CAN 4:3 FIN | Canada - Finland (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)

Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Slovakia – Switzerland	6:3 (end)	\|	Canada – Finland	4:3 (end)	\|	USA – Russia	4:3 (after OT)
Sweden – Czech Republic	1:2 (after OT)

final

Canada

4:3 (1:1, 2:1, 1:1)

Finland

Friday 12.08.2016, 15:30 • Ice Bors Arena, Břeclav, Czech Republic • Hlinka Gretzky Cup • For 5.-6. place

	58:21	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is skating towards the bench, there are now six Finnish skaters on the ice!
	56:28	The Canadians had a great chance to run away, but Luukkonen made a couple of great saves including a spectacular one against Strome, who stood in front of the empty net!
	53:43	Linus Nyman tries his luck from a sharp angle and misses the net by inches!
51:24 Rassmusen (CAN) - 4:3
	51:24	Goal for Team Canada! That was pretty quick! Tippett dishes the puck off to MICHAEL RASMUSSEN who beats Luukkonen from the slot! Assisted by: Owen Tippett, Nick Suzuki.
	51:02	Canadians will have a two-man advantage! Viitasalo (FIN) receives a two minute penalty for cross-checking, Anttalainen (FIN) for holding.
	49:30	Koskenkorva tries to find Virtanen in front of the net but the Finnish forward misses the puck!
	48:01	Markus Phillips (CAN) receives a two-minute minor for slashing.
46:58
	46:58	The puck almost ended up in the net again but Talvitie didn't capitalise from a great pass by Engberg!
45:52 Virtanen (FIN) - 3:3
	45:52	Goal for Team Finland! The Finnish power play didn't look so sharp but Heponiemi angles the puck to SANTERI VIRTANEN and he gives DiPietro no chance! Assisted by: Aleksi Heponoemi, Eero Teräväinen.
	45:43	Linus Nyman finds himself in the slot out of nowhere but misses on a golden opportunity!
	44:07	The power play is over, Michael Rasmussen (CAN) receives a minor penalty for interference.
	42:44	The Canadians will go on the power play, Teemu Engberg (FIN) receives two minutes for crosschecking.
	37:44	Erkka Seppälä (FIN) will serve a two minute penalty for too many men on the ice.
	37:41	Greg Meireles gets hold of the puck after a terrible mistake by the opponent's defence and dishes it off to Rasmussen, who misses from point blank!
35:02 Nyman (FIN) - 3:2
	35:02	Goal for Team Finland! We have a game again! Aleksi Heponiemi finds LINUS NYMAN on the breakaway and his shot beats DiPietro between his blocker and body! Assisted by: Aleksi Heponiemi.
29:26 Suzuki (CAN) - 3:1
	29:26	Goal for Team Canada! That was quick! Canada capitalises on the man advantage as NICK SUZUKI'S slapper from the top of the right circle finds its way to the net. Assisted by: Joseph Veleno, Ian Mitchell.
	29:17	Räsänen (FIN) is called for roughing.
25:41
	25:41	Anttalainen has a golden chance to tie things up but neither of his shots from between the circles make it into the net!
22:44 Mitchell (CAN) - 2:1
	22:44	Goal for Team Canada! What a shot by IAN MITCHELL and Canada suddenly has the lead! The young defenceman blasts a cannon from the blue line and beats Luukkonen. Assisted by: Joseph Veleno, Maxime Comtois.
	22:12	Bernard Isiguzo (FIN) receives a two-minute penalty for interference.
19:36 Mitchell (CAN) - 1:1
	19:36	Goal for Team Canada! We have a tie game! IAN MITCHELL capitalises from Veleno's pass on the blue line, Luukkonen stood no chance this time. Assisted by: Joseph Veleno, Jonathan Smart.
	18:29	Santeri Virtanen finds himself in the slot out of nowhere but DiPietro makes a great save from point blank!
	18:01	Matthew Strome dekes between three opponents, circles the net and shoots, but Luukkonen is there just in time with his left pad!
15:50
	15:50	Nyman steals the puck from Mitchell and finds Heponiemi free in front of the net but DiPietro makes a huge save!
	08:58	This time, Tippett founds Bowers in front of the net and his backhander flies just over the crossbar!
05:04 0:1
05:04 Moilanen (FIN) - 0:1
	05:04	Goal for Team Finland! It works for Finland this time, though! Nyman finds SAMI MOILANEN between the circles and the Finnish forward makes no mistake. Assisted by: Linus Nyman, Eemeli Räsänen.
	04:53	Linus Nyman rings one off the bell from the left side!
	04:28	Mackenzie Entwisle (CAN) crushes one of the opponents onto the boards and receives a crushing minor.
	03:52	Maxime Comtois (CAN) receives a holding minor.
01:45
	01:45	McLeod receives an excellent pass by Joseph Veleno in the slot, Luukkonen would stand no chance here!

Commentary by

Vojtěch Balon

@VojtaBalon

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 20. Mitchell (Veleno, Smart), 23. Mitchell (Veleno, Comtois), 30. Suzuki (Veleno, Mitchell), 52. Rasmussen (Tippett, Suzuki) – 6. Moilanen (Nyman, Räsänen), 36. Nyman (Heponiemi), 46. Virtanen (Heponiemi, Teräväinen)

Canada: DiPietro (Scott) – Phillips, Crête-Belzile, Mitchell, Smart, Bouchard, Roberts, Brook, Meireles – Tippett, Bowers, Strome – Entwisle, Suzuki, Comtois – McLeod, Rasmussen, Veleno – Mattheos, Studnicka, Bellerive.

Finland: Luukkonen (Lehtinen) – Räsänen, Vaakanainen, Teräväinen, Vesterinen, Isiguzo, Utunen, Viitasalo, Anttalainen – Nyman, Heponiemi, Virtanen – Moilanen, Koskenkorva, Pajuniemi – Parkkari, Talvitie, Engberg – Kerkkänen, Hartikainen, Seppälä.

Referees: Hradil, Mrkva – Hlavaty, Tosenovjan (all CZE)

1st period
	03:52	CAN	2	Comtois, holding
	04:28	CAN	2	Entwisle, charging
	05:04	FIN	0:1	Moilanen (Nyman, Räsänen)
	19:36	CAN	1:1	Mitchell (Veleno, Smart)
1st intermission
2nd period
	22:12	FIN	2	Isiguzo, interference
	22:44	CAN	2:1	Mitchell (Veleno, Comtois)
	29:17	FIN	2	Räsänen, roughing
	29:26	CAN	3:1	Suzuki (Veleno, Mitchell)
	35:02	FIN	3:2	Nyman (Heponiemi)
	37:44	FIN	2	Seppälä, too many men
2nd intermission
3rd period
	42:44	FIN	2	Engberg, cross-checking
	44:07	CAN	2	Rasmussen, interference
	45:52	FIN	3:3	Virtanen (Heponiemi, Teräväinen)
	48:01	CAN	2	Phillips, slashing
	51:02	FIN	2	Viitasalo, cross-checking
	51:02	FIN	2	Anttalainen, holding
	51:24	CAN	4:3	Rasmussen (Tippett, Suzuki)
Final