Finland – Slovakia 5:2 (end) | Denmark – Canada 0:8 (end) | Switzerland – Czech Republic 3:6 (end)
USA – Finland 5:4 (end)
final
USA
5:4 (2:0, 2:2, 1:2)
Finland
Sunday 31.12.2017, 22:00 • Key Bank Center, Buffalo • World Junior Championship • Group A
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 22:00.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
    02:42 Kieffer Bellows (USA)
     
    03:59
    Goal for Team USA!
    Scorer is TRENT FREDERIC. Assisted by Riley Tufte, Kailer Yamamoto.
    03:59 Trent Frederic (USA) - 1:0
     
    11:46
    Penalty for USA (Kailer Yamamoto – 2 min., tripping).
    13:48 Joseph Woll (USA)
     
    14:33
    Goal for Team USA!
    Scorer is CASEY MITTELSTADT. Assisted by Brady Tkachuk, Scott Perunovich.
    14:33 Casey Mittelstadt (USA) - 2:0
     
    15:12
    Penalty for USA (Riley Tufte – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    15:37
    Penalty for Finland (Eeli Tolvanen – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    25:17
    Penalty for Finland (Otto Koivula – 2 min., holding).
     
    26:46
    Penalty for Finland (Aapeli Rasanen – 2 min., tripping).
     
    26:56
    Goal for Team USA!
    Scorer is JOEY ANDERSON. Assisted by Brady Tkachuk, Adam Fox.
    26:56 Joey Anderson (USA) - 3:0
     
    29:01
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is AAPELI RASANEN. Assisted by Eeli Tolvanen.
    29:01 Aapeli Rasanen (FIN) - 3:1
    33:16 Eeli Tolvanen (FIN)
     
    33:51
    Penalty for USA (Kailer Yamamoto – 2 min., hooking).
     
    38:27
    Penalty for USA (Josh Norris – 2 min., hooking).
     
    38:44
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is EELI TOLVANEN. Assisted by Henri Jokiharju.
    38:44 Eeli Tolvanen (FIN) - 3:2
     
    38:53
    Penalty for Finland (Aapeli Rasanen – 2 min., tripping).
     
    39:27
    Goal for Team USA!
    Scorer is JOEY ANDERSON. Assisted by Adam Fox, Casey Mittelstadt.
    39:27 Joey Anderson (USA) - 4:2
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    47:10
    Penalty for Finland (Valimaki – 2 min., interference).
     
    48:25
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is JOONA KOPPANEN. Assisted by Markus Nurmi, Urho Vaakanainen.
    48:25 Joona Koppanen (FIN) - 4:3
     
    49:31
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is KRISTIAN VESALAINEN. Assisted by Olli Juolevi, Valimaki.
    49:31 Kristian Vesalainen (FIN) - 4:4
     
    58:23
    Goal for Team USA!
    Scorer is ADAM FOX. Assisted by Casey Mittelstadt, Brady Tkachuk.
    58:23 Adam Fox (USA) - 5:4
     
    Game over. (00:31:16)
    State changes info
    Full live blog in the Czech language on onlajny.com
    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Frederic (Tufte, Yamamoto), 15. Mittelstadt (B. Tkachuk, Perunovich), 27. J. Anderson (B. Tkachuk, Fox), 40. J. Anderson (Fox, Mittelstadt), 59. Fox (Mittelstadt, B. Tkachuk) – 30. A. Rasanen (Tolvanen), 39. Tolvanen (Jokiharju), 49. Koppanen (Nurmi, Vaakanainen), 50. Vesalainen (Juolevi, Valimaki)

    USA: Woll (Oettinger) – Fox, Samberg, R. Lindgren, Perunovich, Peeke (A), M. Anderson (A), Hughes – Poehling, Yamamoto, Bellows (C) – B. Tkachuk, Mittelstadt, J. Anderson – Norris, Harper, Jones – Tufte, Frederic.
    Finland: Luukkonen (Lehtinen) – Heiskanen (A), Valimaki (C), Juolevi, Jokiharju, Vaakanainen, Kotkansalo, Salo – Vesalainen (A), Tolvanen, A. Rasanen – Kuokkanen, Koivula, Heponiemi – Tuulola, Ikonen, Innala – Jaaska, Koppanen, Nurmi – Kupari.
    Referees: Garon (CAN), Šír (CZE) – Hansen (DEN), Šefčík (SVK)