Slovakia2 – xxx 2:1 (end) | Croatia – Latvia 4:3 (end) | Slovenia2 – Australia 10:5 (end)
USA – Sweden2 12:5 (end) | Finland – Canada2 6:2 (end)
final
Finland
6:2 (1:0, 1:1, 1:1, 3:0)
Canada2
Saturday 07.06.2014, 19:00 • IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship
     
    So that's all from the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship in Pardubice, Czech Republic.

    Thank you for following us all week, and have a great summer. (20:47:30)
     
    Both teams are now posing for pictures with their medals, and soon will be the national anthem of Finland.
     
    The Finnish players are now being presented with their gold medals.
     
    The Canadian players are now being presented with their silver medals.
     
    Tournament Awards:

    Best Goaltender: Brett Leggat, CAN
    Best Defenceman: Sami Markkanen, FIN
    Best Forward: Matt White, USA
     
    Players of the Game:

    FIN – Petri Partanen, 2 goals, 1 assist
    CAN – Brett Leggat, goaltender
     
    This game was tied 2-2 in the 3rd period and was anybody's game until the Finns scored 2 power-play goals in the 4th and eventually won 6-2 to claim the gold medal. Canada settles for silver.
     
    36:48
    Game over.
     
    47:49
    One last faceoff in the Finnish zone as Hovi covers the puck. This one is done, though.
     
    47:08
    Goal for Team Finland!
    They didn't put the puck into the net but the puck was in front of the Canadian bench and Brett Leggat reached over and interfered with JUHO JOKI-ERKKILA as he was carrying the puck, so with the Canadian net empty a goal was awarded.
     
    46:42
    Canada with possession off the draw and Leggat goes back to the bench.
     
    46:36
    Offside Canada. Leggat goes back to the net with the faceoff on their half of centre.
     
    46:47
    Leggat goes to the bench for a 5th attacker.
     
    46:12
    Scramble around the Finnish net and Hovi covers the puck.
     
    46:00
    Dave Hammond with a long slapper over the crossbar.
     
    45:33
    Timeout Canada.
     
    45:33
    Miettinen, turned to the corner by Leggat, then another Finnish shot and Leggat finally covers it. One more Finnish goal would be the death knell.
     
    45:00
    Pellanen with a shot, stick save Leggat, Canada starts back.
     
    44:25
    Finnish 2 on 1, Markkanen just tips it wide of the post.
     
    44:10
    Finally Hovi covers the puck for a faceoff.
     
    44:00
    Jordan Draper fires a wrister through a crowd off the goalpost.
     
    43:42
    The puck is again deflected out of play in the Finnish zone, faceoff inside.
     
    43:27
    Woods with a wrister, off the blocker of Hovi and out of play, faceoff in the Finnish zone.
     
    43:11
    Play whistled because a Finnish player is in the crease, faceoff outside.
     
    41:58
    Goal for Team Finland!
    KIM STROMBERG held the puck forever at the top of the circle and then fired a slapper inside the far post for another power-play goal.
    Assists: Petri Partanen, Marko Virtala
     
    41:25
    Chris Terry with a shorthanded rush, save Hovi and a faceoff in the Finnish zone with :41 left in the penalty.
     
    41:15
    Virtala across to Parkanen and he fires it high and out of play. Faceoff outside with :51 left in the penalty.
     
    40:36
    Canada is now getting another penalty as Kirk French is called for slashing in the attacking zone. Finland looking for more.
     
    40:05
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Virtala was at the point passed down low to KARI LOHTANDER and his one-timer beat Leggat on the near side to make it a 2-goal game on the power play.
    Assist: Marko Virtala.
     
    39:40
    A pass is intercepted and Canada clears the zone.
     
    39:22
    Mikko Pukka shoots wide from the point.
     
    38:58
    Aalto was hauled down by Thomas Woods and is called for hooking. Aalto wants a penalty shot, Woods thought it was a dive, but anyway Finland goes to the power play.
     
    38:30
    Now Corbeil with a slapper, pad save Hovi and the Finns start back.
     
    38:10
    Kirk French shoots high.
     
    37:02
    Stromberg circles the Canadian zone with the puck and then fires wide on the near side.
     
    36:22
    Chris Terry with a long wrister, caught and held by Hovi.
     
    36:01
    Start of the 4th period.
     
    It's 3-2 Finland with three quarters done. 12 minutes of hockey left, at least, to decide the inline world champion of 2014.
     
    There was a Finnish 2-on-1 in the dying seconds of that period and Kyle Henderson made a great defensive play to break it up.
     
    36:00
    End of the 3rd period.
     
