Tomorrow a new season of Euro Hockey Tour will start with a tournament in Czech Republic.
Website:
http://eurohockey.com/league/1141-euro-hockey-tour.html
Finland will be without their top scorers Kontiola, Aaltonen and Pesonen. Their attacking lines will consist of younger players and a couple of newcomers to the national team. They will also miss Vaananen and Kukkonen on D and in nets they have 2 inexperienced and young goalies who played in 4 national games alltogether so far.
Roster:
http://eurohockey.com/club/5325-finl...18&season=2014
Czech team will play at home and they seem to have the most complete team on the tournament. They will be without their NHL players but they have everyone else in the team. They will have their attacking power with Cervenka, Irgl and Rolinek; and experienced D being led by Caslava.
Roster:
http://eurohockey.com/club/5327-czec...18&season=2014
Last year Czech's have won the match with 3-2 and Finland had their top players who will miss this year playing. Czech's are playing at home in Pardubice, probably a full arena of home fans and weak Finnish team, I think Czech Rep. should clearly win this one. The odds are pretty good, I expect them to drop soon though.