1994-born age group

Tormentor · 10-14-2009, 02:33 PM

I thought that it would be a good time to start a thread that would follow the progress of this age group, during the next few seasons.

The Pohjola camp for this age group was held last season. Kalle Torniainen (Djurgården IF) was awarded with the best player of the camp award.

Pohjola camp All-Stars:
GK Joonas Toivonen (Nikkarit / Ahmat)
D Rasmus Ristolainen (TPS)
D Mikko Vainonen (HIFK)
F Samu Markkula (JYP)
F Oskari Lehtinen (TPS)
F Kalle Torniainen (Djurgården)
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This age group will play its first U16 national team games next week against Germany at Vierumäki:

Schedule:
23-OCT-2009 (Finland - Germany)
24-OCT-2009 (Finland - Germany)
25-OCT-2009 (Finland - Germany)

Goalies:

Pos	name	Team	birthdate	height	weight	L/R
GK	Korpisalo Joonas	Jokerit	28.4.1994	175	62	L
GK	Toivonen Joonas	HPK	28.2.1994	186	62	L
GK	Kiviaho Henri	SaiPa	26.2.1994	186	76	L
GK	Juvonen Janne	Jokipojat	3.10.1994	178	68	L
GK	Koivunotko Jean (reserve)	HIFK	26.11.1994	176	75	R
	An average:			180,2	68,6	---

Defensemen:

Pos	name	Team	birthdate	height	weight	L/R
D	Rouhiainen Artturi	Jokipojat	13.11.1994	170	64	L
D	Jürgens Casimir	HIFK	26.12.1994	176	69	L
D	Sneck Jere	Jokerit	5.5.1994	185	76	L
D	Niemenmaa Leevi	Tappara	26.7.1994	190	80	L
D	Kojo Markus	Ässät	30.3.1994	191	93	L
D	Aronen Mikko	K-Reipas	29.3.1994	184	78	L
D	Lehtonen Mikko	TPS	16.1.1994	177	67	L
D	Vainonen Mikko	HIFK	11.4.1994	189	94	L
D	Leivo Miko	Jokerit	25.2.1994	175	65	L
D	Kumpu Niklas	Tappara	6.1.1994	190	83	R
D	Määttä Olli	JYP	22.8.1994	184	85	L
D	Ristolainen Rasmus	TPS	27.10.1994	183	75	R
D	Laitinen Saku	K-Reipas	2.5.1994	182	86	L
D	Saari Santeri	Jokerit	18.10.1994	186	85	L
D	Parikka Valtteri	HPK	8.12.1994	171	64	L
D	Pokka Ville	Kärpät	3.6.1994	182	85	R
D	Vainio Juuso (reserve)	HPK	6.9.1994	171	64	R
D	Tervasmaa Sakari (reserve)	Blues	26.11.1994	175	72	R
D	Järviö Tomi (reserve)	Ilves	10.3.1994	178	67	L
D	Nygård Johannes (reserve)	Sport	18.6.1994	163	65	R
	An average:			180,1	75,9

Forwards:

Pos	name	Team	birthdate	height	weight	L/R
F	Nikkinen Ismo	HPK	15.3.1994	180	70	R
F	Kaskinen Jesse	HIFK	20.3.1994	174	72	L
F	Paukku Jesse	Jokipojat	9.5.1994	178	65	L
F	Helle Joel	K-Reipas	9.4.1994	170	60	L
F	Nikko Joni	Sport	31.5.1994	183	78	L
F	Torniainen Kalle	Djurgården	28.3.1994	176	70	R
F	Aho Mikko	Ässät	10.1.1994	184	80	L
F	Komulainen Mikko	KalPa	4.3.1994	176	68	L
F	Saarelainen Miro	HIFK	26.4.1994	175	71	R
F	Friman Nico	Jokerit	19.1.1994	169	62	R
F	Tikkinen Niklas	Blues	1.6.1994	175	62	L
F	Lehtinen Oskari	TPS	9.2.1994	182	75	R
F	Hämäläinen Rasmus	SaiPa	12.8.1994	181	73	L
F	Kulmala Rasmus	TPS	21.6.1994	166	65	L
F	Honkonen Roope	Jokerit	19.2.1994	179	66	R
F	Salminen Saku	HIFK	20.10.1994	188	80	L
F	Markkula Samu	JYP	27.2.1994	175	76	L
F	Jalovaara Teemu	Jokerit	23.1.1994	179	74	L
F	Teräväinen Teuvo	Jokerit	11.9.1994	176	66	L
F	Nättinen Topi	JYP	1.4.1994	174	67	L
F	Koskinen Tuomas	Ilves	6.6.1994	175	67	L
F	Selimgerei Waltteri	Tappara	4.1.1994	179	66	R
F	Koskela Ville	HIFK	2.3.1994	166	68	L
F	Vainikainen Ville	KalPa	26.1.1994	172	69	L
F	Tauriainen Mikko (reserve)	Kärpät	16.5.1994	176	76	L
F	Salo Niklas (reserve)	TPS	8.7.1994	160	53	L
F	Hautamäki Jaakko (reserve)	Sport	29.1.1994	182	69	L
F	Haapala Henrik (reserve)	Tappara	28.2.1994	165	58	L
F	Vanhala Juho (reserve)	Ässät	26.3.1994	178	65	L
F	Ikonen Henri (reserve)	SaPKo	17.4.1994	178	70	L
F	Juutinen Janne (reserve)	HIFK	15.2.1994	183	73	L
	An average:			175,9	68,8

