Posts About "Kaapo Kahkonen"

Minnesota Wild Prospects Thrive at World Juniors

January 8th, 2016 It was a good year for Minnesota Wild prospects at the World Junior Championships. After a couple of years of few prospects making appearances and even fewer showing up in medal rounds, Wild prospects brought home a gold, a silver and a bronze medal at the 2016 edition of the tournament. Here's a look over how the Minnesota Wild...

WJC: 3 Takeaways From Sweden-Finland Semifinal

January 4th, 2016 HELSINKI, FINLAND – Finland advances to the gold-medal game after defeating rival Sweden by a score of 2-1 in front of the home crowd at Hartwell Arena. As the Finns prepare to face the winner of the USA-Russia matchup, here are three takeaways from the game. Lack of Discipline Does In Another Opponent of Finland It appears the...

10 Standouts From the World Juniors Quarterfinals

January 2nd, 2016 The quarterfinals are done and there were two absolutely classic World Juniors games, including Denmark giving Russia all they could handle and Canada getting eliminated in the quarterfinals for the first time since 1998. Here are 10 standouts from the quarterfinal round of the 2016 World Juniors. Ivan Provorov, Team Russia The...

Finland Announces World Junior Selection Camp Roster

December 7th, 2015 Finland has announced their World Junior selection camp roster for the 2016 World Junior Championship to be held in Helsinki Finland starting December 26. Head coach Jukka Jalonen has 27 players coming to camp (plus two more joining later, who will almost certainly make the team). All three goaltenders will be on the final team,...

Minnesota Wild Prospects in the 2015 World Juniors

December 31st, 2014 The 2015 World Junior Championships are underway, hosted by Canada this year. As a fan of the Minnesota Wild, you may be interested in which Wild prospects will be participating in this year's tournament. So, let's run through each one. Unfortunately, by each one, we mean both prospects. Yes, only two Minnesota Wild prospects are...

Kaapo Kähkönen - The Next Ones: 2014 NHL Draft Prospect Profile

June 17th, 2014 Kaapo Kähkönen THW Close-Up: Team: Blues U20 - Jr. A SM-liiga Date of Birth: 08/16/1996 Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland Ht: 6’ 1.5″ Wt: 209 lbs Catches: Left Position: Goalie NHL Draft Eligibility: 2014 Twitter: @KaapoKahkonen THW Ranking: 86 Other Rankings: ISS: N/A CSS (International Goalies):...