Kastsitsyn
Dec 8, 2003 0:01:21 GMT -5
Post by montreal on Dec 8, 2003 0:01:21 GMT -5
Looks like he will play for Team Belarus this Saturday in the WJC tournament in France.
From IIHF.com,
U20 Division I, Group B (Briancon, FRA, Dec. 13-19)
Belarus had a mixed bag last
with its junior hockey. It’s U18
team finished in eighth place at
the U18 World Championship,
just enough to keep it in the top
division, while its U20 team finished
a disappointing 10th at the
U20 World Championship. Now
those players from the surviving
U18 team will make their way to
this year’s U20 Championship
and hope to work their magic to
promote Belarus up to the top
division. Belarus will undoubtedly
rely on the one-two punch of forwards Andrei
Kastsitsyn and Kanstantsin Zakharov.
Kastsitsyn made history by becoming the first-ever
Belarus first rounder in the NHL-draft being picked
10th overall by Montreal last summer. He was also
second in scoring at the U18 World Championship
with six goals and nine assists. Zakharov was a third
round selection of St. Louis. The biggest obstacle for
Belarus will be host France, which finished an underachieving
fourth at last year’s Div. I U20 World
Championship after being in the top division in 2002.
France and Belarus have an interesting history at the
U20 World championship. In 2002, the teams met in
the Relegation Round and Belarus needed a lengthy
shootout in the final game to earn the right to stay in
the top division. France was sent down to Div. I and
has struggled ever since. France will be looking for
redemption when it gets another shot at Belarus."
From IIHF.com,
U20 Division I, Group B (Briancon, FRA, Dec. 13-19)
Belarus had a mixed bag last
with its junior hockey. It’s U18
team finished in eighth place at
the U18 World Championship,
just enough to keep it in the top
division, while its U20 team finished
a disappointing 10th at the
U20 World Championship. Now
those players from the surviving
U18 team will make their way to
this year’s U20 Championship
and hope to work their magic to
promote Belarus up to the top
division. Belarus will undoubtedly
rely on the one-two punch of forwards Andrei
Kastsitsyn and Kanstantsin Zakharov.
Kastsitsyn made history by becoming the first-ever
Belarus first rounder in the NHL-draft being picked
10th overall by Montreal last summer. He was also
second in scoring at the U18 World Championship
with six goals and nine assists. Zakharov was a third
round selection of St. Louis. The biggest obstacle for
Belarus will be host France, which finished an underachieving
fourth at last year’s Div. I U20 World
Championship after being in the top division in 2002.
France and Belarus have an interesting history at the
U20 World championship. In 2002, the teams met in
the Relegation Round and Belarus needed a lengthy
shootout in the final game to earn the right to stay in
the top division. France was sent down to Div. I and
has struggled ever since. France will be looking for
redemption when it gets another shot at Belarus."