USA – Russia 4:2 (end) | Sweden2 – Canada2 4:3 (end) | Slovakia2 – Finland 1:5 (end)
Czech Republic – Switzerland 4:3 (2:0 after SO)
final
Slovakia2
1:5 (0:1, 0:2, 1:2)
Finland
Tuesday 06.08.2013, 17:30Hlinka Gretzky Cup
     
    59:11
    Goal for Team Finland! The game may be in it's final minutes but Finland aren't taking their foot off the gas. Great work by Antti Kalapudas sets up MIKKO RANTANEN who was lurking in the slot, and the TPS Turku forward made no mistake firing the puck into the top corner
     
    53:28
    Goal for Team Slovakia! Finally the home fans have something to cheer about. After Hopponen's chance, Slovakia take the puck up the other end and Adrian Holesinsky tucks it away. Originally Kahkonen thought he had it, but the puck ends up trickling over the line.
     
    52:56
    Fantastic solo effort by Waltteri Hopponen, deking out Patrik Maier and trying to go across the crease, but a fantastic save by Skorvanek denies him
     
    51:50
    Immediately off the draw a defensive error by Finland gives Simon Petras a breakaway opportunity. He tries to go backhand on Kahkonen, but the Finnish goalie gets his pad down, making the save and the trailer Dominik Novak is unable to get his stick to the rebound
     
    51:29
    Goal for Team Finland! Make that 4-0 Finland with eight and a half minutes to go. JOEL KIVIRANTA works the puck from the right wing circle, gets a shooting lane and beats Skorvanek with a hard wrist shot.
     
    45:56
    Penalty to Slovakia, two minutes against Patrik Kratochvila.
     
    36:22
    Goal for Team Finland! The game had slowed down somewhat after Slovakia's period of relative pressure. However, an ANTTI KALUPUDAS goal gives Finland a 3-0 lead and all but seals the three points.
     
    32:09
    Penalty to Finland. Sami Niku is seemingly hauled over, but is handed a two minute penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. The officials ruled it a dive.
     
    31:18
    Goal for Team Finland! It only takes Finland 11 seconds to find the back of the net on the powerplay. JUHO LAMMIKKO fires the puck in from the right wing circle
     
    31:07
    Penalty against Slovakia, Patrik Koch for interference
     
    29:56
    A golden chance for Slovakia as Filip Adamcik goes in alone on Kaapo Kahkonen. He tries to pull the puck back to get a better shooting angle but the Finnish goalie just gets the toe of his blade to the puck, knocking it off the tape of Adamcik
     
    25:35
    Great chance for Finland, Aho gets a one timer away but Skorvanek makes the save. The puck is loose behind him but his defenceman clears.
     
    11:57
    Fantastic zone play by Finland. They cycle down low and Atte Makinen finds Kauppinen in the slot with an inch perfect pass, but Skorvanek gets out to it and saves the one timer.
     
    04:30
    Atte Makinen goes oh so close to making it 2-0 using his speed to cut away from his defenceman and go in on goal, but his shot just goes wide.
     
    00:50
    Goal for Team Finland! Straight off the draw the Finns generate zone pressure. A Sami Niku point shot is tipped by the stick of JOONA JAASKELAINEN and eludes Skorvanek in the Slovakia net.

    Jon Rowson

    Goals and assists: 54. Holesinsky (Jaros) – 1. Jaaskelainen (Niku, Honkanen), 32. Lammikko (Rantanen), 37. Kalupudas (Rouhiainen), 52. Kiviranta (Honkanen), 60. Rantanen (Kalapudas, Keskitalo)


    Slovakia2: Škorvánek (Pajpach) – Romančík, Maier, Jaroš, Sloboda, Ivanič, Koch, Moravčík, Bilík – Holešinský, Halama, Paločko – Milý, Kratochvíla, Haščič – Kundrát, Adamčík, Krasničan – Novák, Sukeľ, Petráš
    Finland: Kähkönen (Voutilainen) – Väinöla, Rouhiainen, Niku, Tervo, Keskitalo, Leppävuori, Parikka, Haapanen – Rantanen, Lämsä, Lammikko – Kiviranta, Honkanen, Jääskeläinen – Aho, Kalapudas, Hopponen – Kauppinen, M. Mäkinen, A. Mäkinen

    Referees: Konc D., Konc J. – Orolin, Kacej