Lines for 🇫🇮 and 🇱🇻 in the host country’s opener tonight here in Espoo.

The Finns have the big boys together. A Kiviharju-Vaisanen pairing (which I’d expect to play *a lot* when the games matter) and Hemming/Helenius together up front.

Bump. Best player on the ice by a wide margin today.

Here are the lines for 🇨🇭 and 🇨🇿 in the first game of the tournament over in Vantaa.

#U18MensWorlds

Hello from the Helsinki airport. Here are lines for 🇺🇸 and 🇸🇰 in the opening game of U18 Worlds.

Cole Hutson, who was dealing with an injury pre-tourney and added late, is in. Trevor Connelly starts with Christian Humphreys and LJ Mooney.

I’ll be there, hopefully by puck drop.

Good morning from the Frankfurt airport, on route to Espoo and Vantaa for U18 Worlds.

Day 1 schedule:
🇺🇸 vs. 🇸🇰 at 7:00 a.m. ET
🇨🇿 vs. 🇨🇭 at 8:00 a.m. ET
🇱🇻 vs. 🇫🇮 at 11:00 a.m. ET
🇸🇪 vs. 🇨🇦 at 12:00 p.m. ET

Jeremy Swayman is unreal.

“Here’s Auston Matthews… off the post! And the half-empty sections go wild!”

The Leafs’ PP really misses Nylander’s ability to rotate and switch.

There are few better things that can happen to you in this line of work than the “cabin closed, boarding complete” announcement when you’ve got an empty seat next to you on an otherwise-jammed eight-hour flight.

That’s… a very good group of players.