Canada – USA 3:4 (0:2 after SO) | Czech Republic – Belarus 6:5 (end) | Sweden – Switzerland 7:2 (end)
Finland – Slovakia 5:2 (end)
final
Finland
5:2 (0:0, 2:1, 3:1)
Slovakia
Saturday 30.12.2017, 22:10 • KeyBank Center, Buffalo • World Junior Championship • Group A
     
    Game over. (00:29:22)
    54:01 Markus Nurmi (FIN) - 5:2
     
    54:01
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is MARKUS NURMI. Assisted by Joona Koppanen.
    53:46
    52:36 Joni Ikonen (FIN) - 4:2
     
    52:36
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is JONI IKONEN.
     
    49:22
    Penalty for Finland (Kristian Vesalainen – 2 min., hooking).
    49:03 Samuel Bucek (SVK) - 3:2
     
    49:03
    Goal for team Slovakia!
    Scorer is SAMUEL BUCEK. Assisted by Filip Krivosik, Adam Ruzicka.
    46:23 Aleksi Heponiemi (FIN) - 3:1
     
    46:23
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is ALEKSI HEPONIEMI. Assisted by Janne Kuokkanen.
     
    43:58
    Penalty for Finland (Juha Jaaska – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    41:16
    Penalty for Slovakia (Marian Studenic – 2 min., interference).
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    39:02 Aapeli Rasanen (FIN) - 2:1
     
    39:02
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is AAPELI RASANEN. Assisted by Olli Juolevi, Eeli Tolvanen.
     
    37:16
    Penalty for Slovakia (Tomas Hedera – 2 min., delay of game / shooting or throwing the puck out).
    34:14 Martin Bodak (SVK) - 1:1
     
    34:14
    Goal for team Slovakia!
    Scorer is MARTIN BODAK. Assisted by Alex Tamasi, Michal Ivan.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 28. Koppanen (Nurmi, Jaaska), 40. A. Rasanen (Juolevi, Tolvanen), 47. Heponiemi (Kuokkanen), 53. Ikonen, 55. Nurmi (Koppanen) – 35. Bodak (Tamasi, Ivan), 50. Bucek (Krivosik, Ruzicka)

    Finland: Luukkonen (Lehtinen) – Heiskanen (A), Valimaki (C), Juolevi, Jokiharju, Vaakanainen, Kotkansalo, Salo – Kuokkanen (A), Vesalainen, Tolvanen – Koivula, Ikonen, Heponiemi – Tuulola, A. Rasanen, Innala – Koppanen, Nurmi, Kupari – Jaaska.
    Slovakia: Durny (Hrenak) – Hedera, Korencik, Bodak (C), Ivan, Fehervary (A), Zelenak, Matejovic, Fereta – Smolka, Kelemen, Kundrik – Studenic, Tamasi, Roman – Bucek, Krivosik, Ruzicka – Cacho (A), Liska, Solensky.
    Referees: Gordon Schukies (GER), Stephen Thomson (USA) – Dustin McCrank (CAN), Jiří Ondráček (CZE)