lias andersson

The 2018 World Juniors are officially underway in Buffalo, and that means we get first hand looks at 2017 first rounders Lias Andersson (Sweden) and Filip Chytil (Czech Republic). Chytil contributed a goal and an assist in Czech’s surprising 5-4 win over Russia. Andersson notched two goals in Sweden’s 6-1 demolition of Belarus. He also had an assist, but it hasn’t hit the official game score. These tournaments are notoriously bad at keeping good stat sheets, so it’s unlikely he gets credit.

I didn’t watch the games in the middle of the day, the great Euro prospect extraordinaire Alex Nunn did, and he was kind enough to make some gifs. Here are some of the highlights.

Andersson’s second goal, off a brilliant feed from consensus #1 pick in 2018, Rasmus Dahlen:

https://twitter.com/aj_ranger/status/945764729422835712

Andersson heading to the front of the net for his first goal of the tournament:

https://twitter.com/aj_ranger/status/945761250398687232

Chytil’s goal:

Chytil centering the puck for his assist:

The expected semi finalists are USA, Canada, Sweden, and Russia. However with Czech’s 5-4 win over Russia, that may change. All in all, a good start for the NYR prospects yesterday. Hopefully they keep it up.

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