Game Report 1449 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: North Peace Arena
Date: Nov 3, 2015
GAME NOTES: TOLVANEN’S FOUR GOALS HELP FINNS TO PRELIM-ENDING WIN AT U17S JASON LA ROSE FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Eeli Tolvanen was the story Tuesday afternoon, scoring four goals and adding an assist to lead Finland to a 6-3 win over Sweden in the preliminary round finale for both at the 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Finns finished the round robin with a 2-1 record, and wait for the result of Tuesday night’s game between Canada Red and Russia to find out who, when and where they’ll play their quarter-final on Thursday. Sweden went without a win in the preliminary round, and will face the United States on Thursday. It took just over six minutes for Finland to strike first; a weak wrist shot from Henri Jokiharju found its way through Swedish netminder Olle Eriksson Ek for an early lead. Miro Heiskanen used his helmet to keep the puck in at the Swedish blue-line before feeding Tolvanen, who ripped a one-timer past Eriksson Ek to double the Finnish advantage on the power play at 17:47. Just 24 seconds into the second period, Tolvanen’s wrist shot came off Eriksson Ek and onto the stick of Joni Ikonen, who poked the rebound home, and Tolvanen added his second at 12:13, finding a loose puck in a scramble in front of the Swedish goal and making it 4-0. The Swedes refused to go away, though, and found the back of the net twice in quick succession to get back in the game; Timothy Liljegren got Sweden on the board only nine seconds after Tolvanen’s goal, popping the water bottle over the short-side shoulder of Finnish netminder Lassi Lehtinen, and Lucas Elvenes redirected a Sebastian Walfridsson shot past Lehtinen just 99 seconds later to make it a two-goal game. But Tolvanen would strike again in the final minute of the middle frame, hammering in a cross-crease feed on the power play to finish his hat trick and send the Finns to the intermission up 5-2. Goal No. 4 came just 29 seconds into the third as Tolvanen capitalized on a turnover in the Swedish zone and beat Eriksson Ek, who was under fire all afternoon; the Swedish netminder faced 38 shots. Rickard Hugg added a consolation goal in the final three minutes for the Swedes. 		Visiting Team: Sweden
 Home Team: Finland
SWEDEN LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G1  Eriksson Ek, Olle
 3  Björkman, Anton
 4  Brannstrom, Erik
 6  Liljegren, Timothy
 7  Markström, Karl
 9  Walfridsson, Sebastian
 10  Westerlund, Filip
 11  Aterius, Erik
 12  Elvenes, Lucas
 14  Widén, Jonathan
 15  Hugg, Rickard
 17  Emanuelsson, Jesper
 18  Johansson, Anton
 19  Leufvenius, Hugo
 20  Lundestrom, Isac
 21  Miketinac, Kalle
 23  Wennlund, Max
 26  Zetterlund, Fabian
 27  Sveningsson, Filip
 29  Tjernström, Max
SWEDEN PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st 2:00 Too Many Men on the Ice minor 16:581 16:585:02
2nd9 2:00 Roughing minor 0:521 0:521:08
2nd7 2:00 Roughing after the whistle minor 2:58  2:5819:02
2nd 2:00 Too Many Men on the Ice minor 6:141 6:1415:46
2nd6 2:00 (auto) High-Sticking minor 14:291 14:297:31
2nd12 2:00 (auto) Charging minor 17:591 17:594:01
3rd15 2:00 Slashing minor 10:121 10:1211:48
3rd7 2:00 (auto) Head Contact minor 19:011 19:012:59
3rd7 10:00 (auto) Head Contact misconduct 19:01  19:0110:59
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
FINLANDE LINEUP
Pos No.   Name
G30  Lehtinen, Lassi
 2  Anttalainen , Aleksi
 3  Heiskanen, Miro
 5  Jokiharju, Henri
 6  Isiguzo, Bernard
 8  Teravainen, Eero
 9  Viitasalo, Nuutti
 10  Engberg, Teemu
 11  Vaakanainen, Urho
 12  Koskenkorva, Jesse
 13  Ikonen, Joni
 16  Luusuaniemi, Aatu
 20  Talvitie, Aarne
 21  Tolvanen, Eeli
 22  Virtanen, Santeri
 23  Vesalainen, Kristian
 24  Nyman, Linus
 25  Heponiemi, Aleksi
 27  Räsänen, Eemeli
 29  Hartikainen, Santeri
FINLANDE PENALTIES
Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On
1st13 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 3:331 3:3318:27
2nd5 2:00 Roughing after the whistle minor 2:58  2:5819:02
2nd8 2:00 Slashing minor 4:241 4:2417:36
2nd16 2:00 (auto) Hooking minor 8:551 8:5513:05
2nd16 2:00 Unsportsmanlike Conduct minor 13:451 13:458:15
3rd2 2:00 (auto) Boarding minor 4:561 4:5617:04
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
SWEDEN Goals SWEDEN PLAYERS (plus) FINLANDE PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
2nd12:22  6-12-15            
2nd14:01 PP 12-9-6            
3rd17:47  15-19-12            
                
                
                
FINLANDE Goals FINLANDE PLAYERS (plus) SWEDEN PLAYERS (minus)
Per. Time    G-As1-As2    
1st6:11  5            
1st17:47 PP 21-3            
2nd:24  13-21            
2nd12:13  21-23            
2nd19:33 PP 21-13-3            
3rd:29  21-23            
POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES
SWEDEN 1 / 5
FINLANDE 2 / 7
PENALTY SUMMARY
SWEDEN 26 min / 9 inf
FINLANDE 12 min / 6 inf
POINT SUMMARY
SWEDEN 3 G + 6 A = 9 Pts
FINLANDE 6 G + 6 A = 12 Pts
SCORING 1 2 3 Total
SWEDEN0213
FINLANDE2316
GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off
SWE - Eriksson Ek (60:00) (L)10101232/0:003rd/20:00
FIN - Lehtinen (60:00) (W)711624/0:003rd/20:00
Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:
  -  Start: 4:30 PM
  -  End: 4:30 PM
  -  Attendance: 0 
OFFICIALS
Referee: Ryan O'Keeffe
Referee: Liam Wadden
Linesmen: Michael Daltrey
Linesmen: Riley Fitzsimmons
CERTIFIED CORRECT
 
This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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