Players by team:

Team	primary	reserve	in all
Jokerit	8		8
HIFK	6	2	8
TPS	4	1	5
HPK	3	1	4
Tappara	3	1	4
Jokipojat	3		3
K-Reipas	3		3
JYP	3		3
Ässät	2	1	3
Sport	1	2	3
SaiPa	2		2
KalPa	2		2
Kärpät	1	1	2
Blues	1	1	2
Ilves	1	1	2
Djurgården	1		1
SaPKo		1	1

- The Average height of these players is 177.8 cm.
- The Average weight of these players is 71.3 kg.
-> This team is clearly bigger than some of the preceding age groups at this age. Hopefully this means that there are more NHL calibre prospects, especially defensemen because there hasn’t been too many of those lately.

The coaches often dress the best available line-up to the 3rd game against Germany, so hopefully that will be the case this year as well, so that we can get some kind of a overall picture of the pecking order of this age group.

Diaboli · 10-14-2009, 03:40 PM

Anyone know why Torniainen is playing for Djurgården IF? PArents working there, or?

Tormentor · 10-15-2009, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diaboli

Anyone know why Torniainen is playing for Djurgården IF? PArents working there, or?

Don't know, but I assume that the family has lived in the Greater Stockholm area for his whole life. Torniainen played for Huddinge IK before moving to Djurgården and if I remember correctly, his father used to coach him there.

hifk88 · 10-15-2009, 03:58 AM

Torniainen has started the season well. He's the second best scorer of his team (8gp. 9+4=13) and is also one the youngest players of his team (U18).

btw. The 4 most promising defensemens in this age group are all over 180cm tall already (Määttä, Piisinen, Ristolainen & Pokka).

Tormentor · 12-16-2009, 02:19 PM

First two national team games against Sweden have now been played, and the results weren't that bad considering the somewhat mediocre performances against Germany a while back.

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23.10.2009 Finland - Germany (5 - 3)
22:51 1 - 2 NIKKO Joni (KOMULAINEN Mikko, LAITINEN Saku)
24:00 2 - 2 SALMINEN Saku (SELIMGEREI Waltteri, JURGENS Casimir)
25:28 3 - 2 NIKKINEN Ismo (LEHTONEN Mikko, PAUKKU Jesse)
50:33 4 - 3 NIKKINEN Ismo (TIKKINEN Niklas, PAUKKU Jesse) PP
56:42 5 - 3 SELIMGEREI Waltteri (SAARELAINEN Miro-Pekka, VAINONEN Mikko)

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24.10.2009 Finland - Germany (6 - 2)
02:35 1 - 0 JALOVAARA Teemu (KOJO Markus, FRIMAN Nico)
12:15 2 - 0 KULMALA Rasmus (VAINIKAINEN Ville, ARONEN Mikko)
24:43 3 - 1 MARKKULA Samu (NÄTTINEN Topi, LEHTINEN Oskari)
24:55 4 - 1 KOSKELA Ville
25:45 5 - 1 NÄTTINEN Topi (MÄÄTTÄ Olli)
39:22 6 - 2 KASKINEN Jesse (KOSKINEN Tuomas, KUMPU Niklas) PP

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25.10.2009 Finland - Germany (1 - 4)
48:58 1 - 2 SAARELAINEN Miro-Pekka (RISTOLAINEN Rasmus, NÄTTINEN Topi)

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15.12.2009 Sweden - Finland (6 - 3)
16:57 2 - 1 MÄÄTTÄ Olli (PIISINEN Mikko, NÄTTINEN Topi) PP
38:10 5 - 2 MARKKULA Samu (LEHTINEN Oskari)
53:26 5 - 3 NIEMENMAA Leevi (SAARELAINEN Miro-Pekka)

- Janne Juvonen (35 saves)
- Shots: 41-39 to Sweden

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16.12.2009 Sweden - Finland (2 - 3) GWS
34.42 2 - 1 HÄMÄLÄINEN Rasmus (TORNIAINEN Kalle, POKKA Ville)
35.47 2 - 2 SNECK Jere (POKKA Ville, NÄTTINEN Topi) PP
65.00 2 - 3 -- (TORNIAINEN Kalle) GWS --

- Nestori Kauhanen (27 saves)
- Shots: 55-29 to Finland

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hifk88 · 12-20-2009, 05:07 PM

Finland won the Nordic Cup beating Norway 8-0, Denmark 6-1 and Sweden 8-3.

