Game Report 508		IIHF World Junior Championship
PLAYED AT: Malmo Arena Date: Jan 4, 2014 GAME NOTES: CANADA TO PLAY FOR BRONZE AT WORLD JUNIORS AFTER 5-1 SEMIFINAL LOSS TO FINLAND THE CANADIAN PRESS MALMÖ, Sweden – Canada will go without a gold medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship for a fifth consecutive year. Frustrated by a dogged defensive team and drawn into individualistic play and bad penalties, Canada was beaten 5-1 by Finland in the semifinals on Saturday. “Everything from penalties to neutral zone play to turnovers, we just got beat fair and square,” team captain Scott Laughton (Oakville, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) said. “It's not like we deserved to win.” Canada will play for bronze on Sunday against Russia, which lost 2-1 to host Sweden. Canada lost the bronze-medal game to the Russians last year in Ufa to end a run of 14 years of finishing in the top three. “It's a game less than 24 hours later and you've got to do your country proud,” added Laughton. “It's tough we're not playing for the gold, but we're still looking to get a medal and get back on track.” Sweden will play Finland in an all-Nordic gold medal game. Joni Nikko, Artturi Lehkonen and Rasmus Ristolainen scored in the second period for Finland. Jonathan Drouin (Huberdeau, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) replied for Canada, but Finland captain Teuvo Teralainen scored on a penalty shot at 16:49 of the third and then scored into an empty net to seal the victory. The Finns got the first goal on a lucky bounce. Julius Honka of the Swift Current Broncos dumped the puck in and saw it take a strange bounce off a gap in the Zamboni entrance door. Nikko pounced on the puck to beat an otherwise sharp Zachary Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Halifax, QMJHL). After Lehkonen scored, Drouin got a goal back as he scooped up a loose puck and shot into an open side with Anthony Mantha (Longueuil, Que./Val-d’Or, QMJHL) clogging up the front of the net. Ristolainen then roofed a shot from close range for a 3-1 lead. The large contingent of red-and-white clad Canadian fans in the crowd of 11,544 at Malmö Arena kept the noise level high through a desperate third period, but Juuse Saros shut the door. In the third period, Derrick Pouliot (Weyburn, Sask./Portland, WHL) hauled down Henrik Haapala on a breakaway. Despite Canadian protests, Teravainen took the penalty shot because Haapala claimed he had injured his right hand. The Finns, who finished seventh last year, are assured of ending a seven-year medal drought. They have not won this tournament since 1998. “We had everybody together - we were team with a big T,” said Honka. “It will be nice to play in the final.” Visiting Team: Finland Home Team: Canada
FINLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Juvonen, Janne G 30   Husso, Ville G 31   Saros, Juuse   3   Valtteri, Paprikka   4   Lehtonen, Mikko   5   Ristolainen, Rasmus   6   Makinen, Atte   7   Lindell, Esa   8   Mäenalanen, Saku   9   Honka, Julius   10   Ikonen, Juuso   11   Nikko, Joni   12   Pokka, Ville   13   Leskinen, Ville   14   Nattinen, Topi   15   Vainio, Juuso   18   Kinnunen, Saku   19   Vainonen, Mikko   20   Teravinen, Teuvo   21   Mustonen, Aleksi   22   Ikonen, Henri   24   Kapanen, Kasperi   25   Haapala, Henrik   26   Kulmala, Rasmus   28   Lehkonen, Artturi   29   Rauhala, Otto	FINLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 2nd 5  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 1:37 1   1:37 0:23 2nd 21  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 7:17 1   7:17 14:43 2nd 11  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 17:24 1   17:24 4:36 2nd 21  2:00  (auto) High-Sticking minor 19:19 1   19:19 2:41 3rd 4  2:00  (auto) Holding minor 4:08 1   4:08 17:52	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Paterson, Jake G 31   Fucale, Zach   2   Pelech , Adam   3   Bigras, Chris   5   Ekblad, Aaron   7   Morrissey, Josh   8   Reinhart, Griffin   10   Hudon, Charles   11   Horvat, Bo   14   Leier, Taylor   15   Pouliot, Derrick   16   Rychel, Kerby   17   McDavid, Connor   19   Petan, Nic   21   Laughton, Scott   22   Gauthier, Frédérik   23   Reinhart, Sam   24   Dumba, Mathew   25   Anderson, Josh   26   Lazar, Curtis   27   Drouin, Jonathan   28   Mantha, Anthony	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 24  2:00  Tripping minor 8:18 1   8:18 13:42 2nd 22  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 5:04 1   5:04 16:56 2nd 19  10:00  (auto) misconduct 7:17     7:17 2:43 2nd 31  2:00  Tripping minor 9:08 1   9:08 12:52 2nd 27  2:00  (auto) Checking to Head/Neck minor 12:03 1   12:03 9:57 2nd 27  10:00  (auto) misconduct 12:03     12:03 17:57 3rd 7  2:00  Tripping minor 15:29 1   15:29 6:31

FINLAND Goals FINLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 4:19   11                         2nd 6:10  PP  28-8-20                         2nd 15:36   5-19-25                         3rd 16:48  PS  20                         3rd 19:11   20-12

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) FINLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 11:24   27-26

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES FINLAND 1 / 5 CANADA 0 / 5 PENALTY SUMMARY FINLAND 10 min / 5 inf CANADA 30 min / 7 inf POINT SUMMARY FINLAND 5 G + 5 A = 10 Pts CANADA 1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total FINLAND 0 3 2 5 CANADA 0 1 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off FIN - Saros (60:00) (W) 7 6 10 23 /0:00 3rd/20:00 CAN - Fucale (57:43) (L) 7 9 2 18 /0:00 3rd/17:43 CAN - Fucale (0:47) (L) 0 0 0 0 /19:13 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 1:00 PM   -  End: 1:00 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship Game Report.

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