Game Report 2207

Hlinka Gretzky Cup

PLAYED AT: Downtown Community Arena
Date: Aug 10, 2018
GAME NOTES: DOMINANT FIRST PERIOD LEADS FINNS TO SEVENTH PLACE JASON LA ROSE EDMONTON, Alta. – Henrik Nikkanen led the way with two goals and four assists, and Finland scored five times in the first period of an 8-2 win over Switzerland in the seventh-place game Friday at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Patrik Puistola added a hat trick and two assists, and Kasper Simontaival had five helpers for the Finns, who finally earned their first win of the tournament. The Swiss scored first when Johan Andersson beat Kari Piiroinen just 5:19 in, but it was all Finland after that; shots in the first period finished 24-3 in favour of the Finns, and goals from Mikko Kokkonen, Nikkanen (two), and Puistola (two) made it a 5-1 game after 20 minutes. Puistola finished his hat trick just past the midway mark of a three-goal second period, chasing Swiss netminder Thibault Fatton with a power-play marker. The Puistola-Nikkanen-Simontaival line did all the damage for the Finns, combining for five of the eight goals and 16 points. In addition to Kokkonen, Veeti Miettinen and Aku Räty counted goals. Yves Stoffel had the other goal for the Swiss, who finished winless for the second time in three years. Piiroinen made with 20 saves in the Finnish goal, while Sascha Ruppelt stopped 12 of 13 after replacing Fatton.

Visiting Team: Switzerland

Home Team: Finland

SWITZERLAND LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Ruppelt, Sascha
G	29	Fatton, Thibault
	2	Fuchs, Finn
	6	Delemont, Noah
	8	Knak, Simon
	9	Marchand, Lionel
	10	Schläpfer, Elvis
	12	Schwenninger, Dean
	15	Däehler, Ronny
	16	Andersson, Johan
	17	Villa, Alessandro
	18	Baragano, Iñaki
	19	Bouchareb, Karim
	20	Rochette, Théo
	21	Bardh, Sebastian
	23	Stoffel, Yves
	24	Huber, Sascha
	25	Landolt, Silvan
	26	Schweizer, Maxime
	27	Fiedler, Cédric
	28	Hasler, Nicolas

SWITZERLAND PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st	9	2:00	Checking from Behind	19:23	1		19:23	1:23
1st	9	10:00	10-Minute Misconduct	19:23				13:07
2nd	27	2:00	Holding	10:32	1		10:32	10:49
3rd	27	2:00	Hooking	1:24	1		1:24	3:24
3rd	23	2:00	Tripping	4:20	1		4:20	6:20

FINLAND LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Taponen, Roope
G	31	Piiroinen, Kari
	2	Kokkonen, Mikko
	3	Loponen, Kalle
	4	Räsänen, Iivari
	5	Holtinkoski, Aapo
	9	Koskenkorva, Samu
	10	Aaltonen, Leevi
	12	Nikkanen, Henri
	15	Saarela, Antti
	18	Petman, Mikko
	19	Miettinen, Veeti
	20	Lundell, Anton
	21	Räty, Aku
	22	Simontaival, Kasper
	24	Tuomaala, Arttu
	25	Heinola, Ville
	27	Sedoff, Christoffer
	33	Lahnaviik, Rasmus
	34	Intonen, Aarne
	36	Puistola, Patrik
	37	Pärssinen, Juuso

FINLAND PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	12	2:00	Goaltender Interference	6:14	1		6:14	8:14
2nd	9	2:00	Interference	13:11	1		13:11	15:11
3rd	3	2:00	Interference	0:43	1		0:43	4:43
3rd	3	2:00	Roughing	0:43	1		2:43	4:43
3rd	31	2:00	Delay of Game	15:16	1		15:16	17:16

SWITZERLAND Goals

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (plus)

FINLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

5:19

16-21

2nd

15:54

FINLAND Goals

FINLAND PLAYERS (plus)

SWITZERLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st