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..
     
    48:29
    Penalty called for high-sticking. Baxmann (GER) for 2 minutes
     
    47:54
    Good chance for Finnish team! Melart came to the goalie crease where Zepp denied the puck
     
    47:00
    A lot of stoppages right now in the game
     
    46:18
    Germans made an icing
     
    44:30
    Germany feel themselves great against home soil.
     
    42:34
    Goal for Team Germany!


    Winning faceoff and CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF with poweful shot tied the game!

    Assistant: Marcel Goc
     
    42:32
    Vaananen called for holding. PP chance for Germany
     
    41:50
    No shots in first minutes and huge hit by Jalasvaara on one of the German players
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Finland don't give much power to the game as German but the game is so close and equal. SOG: 24-12
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:28
    Goal for Team Finland!


    JANNE PESONEN redirects the shot of Hietanen from the faceoff circle into the net!

    Assistants: Juuso Hietanen, Petri Kontiola
     
    38:53
    Patrick Hager (GER) got 2 minutes. One more PP for Finland
     
    38:21
    One more strong PK from Germany, rare chances had Finnish team during it
     
    36:21
    Ehrhoff (GER) called for hooking when Pihlstrom was on the breakaway
     
    36:00
    More stoppages in last few minutes. Faceoff in Finnish zone
     
    33:55
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    33:30
    Another unsuccesful PP for Finland: first line skated on the ice maybe during the whole time of advantage
     
    31:55
    Seidenberg called for holding
     
    30:21
    Goal for Team Germany!


    FELIX SCHUTZ with pretty hands overplay Ortio in front of the net after nice pass from Marcel Goc.

    Assistant Marcel Goc
     
    29:07
    Tripp came to counter-attack but decided not to come close to goalie and fired from the middle range to Ortio
     
    28:40
    Finland faced again with problems during PP, strong killing by Germany
     
    27:28
    Nikolai Goc (GER) called for tripping
     
    25:45
    Good physical game. Finnish players creates chances after German mistakes, away team used only counter-attacks
     
    23:15
    Greilinger came to the zone but his shot was blocked. Equal game early in the second as in first
     
    20:55
    Germany starts the second with some mistakes in their own zone, which doesn't lead to any dangerous
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Interesting first period where it seemed that PP would mean a lot. SOG: 9-6 for Finland
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    18:30
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    16:30
    Gogulla called for holding
     
    15:48
    Germany a little bit shocked, Finland has a better puck possesion
     
    14:00
    No goal for Finland! Salvinen fires with back-hander and Koskiranta redirects it in front of the net and the puck stopped at the red line.
     
    13:00
    Huge chance for Germany! Puck was jumping on the goalie crease, Ortio saved
     
    12:16
    First penalty for Finland – Janne Jalasvaara
     
    10:22
    Goal for Team Finland!


    Good realization of PP leads to PETRI KONTIOLA tip-in goal in empty net.

    Assistants: Juhamatti Aaltonen and Janne Pesonen
     
    09:58
    Another call by Germany. Ehrhoff for delaying the game.
     
    09:26
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    08:10
    Long shot from the blue line by Lepisto but Zepp denied it
     
    07:26
    German Hager called for tripping. First penalty in the game
     
    05:49
    Equal game without scoring chances, German looks better in physical play
     
    03:55
    Savinainen came to the zone with good wrist shot. Puck goes wide
     
    03:15
    Germany played with a high pressure, for Finland it's quite difficult to organize a position attack in enemy zone
     
    01:00
    Both teams played first minute in good pace. Faceoff in Finland zone
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Teams are on the ice. Now we're listening to national anthems of Germany and Finland
     
    Starting lineups:

    Finland: Ortio (Raanta) – Lepisto, Hietanen, Pesonen, Kontiola, Aaltonen – Laakso, Mantyla, Salminen, Haataja, Viitaluoma – Vaananen, Jalasvaara, Savinainen, Koskiranta, Pihlstrom – Kukkonen, Melart, Hagman, Anttila, Hytonen

    Germany: 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.
     
    Hello everyone! Less than an hour in Helsinki Game #3 of IIHF WC will take start where home Finland faces with Germany!
    In first game of the day in H group Slovakia beat France 6:2
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 19:15.
    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