Results
http://diustats.sportsadmin.dk/Turne...urnamentID=520

Scoring leaders
http://diustats.sportsadmin.dk/Stats...urnamentID=520

Diaboli · 12-21-2009, 11:17 AM

Is Topi Nättinen any relation to Joonas?

Tormentor · 12-21-2009, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diaboli

Is Topi Nättinen any relation to Joonas?

Joonas has a younger brother that's playing in JYP, but if I recall correctly he's playing in their D-96 team. Of course Topi could be related to Joonas as well.

Tormentor · 02-14-2010, 04:20 PM

After the following results:
FIN - SWE (3-6)
FIN - SWE (3-2) SO
FIN - NOR (8-0)
FIN - DEN (6-1)
FIN - SWE (8-3)
FIN - GER (8-1)
FIN - SUI (5-3)
FIN - SVK (4-3) OT
FIN - CZE (5-4)
FIN - RUS (5-4) OT
FIN - SWE (2-3)

... The unofficial stats are as following:
F TORNIAINEN Kalle 11gp 7+10=17p
F TERÄVÄINEN Teuvo 11gp 7+10=17p
D POKKA Ville 11gp 4+10=14p
F FRIMAN Nico 11gp 10+3=13p
F NÄTTINEN Topi 11gp 4+8=12p
D MÄÄTTÄ Olli 11gp 3+9=12p
F MARKKULA Samu 11gp 5+2=7p
F LEHTINEN Oskari 8gp 3+3=6p
F SAARELAINEN Miro-Pekka 11gp 2+4=6p
D NIEMENMAA Leevi 8gp 1+4=5p
F HÄMÄLÄINEN Rasmus 8gp 2+2=4p
F JALOVAARA Teemu 11gp 2+1=3p
D PIISINEN Mikko 5gp 0+3=3p
F KOSKELA Ville 3gp 2+0=2p
D SNECK Jere 7gp 1+1=2p
F HAUTAMÄKI Jaakko 8gp 0+2=2p
D KOJO Markus 10gp 0+2=2p
D JURGENS Casimir 5gp 1+0=1p
F NIKKO Joni 5gp 1+0=1p
F SELIMGEREI Waltteri 5gp 1+0=1p
F PAUKKU Jesse 3gp 0+1=1p
F NIKKINEN Ismo 3gp 0+1=1p
F SALMINEN Saku 6gp 0+0=0p
D VAINIO Juuso 6gp 0+0=0p
F TIKKINEN Niklas 6gp 0+0=0p
D LEIVO Miko 4gp 0+0=0p
D LUHANKO Aapo 3gp 0+0=0p
F KULMALA Rasmus 3gp 0+0=0p
D RISTOLAINEN Rasmus 3gp 0+0=0p
D PARIKKA Valtteri 2gp 0+0=0p

GK JUVONEN Janne 4GPI
GK KAUHANEN Nestori 4GPI
GK SETÄNEN Oskari 3GPI

FrankTheTank · 09-15-2010, 03:31 PM

A-juniors SM-liiga started today and there was some 1994 borned players who was in the roster tonight.

Teuvo Teräväinen Jokerit 0+2
Topi Nättinen JYP 2+0
Samu Markkula JYP 0+2
Olli Määttä JYP 0+0
Henri Ikonen Kalpa 0+0
Rasmu Hämäläinen Saipa 0+0

Rasmus Ristolainen didnt played tonight and I dont know why but he will be in the roster.

FrankTheTank · 10-07-2010, 03:08 PM

Olli Määttä played his first game in Mestis last night and he got his first point already (0+1)! He played 7 minutes and 42 seconds and he shot six time. In A-juniors he have played 6 game and his stats is 1+0. Average icetime is about 20 minutes. Määttä seems to be pretty good prospect and he is also big guy (6'1 183 lbs) which is something not so finnish.

There is some other interesting prospects too for example Oskari Lehtinen (6'0 183 lbs) and Ville Pokka (6'0 187 lbs).

F Lehtinen 3g 1+1 (A-juniors) and 2g 2+4 (B-juniors)
D Ville Pokka 5g 0+2 (A-juniors) Average icetime: 24:07 !

BTW does anyone know where the hell Rasmus Ristolainen is? Injured I assume but what's wrong with him?

PuckOut · 11-11-2010, 05:01 PM

Kalle Torniainen is 10gp 6+11 17p so far in the Swedish J18-Elit for Djurgårdens IF.

