Slovakia2 – Germany2 | 4:5 (1:2 after SO) | | | Hungary – Japan2 | 12:2 (end) | | | Finland – Sweden2 | 4:2 (end) |
Austria – Brazil | 5:1 (end) | | | USA – Canada2 | 5:6 (1:2 after SO) | | | Croatia – Australia | 5:6 (after OT) |
Czech Republic – xxx | 6:1 (end) | | | Slovenia2 – Latvia | 13:2 (end) |
final
Finland
4:2
(0:0, 1:0, 2:0, 1:2)
Sweden2
Derek OBrien
Goals and assists:
15. Jokinen (Joki-Erkkila), 29. Saarinen (Virtala), 30. Pellinen (Laakkonen, Pukka), 37. Jokinen – 40. Nilsson (Lilja, Berglund), 43. Sjoren (Erkgards)
Referees: Prchal (CZE), Morrison (USA)
Attendance:
Penalty missed:
Finland:
Hovi (Taponen) – Penttinen, Aalto, Jokinen, Joki-Erkkila – Pukka, Markkanen, Virtala, Strömberg – Saarinen, Partanen, Miettinen, Lohtander – Pellinen, Laakkonen.
Subs:
Coach:
Sweden2: Ollikainen (Kruse) – Lilja, Sjören, Nilsson, Höglund – Gunnarsson, Svensson, Axelsson, Berglund – Erkgards, Bejmo, Wall, Eriksson – Johnsson, Kokkonen.
Subs:
Coach:
Subs:
Coach:
Sweden2: Ollikainen (Kruse) – Lilja, Sjören, Nilsson, Höglund – Gunnarsson, Svensson, Axelsson, Berglund – Erkgards, Bejmo, Wall, Eriksson – Johnsson, Kokkonen.
Subs:
Coach:
Referees: Prchal (CZE), Morrison (USA)
Attendance:
The power play had just ended, and the Swedes entered the zone. ROBIN SJOREN fired a wrister through traffic that looked like it changed direction just in front of Hovi. The Swedes are back in it.
Assist: Johan Erkgards.
Lilja led the rush into the zone, fed MARCUS NILSSON. His first shot hit Hovi in the chest, but he knocked the rebound out of the air but below the crossbar and into the net to get Sweden on the board.
Assists: Johan Lilja, Carl Berglund.
On a 2-on-1 rush, MARKUS JOKINEN held the puck, made a move to his backhand and went upstairs over the glove of Ollikainen. At 4-0, that might just punch Finland's ticket into the Final.
Unassisted.
Then they add a 3rd goal 1:11 later! A nice tic-tac-toe passing play around the Swedish zone, Laakonen with the cross-crease pass to OSSI PELLINEN, who put it in.
Assists: Janne Laakkonen, Mikko Pukka.
It was a 3-on-2 rush, Virtala with the pass across to JESSE SAARINEN, and he fired a beautiful wrist shot over Ollikainen's blocker, off the far post and in. With the strength of defence in this game, the 2-0 Finnish lead now is huge.
Assist: Marko Virtala.
Finland take the lead shorthanded when MARKUS JOKINEN slips through two opponents and scores with a wristshot towards the far post. Assisted by Juho Hoki-Erkkila.