There were a surprising number of signings yesterday, plus hockey tonight!
After the Women’s U18 World Juniors in June, the Men’s tournament restarts in Edmonton tonight. Three Leafs prospects will be in the tournament, including 20-year-olds Roni Hirvonen and Topi Niemelä, as well as 19-year-old Matthew Knies. All three are late second round picks (okay, Niemela is an early third, but who cares) and all three are promising prospects for the Leafs in the medium term future.
Hirvonen, Niemelä, and Team Finland will be playing Team Latvia on TSN1 in Canada
Knies and Team USA will be playing Team Germany at 10pm on TSN1 and TSN4 in Canada
For more information on the tournament, read yesterday’s FTB and stay tuned with our daily FTBs for the next two-ish weeks.