He was selected for the Finnish U18-national team for the 4-nations tournament this weekend as well.

FrankTheTank · 11-12-2010, 03:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PuckOut

Kalle Torniainen is 10gp 6+11 17p so far in the Swedish J18-Elit for Djurgårdens IF.

He was selected for the Finnish U18-national team for the 4-nations tournament this weekend as well.

Is there any chance that Torniainen would play in Superelit in this year?

PuckOut · 11-12-2010, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by FrankTheTank

Is there any chance that Torniainen would play in Superelit in this year?

I don't think so. That's not because he lacks quality, but because DIF-J20 have a really stacked team this season.

FrankTheTank · 11-12-2010, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PuckOut

I don't think so. That's not because he lacks quality, but because DIF-J20 have a really stacked team this season.

Thanks! That's bad but luckily swedish U18 serie is way better than finnish so he gets tough games there.

Btw does someone know can Tornianen represent Finland at U18 WJC? As an example Jesse Turkulainen didn't got represent Finland in 2008 because he wasn't been played in finnish series.

For the Finn · 11-13-2010, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrankTheTank

Thanks! That's bad but luckily swedish U18 serie is way better than finnish so he gets tough games there.

Btw does someone know can Tornianen represent Finland at U18 WJC? As an example Jesse Turkulainen didn't got represent Finland in 2008 because he wasn't been played in finnish series.

Yes he can. Picked up an assist on 3-2 loss against USA yesterday.

FrankTheTank · 11-14-2010, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by For the Finn

Yes he can. Picked up an assist on 3-2 loss against USA yesterday.

Turkulainen played also these kind of games but he wasn't allowed to play at WJC.

Tormentor · 11-14-2010, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FrankTheTank

Turkulainen played also these kind of games but he wasn't allowed to play at WJC.

WU18C's and WJC's are IIHF events and have stricter eligibility rules. LINK to rules.

Turkulainen was a Swedish citizen who acquired a new citizenship, so the ‘two-year’ rule prevented him from taking part to the WU18C's as a Finn. If Torniainen has been a Finnish citizen for his whole life, he'll be eligible to play for Finland at the WU18C's.

FrankTheTank · 11-14-2010, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tormentor

WU18C's and WJC's are IIHF events and have stricter eligibility rules. LINK to rules.

Turkulainen was a Swedish citizen who acquired a new citizenship, so the ‘two-year’ rule prevented him from taking part to the WU18C's as a Finn. If Torniainen has been a Finnish citizen for his whole life, he'll be eligible to play for Finland at the WU18C's.

Great, thanks!

PuckOut · 11-15-2010, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrankTheTank

Thanks! That's bad but luckily swedish U18 serie is way better than finnish so he gets tough games there.

Btw does someone know can Tornianen represent Finland at U18 WJC? As an example Jesse Turkulainen didn't got represent Finland in 2008 because he wasn't been played in finnish series.

Torniainen is making his debute for the DIF U20-team as we speak, shows what I know sometimes...

He is the first skater born 1994 to represent the DIF U20.

FrankTheTank · 11-15-2010, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PuckOut

Torniainen is making his debute for the DIF U20-team as we speak, shows what I know sometimes...

He is the first skater born 1994 to represent the DIF U20.

Wow, thats great!

Hope he will get lot of ice time and will play with good line mates.

TheMuumio · 02-15-2011, 05:35 AM

Big bump for this thread but D-man Rasmus Ristolainen is gonna play his first SM-liiga game today. He was called up from juniors because TPS has pretty much one full line or more in a fever and they already have many other players out due to long term injuries.

TheRocket87 · 02-15-2011, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMuumio

Big bump for this thread but D-man Rasmus Ristolainen is gonna play his first SM-liiga game today. He was called up from juniors because TPS has pretty much one full line or more in a fever and they already have many other players out due to long term injuries.

And of course it's against HIFK. The boys gonna be busy tonight! Hope he does well though.

vsk92 · 05-09-2011, 06:18 PM

are these players good for they're age??

Nestori Kauhanen - Tappara Tampere
Panu Satama - Jokerit
Kalle Torniainen - Djurgårdens IF
Nico Friman - Jokerit

according to eurohockey HIFK signed these 4 players yesterday, all born in 1994 except panu satama

FrankTheTank · 05-10-2011, 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VilleKarppa

are these players good for they're age??

Nestori Kauhanen - Tappara Tampere
Panu Satama - Jokerit
Kalle Torniainen - Djurgårdens IF
Nico Friman - Jokerit

according to eurohockey HIFK signed these 4 players yesterday, all born in 1994 except panu satama

Kalle Torniainen might be the best 1994-born forward and I think he's now possible second rounder in the 2012 draft. He was also MVP of the Pohjola camp in 2009. Really interesting prospect and I'm glad that he chose IFK.