Finland – Sweden2 3:1 (end)
final
Finland
3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0)
Sweden2
Saturday 10.11.2012, 16:00 • Turkuhalli, Turku, Finland • Karjala Cup
     
    59:07
    Koivu off for tripping. Sweden to the power play, but it's probably too late to make a difference.
     
    58:03
    I was going to say we're in "swallow the whistle" territory, as the referee let a rather obvious (if embellished) tripping penalty on Sweden go. However, a few moments later Fredrik Pettersson got nabbed for high sticking.
     
    46:43
    Interference penalty on Finland's Lehterä in the corner against Landeskog. Sweden to the power play.
     
    40:00
    Swedes will open the 3rd period on the power play with a chance to retie the game. Tuppurainen got called for a penalty (hooking) attempting to defend the scoring chance at the end of the period.
     
    36:16
    After no penalties early, suddenly there's a parade to the penalty box. Fredrik Pettersson off for high-sticking minor. Finns go back to the power play yet again. They need to capitalize soon with all of these opportunities.
     
    34:05
    Finland's third straight power play coming up. Söderberg going off for hooking.
     
    31:38
    Mattias Karlsson takes a careless high sticking minor just as his team takes over the momentum in the game. Finland to the power play.
     
    28:51
    Finns to get their first power play. Hedman off for slashing.
     
    23:26
    Väänänen had a bit of a sloppy shift, getting outworked by Karlsson and ended up in the box for a cross-checking minor behind the net.
     
    16:52
    Laakso off for slashing. Sweden to the power play.
    Commentary by

    Bill Meltzer

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 4. Salminen, 38. Nummelin, 59. Haataja (Lehterå) - 32. Söderberg (Gynge)

    Finland: LINE 1: Sakari Salminen (#23) - Mikko Koivu (#9) - Niklas Hagman (#10). LINE 2: Jesse Joensuu (#18) - Petri Kontiola (#27) - Teemu Laine (#29). LINE 3: Juha-Pekka Haataja (#37) - Jori Lehterä (#12) - Jonas Enlund (#26). LINE 4: Antti Pihlström (#41) - Teemu Ramstedt (#43) - Jani Tuppurainen (#21). D- PAIRING 1: Ossi Väänänen (#4) - Petteri Nummelin (#3). D-PAIRING 2: Mikko Kousa (#24) - Ilkka Heikkinen (#49). D-PAIRING 3: Teemu Laakso (#2) - Teemu Eronen (#22). D-PAIRING 4: Juuso Hietanen (#38) - Janne Jalasvaara (#46). GOALIE: Pekka Rinne (#35).
    Sweden2: LINE 1: Mikael Backlund (#60) - Calle Järnkrok (#19) - Richard Gynge (#14). LINE 2: Gabriel Landeskog (#92) - Carl Söderberg (#17) - Patric Hörnqvist (#27). LINE 3: Martin Thörnberg (#67) - Tony Mårtensson (#9) - Per Åslund (#22). LINE 4: Melker Karlsson (#15) - Joel Lundqvist (#20) - Fredrik Pettersson (#12). D-PAIRING 1: Burström, Niclas (#3) - Mattias Karlsson (#25). D-PAIRING 2: Tobias Viklund (#16) - Victor Hedman (#77). D-PAIRING 3: Sebastian Erixon (#50) - Dennis Rasmussen (#24). D-PAIRING 4: Staffan Kronwall (#4) - Oscar Fantenberg (#6). GOALIE: Gustaf Wesslau (#32)
    Referees: Antonin Jerabek, Vladimir Sindler, Sakari Suominen (L)