The group B games are also a lot of fun and after chatting with some folks sitting behind me, the tickets for those games were around $15 each. So good hockey for pretty cheap. I think Sweden vs Germany was one of the best games all tournament.
I think Europe doesn't have the system set up in the same way, a lot of the European players who stay in Europe to develop often play on pro teams, not as common in the SDHL now, but Lovisa Selander played for SDE before she went to RPI and I know a number of the U18 Swedish players are actively playing. Naistan Liiga, there's some young players. So a different development, but not as systematic as NCAA.
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I think Europe doesn't have the system set up in the same way, a lot of the European players who stay in Europe to develop often play on pro teams, not as common in the SDHL now, but Lovisa Selander played for SDE before she went to RPI and I know a number of the U18 Swedish players are actively playing. Naistan Liiga, there's some young players. So a different development, but not as systematic as NCAA.