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final
Sweden2
7:3 (1:1, 2:2, 4:0)
Finland
Friday 20.04.2012, 15:00 • U18 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.
     
    57:55
    Aleksi Mustonen (FIN) heads to the penalty box as his team gets two minutes for too many players on the ice.
     
    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.
     
    56:25
    Erik Karlsson all alone on Auren, pulls off a really nice deke, going in between the legs with the puck but firing it wide.
     
    54:57
    Jean Auren gets into the net for Korpisalo who is on the bench and doesn't seem injured.
     
    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.
     
    52:10
    After two more hard shots by Ristolainen, Artturi Lehkonen (FIN) gets called for interference.
     
    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.
     
    41:42
    Rasmus Ristolainen (FIN) called for interference.
     
    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.
     
    30:27
    Filip Forsberg (SWE) gets a minor penalty for tripping.
     
    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.
     
    29:22
    Big three-on-two finished by Juuso Ikonen who hits the post!
     
    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.
     
    24:25
    What a long shot by Andersson, it hits the post and then trickles out of the crease.
     
    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.
     
    19:54
    Kalin with a huge opportunity in front of the wide-open net, Korpisalo makes a big-time pad save.
     
    17:54
    Mikko Vainonen (FIN) gets called for delaying the game as he cleared the puck out of play.
     
    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.
     
    09:16
    Henrik Haapala (FIN) called for interference, both teams will play in equal strength.
     
    07:35
    There's some pushing and shoving between Burakowsky and Lindell as Filip Forsberg (SWE) gets called for tripping.
     
    07:08
    Tikkinen went all alone on Dansk but failed to pull off a deke.
     
    04:35
    Arnesson absolutely leveled by Pokka on the blue line and should keep his head up next time!
     
    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.
     
    02:59
    A penalty against Sweden for too many players on the ice. Tobias Tornkvist will serve it.
    Commentary by

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals & lineups Match log
    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).