Germany2 – Norway 0:3 (end) | USA – Russia 3:5 (end) | Finland – Czech Republic 5:3 (end)
Canada2 – Switzerland 4:1 (end) | Sweden2 – Slovakia2 6:0 (end)
final
Finland
5:3 (1:1, 1:2, 3:0)
Czech Republic
Thursday 02.01.2014, 14:30 • Malmo Arena • World Junior Championship
     
    The final buzzer has sounded and it's a dramatic comeback win by Finland, 5-3! I promised you it would be an entertaining enounter and that's exactly what we had, Saku Maenalanen opened the scoring before the Czechs scored three unanswered goal from Dominik Simon, Martin Prochazka and Radek Faksa. But the Finns fought back through goals from Juuso Ikonen, Henri Ikonen and Saku Kinnunen, before Maenalanen finished it off with any empty net goal. The Finns move on into the semifinals, where they will face the winner of Canada-Switzerland. Thanks for following the game with us, and join me in 2 and a half hours for Sweden against Slovakia! (16:54:40)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:45
    Goal for Team Finland! SAKU MAENALANEN ices it with a goal into the empty net from just over the halfway line! Assists- Tuevo Teravainen
     
    59:38
    Icing from the Finns, but the puck was so close to hitting the net!
     
    59:10
    Saros denies Pastrnak on a dangerous rebound!
     
    59:00
    Exactly one minute before the end of the third and maybe final period it's icing by Finland
     
    58:31
    Empty net for the Czechs!
     
    58:31
    Volek skates hard to the net, has a go with the backhand but it's right into Saros!
     
    57:42
    Time out from the Czech Republic. 2 minutes 18 seconds remaining for them to grab an equaliser
     
    57:42
    Yet another icing by the Czechs
     
    57:06
    Icing from the Czech Republic
     
    56:55
    Finland have had 11 shots this period so far compared to the Czechs mere 3
     
    55:20
    The Czechs go offside again
     
    54:43
    Pastrnak leads a tired looking Czech breakaway but he can't get a shot away under pressure
     
    53:02
    Icing from the Czech Republic. Finland have shown remarkable character to come from 3-1 down to lead 4-3, but now can the Czechs respond?
     
    51:39
    Goal for Team Finland! Powerful skate to the net from Henri Ikonen and at the far post SAKU KINNUNEN makes no mistake, 4-3! Assists- Henri Ikonen and Rasmus Kulmala
     
    50:49
    Vrana twists and turns around the Finnish net, eventually gets a backhand shot away but Saros is there
     
    49:16
    The Czechs go offside
     
    48:37
    Leskinen skates through the Czech defence but his wrister is too central to cause the goalkeeper problems
     
    47:39
    Stong rush from the Finns to the net, and Henrik Haapala and Joni Nikko somehow can't force the puck over the goal line!
    Commentary by

    Shaun Nicolaides

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 3. Maenalanen (Teravainen, Lindell), 39. Ikonen (Kulmala), 46. Ikonen (Lehtonen), 52. Kinnunen (Ikonen, Kulmala), 60. Maenalanen (Teravainen) – 4. Simon (Prochazka, Pastrnak), 32. Prochazka (Vrana, Simon), 35. Faksa (Tomecek, Volek)

    Finland: Saros (Husso)- Lindell, Pokka, Maenalanen, Teravainen, Lehkonen- Lehtonen, Ristolainen, Nikko, Mustonen, Haapala- Honka, Vainonen, J Ikonen, Kinnunen, Kulala- Vainio, Leskinen, Nattinen, H Ikonen, Rauhala
    Czech Republic: Langhamer (Dolejs)- Knot, Sidlik, Pastrnak, Simon, Prochazka- Sulak, Plutnar, Kampf, Vrana, Kase- Nemecek, Kostlek, Faksa, Tomecek, Volek- Sedlacek, Zacha, Macha, Zdrahal
    Referees: Tobias Björk, Mark Wiegand
    Attendance: 4805