| PLAYED AT: Innovation Credit Union iPlex Date: Nov 3, 2019 GAME NOTES: SWEDES RIDE BIG SECOND PERIOD TO WIN OVER FINNS JASON LA ROSE SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Fabian Lysell scored a hat trick, including the game-winning goal early in the third period, and Sweden scored four times in the second en route to a 6-4 win over Finland in the tournament opener for both Sunday at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Victor Stjernberg added a goal and an assist for the Swedes, who downed their Nordic neighbours in the preliminary round for the second year in a row and third time in four years. The Finns held a 14-9 advantage in shots in the first period and struck for the lone goal when Verner Miettinen snapped in a feed from Viljami Marjala for a power-play marker just shy of the seven-minute mark. Both teams cranked up the offence in a six-goal second period. Sweden needed just 91 seconds to turn a deficit into a lead; Marcus Limpar Lantz jumped on a turnover in the offensive zone and finished a 2-on-0 down low to tie the game at 2:08, and Lysell beat Finnish goaltender Juuso Helomaa low to the glove side at 3:39. But the Finns responded with a pair of goals of their own, from Samu Salminen and Samu Tuomaala, to take back the lead at 3-2 before the middle frame was nine minutes old. Simon Robertsson continued the back-and-forth stanza with a goal at 10:50 to get the Swedes back even, tucking in a backhand, and Lysell rifled a shot far-side on Helomaa for a man-advantage marker just over two minutes after that to send the Swedes to the dressing room up 4-3. The hat trick was complete four minutes into the third period when Lysell toe-dragged into the slot and beat Helomaa past the blocker to give the Swedes their first multi-goal lead. Helomaa went to the bench with time ticking away, leading to a Brad Lambert goal with 61 seconds remaining, but Ludwig Persson set up Stjernberg right off the ensuing face-off to give the Swedes a little bit of insurance. Sweden is back on the ice Monday night (7 p.m. CT) for a showdown against Canada Red in a match-up of early unbeatens, while Finland has a quick turnaround before it faces Russia in a rematch of the 2018 gold medal game (3 p.m. CT). |
Visiting Team: Finland Head Coach: Petri Karjalainen Assistant Coach: Marko Kauppinen |
Home Team: Sweden Head Coach: Anders Eriksén Assistant Coach: Niclas Hävelid |
| FINLAND LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Kohonen, Paavo |
| G | 31 | Helomaa, Juuso |
| 2 | Heimosalmi, Aleksi | |
| 3 | Juusola, Viljami | |
| 4 | Lehikoinen, Atte | |
| 5 | Leppanen, Tomi | |
| 6 | Kuivas, Arttu | |
| 7 | Malinen, Aleksi | |
| 9 | Suomi, Jimi | |
| 10 | Vilen, Topias | |
| 11 | Lambert, Brad | |
| 12 | Huuhtanen, Niko | |
| 13 | Jarvela, Juho | |
| 16 | Virolainen, Jere | |
| 18 | Marjala, Viljami | |
| 19 | Miettinen, Verner | |
| 20 | Mykrä, Otto | |
| 21 | Ruusunen, Rasmus | |
| 22 | Salminen, Samu | |
| 23 | Sandvik, Viljam | |
| 24 | Tuomaala, Samu | |
| 26 | Koivunen, Ville | |
| FINLAND PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 2nd | 6 | 2:00 | Holding | 11:42 | 1 | 11:42 | 13:06 | |
| SWEDEN LINEUP | ||
| Pos | No. | Name |
| G | 1 | Lindbom, Carl |
| G | 30 | Jupiter, William |
| 2 | Myrenberg , Jonathan | |
| 4 | Olsson, Anton | |
| 5 | Persson, Johan | |
| 6 | Sjoholm, Victor | |
| 7 | Forsmark, Simon | |
| 8 | Edvinsson, Simon | |
| 9 | Johnsson, Theodor | |
| 11 | Lysell, Fabian | |
| 12 | Limpar Lantz, Marcus | |
| 14 | Dower Nilsson, Liam | |
| 15 | Jellvik, Oskar | |
| 17 | Jacobsson, Theo | |
| 18 | Olsson, Viggo | |
| 19 | Rosen, Isak | |
| 20 | Holmner-Härgestam, Carl | |
| 21 | Moberg, Oliver | |
| 22 | Persson, Ludwig | |
| 23 | Larsson, Oskar | |
| 26 | Stjernborg, Victor | |
| 28 | Robertsson, Simon | |
| SWEDEN PENALTIES | ||||||||
| Per. | No. | Min | Offence | Off | PP | PS | Start | On |
| 1st | 20 | 2:00 | Hooking | 5:21 | 1 | 5:21 | 6:53 | |
| 3rd | 4 | 2:00 | Tripping | 6:30 | 1 | 6:30 | 8:30 | |
