France2 – Slovakia2 2:6 (end) | Czech Republic – Belarus 2:0 (end) | Finland – Germany2 4:3 (after OT)
Sweden2 – Switzerland 2:3 (end)
final/OT
Finland
4:3 (1:0, 1:1, 1:2, 1:0)
Germany2
Friday 03.05.2013, 19:15 • Hartwall Arena • World Championship
     
    Finland with a lot of work beats Germany only in overtime! Great play by Pesonen, Kontiola and Marcel Goc, cause every got 3 points in their tourney opener game.

    See you tomorrow at the 2nd gameday at IIHF WC 2013 (21:31:45)
     
    Game over.
     
    61:57
    Goal for Team Finland!


    When the 4th German came from the penalty box. SAKARI SALMINEN fired from the spot and one of the Finish players was a screen before Zepp.

    Assisted by Tuukka Mantyla and Teemu Laakso
     
    60:30
    What a sole move by Pesonen but he was stopped near the net
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    Exciting the third period! Germans were so close to win the game, but conceded a puck with 1,5 minutes left! German Marcel Goc 0+3; Finnish Petri Kontiola 2+1, Janne Pesonen 1+2! SOG: 37-18
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:54
    And another called for German player. Marcel Goc for tripping
     
    58:31
    Goal for Team Finland!


    PETRI KONTIOLA with beauty work of his hand in front of the net! He catched the puck on his stick, downed it to the ice and scored!

    Assisted by Janne Pesonen
     
    58:00
    Last two minutes of the third period
     
    56:55
    Goal for Team Germany!


    TORSTEN ANKERT fired from the blue line and puck got to the bottom corner!

    Assistans: Marcel Goc and Philip Gogulla
     
    55:52
    Finland in full strength
     
    55:21
    RANKEL!! What a moment! He fired to the empty corned but missed...
     
    53:52
    Haataja (FIN) called for holding
     
    53:28
    Faceoff in German zone, and Laakso again striked from the blue.
     
    12115 spectators watched our game!
     
    51:05
    Ortio made a mistake playing behind his net, unfortunately for Germans they didn't so quick with a puck and can't get into the net
     
    50:29
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    50:22
    Glove save by Zepp after blast of Laakso
     
    49:45
    Finland closed German in their zone – couple shots and nothing..
    Commentary by

    Igor Petrov

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 11. Kontiola (Aaltonen, Pesonen), 40. Pesonen (Hietanen, Kontiola), 59. Kontiola (Pesonen), 62. Salminen (Mantyla, Laakso) – 31. Schutz (Goc), 43. Ehrhoff (Goc), 57. Ankert (Goc, Gogulla)

    Finland: Ortio (Raanta) – Lepisto, Hietanen, Pesonen, Kontiola, Aaltonen – Laakso, Mantyla, Salminen, Haataja, Viitaluoma – Vaananen, Jalasvaara, Savinainen, Koskiranta, Pihlstrom – Kukkonen, Melart, Hagman, Anttila, Hytonen
    Germany2: Zepp (Endras) – Ehrhoff, Hordler, Rankel, Schultz, Marcel Goc – Nikolai Goc, Muller, Wolf, Ullmann, Gogulla – Baxmann, Ankert, Kink, Tripp, Seidenberg – Kohl, Mauer, Greilinger, Hager, Noebels
    Referees: FRANO Martin, KIRT Matt