FIN 8:0 1GE | Finland - Germany2 (U18 World Championship)

U18 World Championship

Finland – Germany2	8:0 (end)	\|	Czech Republic – Switzerland	2:4 (end)	\|	Latvia – Denmark	3:4 (after OT)
Russia – Canada2	2:4 (end)

final

Finland

8:0 (2:0, 4:0, 2:0)

Germany2

Thursday 19.04.2012, 15:00 • Alcaplast Arena, Břeclav • U18 World Championship

		Welcome to the first quarterfinal game between Finland and Germany. The game starts at 15:00 CET.
		Starting lineups: Finland: Korpisalo (Aurén) - Pokka, Tikkinen, Ristolainen, Lindell, Lehtonen, Vainonen (C), Makinen - J. Ikonen, Teravainen, Lehkonen - Mustonen, Haapala, Kumala - Barkov, Markkula, H. Ikonen -Huovinen, Salminen, Antonen, Juutinen. Coach: Tapola. Germany: Klein (Cupper) - Bender, Moser, Quinlan, Schmid, D. Tiffels, Stephan, Koberger, Schwarz - Kurth, Palausch, F. Tiffels - Herpich (C), Ziegler, Kaefer - Kahun, Draisaitl, Eisenschmid - Zientek, Shevyrin, Klopper. Coach: Setters. Referees: Gofman (Rus), Sidorenko (BLR) - Lederer (CZE), Shikhanov (RUS).
		The teams are on the ice: Finland in blue jerseys with navy pants and blue helmets. Germany in white jerseys with black pants and helmets. The opening faceoff is 2 minutes away . . .
	00:01	Game started.
	00:15	On the first shift, Lehkonen was alone in front of the German goal but backhanded the puck wide . . .
	01:06	A Finnish 2 on 1, but Haapala couldn't corral the pass . .
	02:22	On his second shift, Lehkonen got another chance but shot wide from a sharp angle . . .
	03:26	Goal for Team Finland! ALEXI MUSTONEN took a breakaway pass and beat Klein with a forehand deke. The Finnish 2nd line is picking up where it left off the last game. Assist: Henrik Haapala.
	04:30	Sven Ziegler of Germany stole the puck at the side of the Finnish goal and got his team's first good chance of the game.
	04:47	Offside against Germany.
	05:25	A high shot hit the glass and landed on top of the Finnish net. Faceoff in the Finnish zone.
	05:33	Offside against Finland.
	07:15	Sustained pressure by Finland, Salminen fanned on a shot in the slot . . .
	07:32	Icing against Finland.
	07:39	The puck goes over the glass in the Finnish zone, faceoff stays inside.
	08:52	Icing against Finland.
	08:55	Right off the faceoff, Germany hit the goalpost. Play continues . .
	09:16	Klein covers the puck in the German crease.
		They are going to video replay for the apparent goal post, but it appeared to be no goal . . .
		No goal. Faceoff is in the German zone to the left of Klein.
	09:30	From the left wing, Tiffels got a good shot away for Germany that Korpisalo stopped. After a strong start by Finland, Germany has been pushing back lately . . .
	10:28	Goal for Team Finland! A German defensive lapse allowed TUEVO TERAVAINEN, Finland's most dangerous player, to get free. He took a pass in the slot and beat Klein with another forehand deke. Assists: Juuso Ikonen, Arturri Lehkonen.
	13:10	Finland's top line is back at it . . . Teravainen fed Ikonen, whose shot Klein got a piece of to deflect away . . .
	13:48	Puck out of play at the Finnish bench. Faceoff at the Finnish blueline.
	14:27	A glove save by Klein and a whistle, and a bit of a gathering around the net afterward.
	14:48	Offside against Germany.
	15:36	From the right wing, Kurth's backhander is stopped and held by Korpisalo.
	15:51	First penalty of the game, Finland's top line was on another dangerous-looking rush; Raphael Kaefer broke it up but had to take a hooking penalty to do so. Finland to the power play.
	16:49	Finland's power play is looking dangerous, but Klein manages to make a save and cover the puck. 1:02 left in the penalty.
	17:51	Germany is back at full strength, but Finland still with possession in the German zone . . .
	18:06	A shot and a save by Klein, forcing a stoppage.
	18:30	A heavy low one-timer by Finnish captain Mikko Vainonen is deflected just wide . . .
	19:13	Icing against Germany.
	19:18	Just off the draw, Ristolainen's point shot is kicked away by Klein . . .
	20:00	First period finished.
		Shots on goal in the 1st period: by Finland 11, by Germany 9. Finland came out strong and quickly got the game's first goal. Germany started getting some chances of their own, but a defensive lapse led to Finland's second goal, which killed their momentum.
		The teams are on the ice and the 2nd period begins in a couple of minutes . . .
	20:01	Second period began.
	20:42	Germany came out and got the first shot of the period, but Finland came back and the always-dangerous Teravainen took a high shot that hit Klein in the shoulder . . .
	21:02	Icing against Finland.
	23:34	Germany's Patrick Klopper got behind the Finnish defence and had a breakaway on Korpisalo, but shot wide . . .
	24:58	Goal for Team Finland! Klein appeared to stop HENRI IKONEN's shot from point-blank, but it slowly crept through his pads and slid across the line. Assist: Mikko Vainonen.
	25:30	The Finns all over the Germans now . . . big scramble in front, play continues . . .
	27:33	Icing against Germany.
	29:08	Thomas Schmid (GER) for tripping at the blueline.
	29:45	Benjamin Zientek intercepted a cross-point pass and got a shorthanded breakaway, but was denied by Joonas Korpisalo. Faceoff in the Finnish zone.
	30:43	Goal for Team Finland! The Finnish power play worked the puck around nicely, setting up a one-time snapper from HENRIK HAAPALA that beat Klein high to the stick side. Assists: Rasmus Kulmala, Esa Lindell.
	32:37	Finland with another opportunity, but the save by Klein and the faceoff in the German zone.
	32:47	The puck was played with a high stick by a Finnish player in the attacking zone, faceoff outside.
	34:10	A shot from the point is deflected out of play in the German zone, faceoff inside.
		Germany's Patrick Klopper appears to have broken his skate blade and needs to go to the dressing room for repairs.
	34:18	The puck is again played by a Finnish high stick in the German zone. Faceoff outside.
	34:48	A low shot is scooped up by the glove of Klein, who holds it for a faceoff.
	34:57	Goal for Team Finland! After Klein stopped the initial point shot from Ristolainen, SAMU MARKKULA scored on the rebound with a backhander from a sharp angle. Assist: Risto Ristolainen.
	36:11	A high wrist shot from Teravainen is deflected out of play off the blocker of Klein.
	37:17	Finland back to the power play. Denis Shevyrin (GER) for tripping.
	37:41	Offside against Finland on the PP. The puck barely came out.
	39:17	Goal for Team Finland! Germany simply cannot contain all of Finland's offensive weapons. Just as the penalty was expiring, Terevainen fed ARTTURI LEHKONEN, who redirected the puck upstairs. Assists: Tuevo Teravainen, Ville Pokka.
	40:00	Second period finished.
		Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): by Finland 19 (30), by Germany 5 (14). The 2nd period was all Finland, and they appear to have a semifinal date securely in their grasp.
		3rd period will begin at 16:28 CET.
	40:01	Third period began.
	40:24	Goal for Team Finland! Quickly in the 3rd period, Cupper stopped his first shot, but TUEVO TERAVAINEN grabbed the rebound and went upstairs for Finalnd's 7th goal. Assist: Artturi Lehkonen.
		The Germans have made a goaltending change. Marvin Cupper takes over for Patrick Klein to start the 3rd period.
	43:10	Icing against Germany.
	43:30	The Finns are not relenting . . . more shots and a couple more saves for Cupper, play continues . . .
	46:02	Icing against Germany.
	47:00	Artturi Lehkonen, who has 3 points already, took a breakaway pass, but went to his backhand and the puck slid off his stick . . .
	47:33	Icing against Finland.
	47:37	Off the faceoff, a quick German shot is caught and held by Korpisalo.
	47:43	Icing against Finland.
	48:53	Icing against Germany.
	51:32	Offside against Germany.
	51:47	Icing against Finland.
	52:08	A chance for Germany: Tim Bender's slap shot from the blueline is deflected away by Korpisalo's blocker . . .
	55:04	Goal for Team Finland! From in front of the net, HENRIK HAAPALA scores his 2nd goal of the game on a rebound. Assists: Rasmus Kulmala, Esa Lindell.
	57:41	Icing against Finland.
	58:04	Hand pass against Germany. Faceoff at centre ice.
	58:16	Cupper catches a lobbing dump-in and holds it.
	58:34	Offside against Germany.
	58:57	Germany will finish the game on the power play. Finland's Mikko Vainonen gets called for tripping.
	60:00	Game over.
		Shots on goal in the 3rd period (and game): by Finland 7 (37), by Germany 4 (18). Germany was competitive for most of the 1st period, but Finland dominated the 2nd period, took the game firmly in their control, and then were on cruise-control in the 3rd.
		Players of the game: GER Sven Ziegler, FIN Risto Ristolainen.
		Finland advances to play their arch-rival, Sweden, in a semifinal game tomorrow. Germany will play for 5th/6th place on Saturday against the loser of the upcoming RUS-CAN game.
		The other quarterfinal game, between Russia and Canada, will begin in two hours time at 19:00 CET (21:00 MSK, 13:00 ET) (16:59:44)

