Game Report 56		World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
PLAYED AT: John Rhodes Community Centre Date: Nov 4, 2016 GAME NOTES: FINNS FINISH ON A HIGH, BEAT CZECHS IN SEVENTH-PLACE SHOOTOUT LEE BOYADJIAN SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Kristian Tanus and Leevi Aaltonen scored in the shootout, Kalle Nurmi stopped all four shooters he faced, and Finland closed out the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic on Friday night in the seventh-place game. It’s the third time in their last five trips to the tournament that the Finns have finished seventh, while the Czechs made their fifth-consecutive appearance in the seven-eight game. After the first four shooters came up empty, Tanus made a quick move and went five-hole on Czech goaltender Lukas Dostal, before Aaltonen went between the legs as well on the Finns’ fifth and final shot. Scoring in regulation time was sparse, with both goaltenders taking over through the first 70 minutes; Dostal finished with 26 saves, while Finland netminder Kalle Nurmi stopped 30 of the 31 shots he faced. The only goals came 44 seconds apart early in the second period. Finland got things started at 5:12, when Lenni Killinen floated into the slot and shoveled the rebound of a Karri Kapanen shot into the empty net behind Dostal, who had sprawled cross-crease to stop the initial shot. But the Czechs replied less than a minute later; after cycling the puck down low for much of the shift, it was eventually worked back to the point and Tomas Dajcar, who went D-to-D to Libor Zabransky for a seeing-eye shot that beat Nurmi over the shoulder. After a scoreless third the Finns had the best chance of the four-on-four overtime, only to have Nurmi turn away a two-on-one opportunity, one of his five saves in the extra period. The Finnish goaltender stood tallest in the shootout, turning away Jakub Lauko, Vojtech Kropacek, Karel Plasek and Frantisek Klejna in succession, setting up the clinching goal from Aaltonen. Visiting Team: Finland Home Team: Czech Republic
FINLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Nurmi, Kalle G 31   Annunen, Justus   2   Salmela, Santeri   3   Kukkonen, Miska   4   Åkerman, Tobias   5   Rannisto, Jasper   9   Honka, Anttoni   10   Kupari, Rasmus   13   Hirvonen, Konsta   15   Nordgren, Niklas   18   Mäki, Eetu   19   Matikainen, Kalle   21   Moilanen, Jesse   22   Salonen, Samuel   25   Seppälä, Peetro   27   Tanus, Kristian   29   Räsänen, Iivari   32   Aaltonen, Leevi   34   Nevasaari, Arttu   35   Killinen, Lenni   36   Kapanen, Karri	FINLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 2  2:00  Interference 5:57 1   5:57 7:57 1st 5  2:00  Interference 16:51 1   16:51 18:51 2nd 21  2:00  Cross-Checking 16:22 1   16:22 18:22 1st OT 2  2:00  Interference 8:53 1   8:53 10:00	CZECH REPUBLIC LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Vlk, Tomas G 2   Dostal, Lukas   3   Kubicek, Simon   4   Bernath, Filip   7   Klejna, Frantisek   8   Dluhos, Jan   10   Lauko, Jakub   11   Gajarsky, Adam   13   Kaut, Martin   14   Strondala, Vojtech   15   Sklenar, Dominik   16   Arnost, Dominik   17   Zabransky, Libor   18   Muller, Jakub   19   Jenik, Jan   20   Pavel, Ondrej   21   Sik, Otakar   22   Dajcar, Tomas   23   Kowalczyk, Daniel   24   Rehak, Frantisek   25   Machala, Ondrej   26   Koblizek, Tomas	CZECH REPUBLIC PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 8  2:00  Hooking 0:56 1   0:56 2:56 1st 13  2:00  Holding 19:51 1   19:51 1:51

FINLAND Goals FINLAND PLAYERS (plus) CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 5:12   35-36-15

CZECH REPUBLIC Goals CZECH REPUBLIC PLAYERS (plus) FINLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     2nd 5:56   20-18-22

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES FINLAND 0 / 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 0 / 4 PENALTY SUMMARY FINLAND 8 min / 4 inf CZECH REPUBLIC 4 min / 2 inf POINT SUMMARY FINLAND 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts CZECH REPUBLIC 1 G + 2 A = 3 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 OT1 SO Total FINLAND 0 1 0 0 1 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 0 1 0 0 0 1 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 OT1 Tot. On Off FIN - Nurmi (70:00) (W) 8 9 8 5 30 /0:00 1st OT/10:00 CZE - Dostal (70:00) (SL) 7 11 6 2 26 /0:00 1st OT/10:00 SHOOTOUT FINLAND shoots first for each round. FINLAND CZECH REPUBLIC #  SHOOTER  34   Arttu Nevasaari    --    15   Niklas Nordgren    --    27   Kristian Tanus  Goal  22   Samuel Salonen    --    32   Leevi Aaltonen  Goal #   SHOOTER    --   13    Martin Kaut    --   15    Dominik Sklenar    --   25    Ondrej Machala    --   7    Frantisek Klejna TOTALS:  2  0 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:  FIN - 1 Nurmi  Start: 6:08 PM  CZE - 10 Lauko  End: 8:45 PM   -  Attendance:

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Game Report.

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