Sweden2 – Finland 7:3 (end) | Czech Republic – Latvia 7:4 (end) | USA – Canada2 2:1 (end)
Switzerland – Denmark 2:1 (end)
final
Sweden2
7:3 (1:1, 2:2, 4:0)
Finland
Friday 20.04.2012, 15:00U18 World Championship
     
    59:13
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    Nice shot makes it a four-goal lead. It was SEBASTIAN COLLBERG who was given time and room to snipe it top shelf and get his second of the night.

    Assisted by Calle Andersson.
     
    57:18
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    And this will probably seal the deal. A two-on-one led by Wennberg is finished into the back of the wide-open net by SEBASTIAN COLLBERG.

    Assisted by Alexander Wennberg and Gustav Possler.
     
    52:33
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    The Swedes capitalize on a two-man-advantage and get a two-goal lead with so little left in the game. It was FILIP FORSBERG who absolutely ripped it up into the top corner.

    Assisted by Sebastian Collberg and Alexander Wennberg.
     
    45:46
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    The Swedes take advantage of traffic in front and grab the lead early in the third. A long shot by JESPER PETTERSSON gets through and finds the back of the net.

    Assisted by Tobias Tornkvist.
     
    31:50
    Goal for Team Finland!

    And we have a tied game! A powerplay goal for Finland as RASMUS RISTOLAINEN just rips it past Dansk from the blue line to make things much more interesting.

    Assisted by Esa Lindell and Henrik Haapala.
     
    29:50
    Goal for Team Finland!

    A long shot from the blue line through traffic in front beats Dansk and cuts the lead in half. ARTTURI LEHKONEN gets credited with the goal.

    Assisted by Henrik Haapala.
     
    26:52
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    The following counter-attack and the Swedes make it a two-goal deficit. ERIK KARLSSON proves his name means skill and roofs it with a wrister from far away.

    Assisted by Jacob de la Rose.
     
    21:12
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    The Swedes take a come-from-behind lead! Forsberg carried the puck from behind the Finnish net and just gave it to GUSTAV POSSLER who one-timed it past Korpisalo.

    Assisted by Filip Forsberg.
     
    16:41
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    What a goal for Sweden! Possler sends out a pass from below the goal line to JACOB DE LA ROSE who snipes it top shelf to tie the game late in the first.

    Assisted by Gustav Possler and Alexander Wennberg.
     
    03:18
    Goal for Team Finland!

    The first Finnish powerplay sees the first puck in the Swedish net. Artturi Lehkonen passed the puck to the doorstep where VILLE POKKA took a couple whacks at it and got it past Dansk.

    Assisted by Artturi Lehkonen.

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals and assists: 17. de la Rose (Possler, Wennberg), 22. Possler (Forsberg), 27. Karlsson (de la Rose), 46. Pettersson (Tornkvist), 53. Forsberg (Collberg, Wennberg), 58. Collberg (Wennberg, Possler), 60. Collberg (Andersson) - 4. Pokka (Lehkonen), 30. Lehkonen (Haapala), 32. Ristolainen (Lindell, Haapala)


    Sweden2: Dansk (Hogberg) – H. Lindholm, Bystrom, Andersson, Arnesson, Djoos, Pettersson, M. Nilsson – Forsberg, E. Lindholm, Burakowsky – Collberg, Possler, Wennberg – Kalin, Sandberg, Karlsson – Tornkvist, Brehmer, de la Rose – L. Nilsson.
    Finland: Korpisalo (Auren) – Pokka, Tikkinen, Ristolainen, Lindell, Lehtonen, Vainonen, Makinen – J. Ikonen, Teravainen, Lehkonen – Mustonen, Haapala, Kulmala – Barkov, Markkula, H. Ikonen – Salminen, Antonen, Juttinen – Huovinen.

    Referees: Konc (SVK), St. Jacques (CAN) – Hull (CAN), Shikhanov (RUS).