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 4. Mustonen (Haapala), 11. Teravainen (J. Ikonen, Lehkonen), 25. H. Ikonen (Vainonen), 31. Haapala (Kulmala, Lindell), 35. Markkula (Ristolainen), 40. Lehkonen (Teravainen, Pokka), 41. Teravainen (Lehkonen), 56. Haapala (Kulmala, Lindell)

Finland: Korpisalo (Aurén) - Pokka, Tikkinen, Ristolainen, Lindell, Lehtonen, Vainonen (C), Makinen - J. Ikonen, Teravainen, Lehkonen - Mustonen, Haapala, Kumala - Barkov, Markkula, H. Ikonen -Huovinen, Salminen, Antonen, Juutinen. Coach: Tapola.

Germany2: Klein (Cupper) - Bender, Moser, Quinlan, Schmid, D. Tiffels, Stephan, Koberger, Schwarz - Kurth, Palausch, F. Tiffels - Herpich (C), Ziegler, Kaefer - Kahun, Draisaitl, Eisenschmid - Zientek, Shevyrin, Klopper. Coach: Setters.

Referees: Gofman (RUS), Sidorenko (BLR) - Lederer (CZE), Shikhanov (RUS)

1st period
	03:26
	10:28
	15:51
1st intermission
2nd period
	24:58
	29:08
	30:43
	34:57
	37:17
	39:17
2nd intermission
3rd period
	40:24
	55:04
	58:57
Final