knows of a better format (because the IIHF stats don't have time on ice despite room for it), please let me know.
1. Mike Hoeffel - 1 assist. Primary assist on Tyler Johnson's lone goal last night. The goal was the USA's 5th in a 8-2 rout of Germany. Hoeffel also took America's first penalty in the tournament, a slashing call in the first period.
2. Mattias Tedenby was held pointless and shotless (??) in Sweden's 4-1 win over rivals Finland.
3. Patrice Cormier was also held pointless and shotless, but he ended up a -1 on the night, an 8-1 beatdown of the Czech Republic by tournament hosts and favorites, Canada.
Not a great start, but it's a start.
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John Fischer
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Tedenby
Not sure if you caught this but on TSN Tedenby made the top 10 nhl drafted players to watch.
Mattias Tedenby – Team Sweden – Left Wing, 18 – (New Jersey Devils – 1st round, 24th overall 2008)
Reason to Watch: With all the hype around Victor Hedman and the LA Kings allowing Oscar Moller to play, this dynamo could electrify the crowd every time he touches the puck.
Tedenby is a whirling dervish that is comparable to his countryman Moller. He has the capability to be an offensive dynamo since his hockey sense is at an elite level. He can make highly skilled plays at full speed. His puck skills are excellent and he can make tape-to-tape cross-ice passes through traffic. Tedenby reads the ice so well that he makes great use of all his options. The kid can stickhandle through traffic like the puck is taped to his stick and he leaves defenders watching instead of defending him which opens up space for his linemates. He never seems to panic with the puck and shows some savvy veteran poise for his age. Remember the scene in “Rocky” where Rocky is chasing the chicken? Well that’s what it is like trying to contain Tedenby. He is so elusive and has such fantastic agility with surprising quickness that he can draw penalties and create time and space for everyone else on the ice. To make him even more of a threat, he can shoot the puck with deadly accuracy while getting it off his stick quickly.
On the other side of the ice he is average defensively at this stage and will need to continue to improve in this area, but he does hustle – which shows work ethic. When the game is on the line and his team needs a goal he is always on the ice and is an absolute menace on the powerplay. He could also be a big factor in shoot-outs.
Great stuff.
That’s an excellent find, D. Though you should really add the link to the article and maybe excerpt the article a little more.
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by John Fischer on Dec 27, 2008 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=260834&lid=sublink07&lpos=headlines_nhl
that is the link. it just has 10 players in the same layout as the one posted. there is also an islander on the list as well, some finnish defenseman,





















