Czech Republic – Russia 2:0 (end) | Finland – Switzerland 3:5 (end) | Sweden2 – USA 0:7 (end)
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final
Finland
3:5 (2:1, 1:4, 0:0)
Switzerland
Sunday 01.01.2012, 15:00 • U18 Women’s World Championship
Pre-game odds
     
    Swiss anthem is about to be played as they reach their first victory of the tournament. (17:06:20)
     
    60:00
    Match finish.
     
    59:31
    Finns get it out but icing sends them back.
     
    59:21
    Switzerland gets their time-out.
     
    59:21
    Switzerland is holding the Finns off, they can't even pull the goalie.
     
    58:54
    Stanz tipped the puck in front, it went airborne and back down on the ice into the crease, but she didn't spot it in time.
     
    58:29
    Stanz found Dale, whose one-timer went just wide of the net.
     
    58:15
    Stanz could seal the deal now, Portnoj stopped her with the blocker.
     
    57:50
    Time-out for Finland.
     
    57:50
    Noora Tulus came up with a good blast from the slot, fired it just wide.
     
    56:45
    Play is continuing mainly in the neutral zone.
     
    55:30
    Stalder fired another blast, which was blocked in front, Viitasuo cleared it from the vicinity of the wide-open net.
     
    53:54
    Phoebe Stanz broke out really nicely and tried to backhand it top shelf, the puck went high over the crossbar.
     
    53:27
    Emma Nuutinen (FIN) had a big chance in front but gets called for slashing.
     
    53:03
    Finns don't manage to establish a good PP attack.
     
    52:19
    Selina Wuttke (SUI) gets a minor penalty for interference.
     
    51:25
    Stanz skated to the front of the net, surprising Portnoj but firing it just wide.
     
    50:35
    Kilponen's nice coast-to-coast ride was stopped by an offside call.
     
    49:31
    Dale had a nice chance after Stanz's pass from behind the net, Portnoj stopped her.
     
    49:04
    Stalder blasts one wide.
    Commentary by

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 9. Ritari (Kotkaslahti), 14. Rantanen (Alanko, Koivisto), 27. Kotkaslahti (Kilponen, Tulus) - 13. Stanz (Dale), 22. Waidacher (Stalder, Ruegg), 25. Stanz (Waidacher, Scheurer), 38. Stanz (Scheurer, Stalder), 40. Wuttke (Waidacher)

    Finland: Portnoj (Ranne) – Koivisto, Kilponen (C), Valkjärvi, Uppgärd, Lindholm, Viitasuo, Tuovinen, Meriläinen – Kotkaslahti, Ollikainen, Valkama – Rantanen, Alanko, Suokko – Ritari, Tulus, Nuutinen – Tanskanen, Vainionpää, Maamäki.
    Switzerland: Alder (Zanetti) – Staiger, Altmann, Wuttke, Gubler, Stalder, Hofstetter, Williner, Abgottspon, Scheurer – Eggimann, Dale, Stanz (C), Ruegg, Waidacher, Bigler, Desboeufs, Lehner, Poschung, Cipriani.
    Referees: Gage (CAN) – Bednářová (CZE), Schipper-Poeteray (NED)