Game Report 903

World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

PLAYED AT: RBC Centre
Date: Nov 7, 2014
GAME NOTES: RUSSIA SCORES EARLY AND OFTEN, ROLLS PAST FINLAND INTO U17 FINAL JASON LA ROSE SARNIA, Ont. – Vladislav Sukhachyov stood tall between the pipes, stopping 30 of the 31 shots he faced to lead Russia past Finland 6-1 on Friday night and into Saturday’s gold medal game at the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Russians are into the final for the third time in four years, and will face the United States on Saturday night (7:30 p.m. ET, TSN2), looking for their second gold medal in that span. Dmitri Alexeyev, Dmitri Sokolov and Maxim Bain had a goal and an assist each for Russia, which avenged its 5-4 shootout loss to the Finns in Monday’s preliminary round meeting between the teams. Vitali Abramov, Vyacheslav Shevchenko and Nikita A. Popugayev also scored. Emil Oksanen had the lone goal for the Finns, who will meet Sweden in an all-Scandinavian bronze medal game on Saturday afternoon (1 p.m. ET, TSN2) at the RBC Centre in Sarnia. After falling behind 4-0 when the teams met Monday, the Russians struck quickly; Alexeyev’s point shot found its way underneath Finnish netminder Leevi Laakso at 2:49, and Bain doubled the lead just 80 seconds later. Finland got one back when Oksanen banged in a power play goal from in close at 6:31, but Abramov pushed the lead back to two at 10:21, making it a 3-1 game and chasing Laakso, who allowed three goals on five shots. The Russians dominated the second period, outshooting Finland 14-6 in the middle frame, and added two more goals late; Shevchenko found a loose puck to the right of goaltender Kimmo Rautiainen to make it 4-1, and Sokolov finished a pretty tic-tac-toe passing play with German Rubtsov and Alexander Podkorytov less than two minutes after that, sending Russia to the second intermission with a commanding four-goal lead. Finland started to push offensively in the third period, racking up 14 shots to Russia’s five, but couldn’t find a way past Sukhachyov, who made more than one “how did he do that” save in the game. Popugayev added the sixth and final goal with under two minutes to go, providing the final margin of victory. Despite coming out on the losing end, the Finns held the advantage in shots on goal, 31-28.

Visiting Team: Russia

Home Team: Finland

RUSSIA LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	29	Kalyayev , Maxim
G	30	Sukhachev, Vladislav
	3	Minulin, Artyom
	4	Yakovenko , Alexander
	5	Sergachyov, Mikhail
	7	Ryzhenkov , Pavel
	8	Alexeyev , Dmitri
	9	Zaitsev , Yegor
	10	Makeyev , Nikita
	11	Abramov , Vitali
	12	O. Popugayev, Nikita
	13	Shevchenko , Vyacheslav
	14	Shabanov , Mikhail
	15	Ivanov , Georgi
	17	Rubtsov, German
	19	Petkov, Kirill
	21	Podkorytov , Alexander
	22	Kuznetsov , Vladimir
	24	A. Popugayev , Nikita
	25	Mesheryakov , Mikhail
	26	Bain , Maxim
	27	Sokolov , Dmitri

RUSSIA PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
1st		2:00	Too Many Men on the Ice minor	6:04	1		6:04	15:56
2nd	5	2:00	Roughing after the whistle minor	1:56	1		1:56	0:04
2nd	7	2:00	(auto) Boarding minor	5:04	1		5:04	16:56
3rd	4	2:00	(auto) Interference minor	12:31	1		12:31	9:29
3rd		2:00	Too Many Men on the Ice minor	14:41	1		14:41	7:19

FINLAND LINEUP
Pos	No.	Name
G	1	Rautiainen, Kimmo
G	30	Laakso, Leevi
	2	Almari, Niclas
	3	Felixson, Oliver
	4	Oksanen, Emil
	6	Niemeläinen, Markus
	7	Pynnönen, Jarkko
	8	Reunanen, Tarmo
	9	Kluuskeri, Jan
	10	Vesalainen, Kristian
	11	Sihvonen, Riku
	13	Jääskä, Juha
	14	Mäkinen, Otto
	15	Koppanen, Joona
	18	Kuokkanen, Janne
	19	Tuulola, Eetu
	20	Niemi, Pete
	21	Nurmi, Markus
	22	Räsänen, Aapeli
	23	Salo, Robin
	24	Somppi, Otto
	28	Vaakanainen, Urho

FINLAND PENALTIES
Per.	No.	Min	Offence	Off	PP	PS	Start	On
2nd	19	2:00	(auto) Cross-Checking minor	10:03	1		10:03	11:57
3rd	18	2:00	(auto) Hooking minor	14:56	1		14:56	7:04

RUSSIA Goals

RUSSIA PLAYERS (plus)

FINLAND PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st