    35:47
    A steal by Josh Foote at centre ice, rushed in on goal and Sasu Hovi made a big glove save.
     
    35:00
    Great individual effort from Chris Terry, beats a couple of players and just can't quite stuff it inside the post.
     
    34:02
    Luscombe tries to go hard to the net, Hovi ends up covering the puck.
     
    33:21
    Woods with a wrister, pad save Hovi. Canada coming on.
     
    33:05
    Now a slapper from Hammond hits Hovi up high.
     
    32:40
    Hammond fires a low wrister wide.
     
    32:27
    Offside Canada.
     
    32:13
    Corbeil with a backhander, caught and held by Hovi.
     
    30:50
    Virtala was trying the lacrosse move from behind the net there but lost it halfway up. Canada back at full strength.
     
    30:22
    Slapper from Virtala, pad save Leggat and the Canadians clear it.
     
    30:00
    The Finns work the puck around and Markkanen fires a high wrister that hits Leggat up high. He holds on with :42 left in the penalty.
     
    29:12
    Canada's Brennan Luscombe is called for hooking, Finland to the power play for the first time.
     
    28:22
    Goal for Team Finland!
    And the Finns regain the lead just 38 seconds later. PETRI PARTANEN scores his 2nd of the game with a wrister from the high slot that beats Leggat on the stick side.
    Assists: Jesse Saarinen, Kim Stromberg.
     
    27:44
    Goal for Team Canada!
    The Canadians went quickly back up the ice and CHRIS RAUCKMAN fired an absolute rocket off the post and in to tie the score.
    Assist: Dave Hammond.
     
    27:30
    Markkanen forom a sharp angle, denied.
     
    26:27
    Luscombe cuts in on goal, Hovi turns away his backhand.
     
    26:17
    Long wrister from Jordan Draper, right on Hovi.
     
    25:13
    Low wrister from Stromberg, pad save Leggat, then Stromberg puts his own rebound wide.
     
    24:33
    Jokinen with a head of steam, dishes to Penttinen and he cuts right in on Leggat but is denied, and he holds on.
     
    24:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    The players are returning to the floor and the second half will begin shortly.
     
    An emotional, spirited first half of hockey, with tempers flaring at times, but being kept in check by the magnitude of this game, which is still anybody's.

    3rd period begins at 19:48 CEST, 20:48 EEST, 13:48 EDT.
     
    24:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    23:55
    Now play is stopped as one of Canada's players, Chris Rauckman, is down on the ice injured. I didn't see what happened.

    He eventually gets up and goes to the bench. He's holding his face like he took a stick or puck there.
     
    23:48
    Finland 2 on 1, Joki-Erkkila across to Jokinen and Leggat kicks out the one-timer.
     
    22:57
    Pass to Markkanen going to the net, shoots wide.
     
    22:03
    Goal for Team Canada!
    DAVE HAMMOND had the puck at the top of the slot and finally fired a high wrister over the shoulder of Hovi for a power-play goal.
    Assist: Kyle Sheen.
     
    21:42
    Woods with a wrister, knocked down by Hovi.
     
    21:15
    Canada got an early shot on the power play but now Finland is doing a good job of killing time.
     
    20:48
    The physical play between these teams has really been escalating and now the referees are finally calling a penalty, it's FInland's Jouni Aalto for hooking. Canada with the first power play.
     
    20:05
    Now Miettinen takes the puck to the net, Leggat stops it and Miettinen runs over top of him. Play is stopped and the faceoff is outside.
     
    19:35
    The Finns buzzing in the Canadian zone, Leggat makes a flurry of saves.
     
    19:15
    Hammond the low wrister, stick save Hovi.
     
    18:25
    Stromberg the wrister, pad save Leggat.
     
    17:40
    Henderson from the point, tipped by Baumgartner right on Hovi play continues.
     
    17:36
    Henderson shoots from the slot, save Hovi, the rebound was bouncing and Terry couldn't get a handle on it and finally Hovi covers it.
     
    16:15
    Aalto with the wrister, pad save Leggat, and he kicks out the rebound too.
     
    15:40
    Kyle Sheen from the corner, right on Hovi holds it.
     
    14:49
    Partanen from the corner out front to Marko Virtala for the one-timer, big save Brett Leggat, who really can't afford to let his team fall further behind.
     
    13:43
    Goal for Team Finland!
    TOMI PENTTINEN carried the puck into the Canadian zone, circled the net, and fired a low wrister that beat Leggat to make it 2-0.
    Assist: Ossi Pellinen.
     
    13:11
    Foote shoots off the rush again, Hovi knocks it down with his glove and covers.
     
    12:32
    Hammond with the wrister, stick save Hovi, Finns back the other way and Leggat covers.
     
