Sweden – Czech Republic 5:2 (end) | USA – Finland 2:3 (end)
final
USA
2:3 (1:2, 1:0, 0:1)
Finland
Sunday 29.04.2018, 16:30U18 World Championship • Final
     
    Game over. (18:51:35)
     
    54:35
    Penalty for Finland (Jesperi Kotkaniemi – 2 min., tripping).
    50:42 Niklas Nordgren (FIN) - 2:3
     
    50:42
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is NIKLAS NORDGREN. Assisted by Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
     
    49:30
    Penalty for Finland (Ville Petman – 2 min., tripping).
     
    42:44
    Penalty for USA (Oliver Wahlstrom – 2 min., tripping).
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    29:39
    Penalty for USA (K'Andrew Miller – 2 min., cross-checking).
    28:25 Trevor Janicke (USA) - 2:2
     
    28:25
    Goal for Team USA!
    Scorer is TREVOR JANICKE. Assisted by Jacob Pivonka, Tyler Weiss.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:58
    Penalty for Finland (Jesperi Kotkaniemi – 2 min., tripping).
    16:53 Patrick Giles (USA) - 1:2
     
    16:53
    Goal for Team USA!
    Scorer is PATRICK GILES. Assisted by Ty Emberson, Tyler Weiss.
     
    13:51
    Penalty for Finland (Leevi Aaltonen – 2 min., slashing).
    12:33 Kaapo Kakko (FIN) - 0:2
     
    12:33
    Goal for Team Finland!
    Scorer is KAAPO KAKKO. Assisted by Anttoni Honka, Rasmus Kupari.
     
    12:00
    Penalty for USA (Alexander Turcotte – 2 min., hooking).
    Goals and assists: 17. Giles (Emberson, Weiss), 29. Janicke (Pivonka, Weiss) – 10. Honka (Kotkaniemi), 13. Kakko (Honka, Kupari), 51. Nordgren (Kotkaniemi)


    USA: Deridder (Knight) – M. Samuelsson, Eichwede-Wilde, Stastney, Miller, Emberson, York, A. Samuelsson – Farabee, Wahlstrom, Hughes – Meyer, Gruden, Wise – Giles, Turcotte, Hain – Pivonka, DeBoer, Weiss – Janicke.
    Finland: Annunen (Huhtamaa) – Kokkonen, Utunen, S. Salmela, Honka, Thomson, Nousiainen, Seppälä – Kotkaniemi, Nordgren, Kakko – Kupari, Ranta, Tanus – Aaltonen, Lundell, Nevasaari – Killinen, Moilanen, Petman – Hirvonen.

    Referees: Staňo, Pražák – Nordlander, Chaput