2016 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Henrik Borgström
Henrik Borgström saw his draft stock rise throughout this past season in the Finnish U20 league. He’s ranked 9th among European skaters in NHL Central Scouting Final […]
Articles by Marco Bombino
Jokerit U20 forward Ville Leskinen to Jukurit
Jukurit announced yesterday its Liiga team for the upcoming season. Ville Leskinen is an interesting acquisition from the U20 ranks. The 1995 born had a breakthrough season for Jokerit U20, […]
U16 Four Nations Thoughts
There were many players who impressed at the latest U16 four nations tournament which was held in Finland. Russia won the tourney after defeating Sweden […]
Player Profile: 2000 Forward Jules Gallet
Team: HIFK U16 Position: RW Birthdate: 4th July 2000 Height: 6’1 Weight: 165 lbs NHL Draft Eligible: 2018 French forward Jules Gallet came to Finland for this season from Amiens […]
Player Profile: 2000 forward Oskari Rauhala
Team: TPS U16 Position: C Birthdate: 9th February 2000 Height: 6’1 Weight: 187 lbs NHL Draft Eligible: 2018 2000 born forward Oskari Rauhala had a respectable last season for […]
Best players in the Finnish U16 league in 2016
Here are my choices for the best players in the Finnish U16 league in this calendar year. Even though many top 2000’s are already playing in the […]
HIFK-Pelicans (Liiga): Sebastian Repo
1996 forward Sebastian Repo opened the scoring of the game on power play at the start of the first period. He showed good smarts by getting himself into […]
Prospect Notes: HIFK – Jokerit U20
97 Christian Heljanko (HIFK): Excellent game from Heljanko, who got the shutout after making several key saves…very sharp reflexes and reactions…showed good patience by not committing too soon…he […]
Scouting HIFK U20
HIFK U20 played two games this past weekend in Helsinki, first losing to TPS in shootout and then winning Kiekko-Vantaa in the other game. Here are scouting […]
Prospect Notes from 2016 World Juniors
97 G Adam Huska (NY Rangers, 2015) – Slovakia Huska carried plenty of workload in the goal for Slovakia and performed extremely well by making timely […]
Player Profile: Kasper Björkqvist
Team: Blues U20 Position: C/LW Birthdate: 10th July 1997 Height: 6’1 Weight: 198 NHL Draft Eligible: 2016 Blues U20 forward Kasper Björkqvist has emerged this season […]