Pelicans Lahti – Novosibirsk | 5:3 (end) |
Sweden2 – Switzerland | 7:2 (end) | | | USA – Finland | 9:4 (end) | | | Slovakia2 – Canada2 | 1:5 (end) |
Czech Republic – Russia | 11:2 (end) |
Lukáš Peroutka
Goals and assists:
17. Novak (Young, Gabriele), 23. Terry (Novak, Jackson), 34. Bachman, 37. Jackson (Boeser), 43. Novak, 54. Yan (Bachman), 54. Terry (Jackson, Gabriele), 57. Boeser (Foley), 58. Terry (Novak) – 6. Tammela (Aho), 21. Palmu, 36. Saarijärvi (Palmu), 45. Aho (Vainio)
Referees: Čech, Hribik – Blümel, Skopal
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USA:
Sarthou (Jurusik) – Wilkie, Dello (A), Blaisdell, Cecconi, Olson, Gabriele, Young – Yan, Novak, Boeser (C) – Jackson, Laczynski, Terry – Filipe, More, Swaney – Bachman, Foley, Smith.
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Finland: Vehviläinen (Heljanko) – Juolevi, Saarijärvi, Järvinen, Vainio, Parikka, Mattila, Välimäki – Palmu, Nättinen (A), Puljujärvi – Aho (A), Tammela, Laine – Piipponen, Ruotsalainen (C), Tavernier – Björkqvist, Mattila, Niemelä – Mäkinen.
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Finland: Vehviläinen (Heljanko) – Juolevi, Saarijärvi, Järvinen, Vainio, Parikka, Mattila, Välimäki – Palmu, Nättinen (A), Puljujärvi – Aho (A), Tammela, Laine – Piipponen, Ruotsalainen (C), Tavernier – Björkqvist, Mattila, Niemelä – Mäkinen.
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Referees: Čech, Hribik – Blümel, Skopal
Attendance:
Sour moments for Finnish team, they are now falling apart. TROY TERRY fires a nice shot into the same spot as Boeser just a minute earlier. Assisted by Thomas Novak.
The result is getting very cruel for Finland. BROCK BOESER winds up in the offensive zone and fires his slap shot under the crossbar. Assisted by Erik Foley.
USA score two goals in 15 seconds. Jackson leads the puck down the right wing, sends a good cross-pass in front of the net and TROY TERRY has an easy job of scoring into the empty net. Assisted by Robert Jackson, Grant Gabriele.
Important moment. Tammela´s chance at one end is missed. USA go on a counter, DENNIS YAN comes out of the penalty box, moves forward and deflects Bachman´s shot right in front of Vehvilainen out of reach of the Finnish goalie. Assisted by Karch Bachman.
Long pressure on three US players and the goalie is just too much and SEBASTIAN AHO fires a shot from the right crease that goes in under Sarthou´s pads. Assisted by Veeti Vainio.
Shortly after killing the penalty, USA come forward and score. THOMAS NOVAK fires a shot that is saved by Vehvilainen, but he gets to the rebound first and hits the empty net. Unassisted.
Boeser moves on goal down the left wing, takes a shot which goes through Vehvilainen´s body and ROBERT JACKSON is on hand to score an easy goal into the empty net. Assisted by Brock Boeser.
Here is the equalizer. VILI SAARIJÄRVI receives a pass on the blue line and fires a hammer all the way into the net. Assisted by Petrus Palmu.
Saarijarvi makes a mistake on the offensive blue line, KARCH BACHMAN is clean through on goal and beats Vehvilainen on his stick side! USA score shorthanded and take the lead. Unassisted.
Järvinen eventually did not make it back in time to stop the quick counter, Novak passed in front of the net for TROY TERRY who calmly scores past stretching Vehvilainen. Assisted by Thomas Novak, Robert Jackson.
Big mistake. One of US defensemen had the puck behind his own net, but passed straight on the stick of PETRUS PALMU who quickly slotted the puck into the net past Sarthou. Unassisted.
Powerplay is converted into an equalizer. THOMAS NOVAK skates out of the corner of the rink into a shooting position and beats Vehvilainen on his near post. The Finnish goalie probably won´t be happy with this one. Assisted by Spencer Young, Grant Gabriele.
Finns are rewarded for their activity with the opening goal. Aho skates down the left wing, takes a shot which Sarthou saves with a pad, but JONNE TAMMELA is on hand to tap the rebound into the net. Assisted by Sebastian Aho.