Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2022

The Montreal Canadiens are likely to have a high draft pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and these players are worth keeping an eye at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

The group of players who will be selected in the 2023 NHL Draft are taking part in an event that is essentially the World Junior Championships, but for 17 year olds. The Montreal Canadiens just closed the book on a fairly poor season. The annual Hlinka Gretzky Cup is a best on best tournament featuring the top draft eligible players for next year.

Canada scored 14 goals against Switzerland, USA crushed Germany and Czechia just edged out Finland to open up action at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Red Deer.

With just 33 seconds to go, Stancl scored on a wrister to tie the game at three, forcing the game into extra time. Czechia had a 2-0 lead in the first half of the game. Kalle Kangas scored at 41:28 and Joona Saarelainen added another at 50:29, forcing Czechia to play catch-up in the dying minutes. Canada eased the gas a bit in the third, with Cal Ritchie and Riley Heidt being the two goal-scorers for Canada to close out one of the most dominant efforts ever seen in tournament history. The first period was as dominant as it gets in a major international tournament, with Canada scoring eight goals in the opening 20. Carey Terrance scored two minutes to make it 2-0, ultimately scoring the game-winning goal.

Carson Bjarnason is following suit with some of the best to ever do as he is set to grace the ice for Team Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

However, he still tried out for the Wheat Kings as a walk-on and ultimately beat out two drafted prospects for the opportunity to be a backup in Brandon at 16-years-old. I could have stopped my journey or kept going, and I decided to put in the work and follow through. "It's amazing to be among them and to play with this specific group. To be a part of that is unreal," Bjarnason explains. The Carberry product was the only Manitoban selected to the top 40 camp and is now one of the three goalies on the roster for the event. Bjarnason believes playing against the best in his age group at this tournament will really help him prepare for that opportunity.

J.D. Burke looks at the three stars from the first day of action at the 2022 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup in Red Deer, Alberta, highlighting one player's ...

The other two games were about as competitive as one might've expected going into the whole ordeal; the Americans beat Germany 8-1, and Canada beat the Swiss 14-0. No shortage of action from the first day's slate of games either. Let's have some fun with this.

Cameron Allen and Calum Ritchie had four point games and Ethan Gauthier scored a hat trick in Canada's U18 team's first win of preliminaries at the Hlinka ...

The first penalty kill we got a big save from Scott (Ratzlaff) and we turned around and scored. It’s tough to keep your head in it when the game gets away like that, but credit the Swiss, they played hard right to the end and kept us honest.” “It’s a privilege to play on the penalty kill. (403) 777-4567 That was a big moment in the game for us and then we capitalized every time we had some time in the offensive zone. (647) 251-9738 “I’m proud of our guys tonight. (403) 284-6484 • Czechia 4, Finland 3 (SO) ( Game Stats) Czechia (7 p.m. MT) Finland (3 p.m. MT) • Cameron Allen (Toronto, Ont./Guelph, OHL) recorded four assists.

It's time to kick off the 2023 NHL Draft season. And what better way to do that with a, somewhat, best-on-best tournament featuring some of the most premier ...

The Czechs need good goaltending to have a successful Hlinka and if so, I think Hrabal will be right in the MVP conversation.” — Simurka I think he could suprise alot of people and be named to the all star team in this tournament.” — Karle Yager is highly-skilled and a great goal scorer so look for him winning the goal scoring race as well.” — Karle “It may be a cop out not to pick one name but I think the top four on Canada’s defence core could all shoot up draft charts and surprise people with a strong tournament. He can also score goals from anywhere in the offensive zone and I will not be surprised if he will lead Czech Republic to medal round as one of the Hlinka’s top scorer.” — Simurka In another year without a clear-cut top goaltending prospect, I think Hrabal could put his name right at the top of the list with a strong Hlinka.” — Mazloum Dominik Badinka will not be draft eligible until 2024 and I do not feel like he is a known name yet. Whitelaw will be a standout in multiple ways, I think he’s going to produce a ton but he’s also going to make dazzling moves that just resonate with people even after this event is over.” — Broad “I don’t know if it’s a surprise to people who know but I think William Whitelaw will be a standout. If his best he can be a play-driving two-way force and I’m looking forward to see how his intensity ramps up against the best of his peer group.” — Mazloum It’s important to not make snap judgements on international events, but I think Musty can heavily benefit from a strong showing.” — Broad I expect him to be a driving force behind USA’s offensive attack at this event.” — Broad