    12:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    A good pace to that first period, chances on both sides, Finland had a slight edge in play and got the only goal.
     
    12:00
    1st period finished.
     
    11:31
    Quickly back the other way, Finnish captain Jesse Saarinen shoots from a sharp angle, Leggat holds on.
     
    11:23
    Foote misses high and wide off the rush.
     
    10:00
    After the goal Canada hits the post at the other end, then the puck was lying loose in the crease, Hovi couldn't find it but no Canadian could get to it and it was finally cleared.
     
    09:33
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Lohtander got the puck back and set up PETRI PARTANEN at the side, and he fired it over Leggat's shoulder to open the scoring.
    Assist: Kari Lohtander.
     
    09:05
    Now Lohtander from the slot, stick save Leggat.
     
    08:13
    Joki-Erkkila set up on the doorstep, tips it wide, then the puck goes out of play. Faceoff in the Canadian zone.
     
    07:23
    Foote attempts a shot, blocked.
     
    06:35
    Puck out of play in the Canadian zone, faceoff inside.
     
    06:23
    The Finns move the puck around and a shot in close, Leggat makes the save with the paddle down and covers. These Finnish numbers are really hard to read.
     
    05:40
    Now Terry at the other end hits Hovi in the shoulder.
     
    05:20
    Penttinen rips a shot high.
     
    03:57
    Baumgartner a wrister from a sharp angle, denied by Hovi.
     
    03:05
    Another Finnish shot, this one from Laakkonen, hits Leggat in the chest and he hangs on.
     
    02:15
    Finnish rush, Petri Partanen with the wrister, blocker save Brett Leggat.
     
    01:31
    Canada with control of the puck in the early going and Dave Hammond gets the first shot on goal, blocker save Sasu Hovi. Eventually the puck goes out of play. Faceoff outside the Finnish zone.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    The two teams are now on the floor and line up facing each other. The lights come on and we're ready to go! Opening faceoff of the championship game coming up next.
     
    Finland is designated as the home team of this game and is wearing light blue jerseys with dark blue and white trim, silver pants and dark blue helmets. Canada is designated as the visiting team and is wearing white jerseys with red trim, black pants and helmets.

    The arena lights are out and the floor is clear. Soon the players will be coming out and then we'll get started.
     
    Starting Lineups:

    Finland: Hovi (Taponen) – Penttinen, Aalto, Jokinen, Joki-Erkkilä – Markkannen, Pukka, Strömberg, Virtala – Saarinen, Partanen, Miettinen, Lohtander – Pellinen, Laakkonen. Coach: Timo Nürmberg.

    Canada: Leggat (Nixon) – Terry, Woods, French, Luscombe – Baumgartner, Hammond, Henderson, Rauckman – Foote, Draper, Corbeil, Sheen – Carlson. Coach: Jason Stephens.

    Referees: Prchal (CZE), Aumueller (GER)..
     
    After surviving the group stage and then two knock-out games, Finland and Canada have advanced to the Final of the 2014 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.

    Finland has previously won 3 gold medals at the Inline Hockey World Championships and Canada 2, but this is the first time that these two teams have faced each other in the Final.

    Finland is the only unbeaten team left in the tournament, having won all three games in Group B, then beating Great Britain 7-2 in the quarterfinals and Sweden 4-2 in the semifinals.

    Canada went 1-2 in Group A to finish 3rd, then got two shootout victories to secure their spot in the final -- 5-4 over the host Czech Republic in the quarterfinals and 6-5 over previously undefeated USA in the semifinals.
     
    Welcome. This championship game starts at 19:00 CEST local time in Pardubice, 20:00 CEST, 13:00 EDT.
    Commentary by

    Derek OBrien

    CZ@@Djob76

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 10. Partanen (Lohtander), 14. Penttinen (Pellinen), 29. Partanen (Saarinen, Stromberg), 41. Lohtander (Virtala), 42. Stromberg (Partanen, Virtala), 48. Joki-Erkkila – 23. Hammond (Sheen), 28. Rauckman (Hammond)

    Finland: Hovi (Taponen) – Penttinen, Aalto, Jokinen, Joki-Erkkilä – Markkannen, Pukka, Strömberg, Virtala – Saarinen, Partanen, Miettinen, Lohtander – Pellinen, Laakkonen. Coach: Timo Nürmberg.
    Canada2: Leggat (Nixon) – Terry, Woods, French, Luscombe – Baumgartner, Hammond, Henderson, Rauckman – Foote, Draper, Corbeil, Sheen – Carlson. Coach: Jason Stephens.
    Referees: Prchal (CZE), Aumueller (GER).