Finland took on Canada in the second game on the fourth day of the games at the World Juniors Summer Showcase. All the big names we saw the day before in the All-Canada game were back, such as Matthew Schaefer, Gavin McKenna, Cayden Lindstrom, etc. Carter George was in the net before Canada while Kim Saarinen was in Finland. In the third period, Jack Ivankovic took over in the net before Canada, but Finland remained the same.
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The game started smoother than the first game of the day and remained a relatively normal fine. There were some big hits, but the extra activities after the whistle were much less than the game earlier. Canada first came on the scoreboard, but Finland replied with three of them. They added a fourth in the third period and looked like they had the game in her hand. He once found Canada from the net, but couldn’t do it again. Finland added another goal, followed by another for Canada, but Finland took the victory 6-3.
Summary
As we saw yesterday, Canada plays a very smoothly running game, and that was also seen against Finland in the first period. Canada first came on the board with a goal from Porter Martone to bring the score to 1-0. The only assist went to Kashawn Aitcheson. Finland responded within two minutes with a goal from Atte Joki. He was assisted by Onni Kalto and Niklas Kykyri to bind things with 1-1. Finland started the momentum because they added not only one but two goals before the end of the period.
The first of the two goals went to Kalto, that Lijn’s second of the night. Joki, the first goal scorer for Finland, had the only assist. The second goal was scored by Aatos Koivu on the Power Play. He was assisted by Daniel Nieminen and Kasper Pikkarinen to bring the score to 3-1 in the second period.
The second period was a lot quieter than the first, with only one goal and one penalty. The penalty was a major and misconduct of five minutes against Joki, who had a strong match prior to the penalty. Finland scored the only goal of the period and it came in the second half of their five -minute fine. Kalto registered the short goal and was assisted by Benjamin Pietila to bring the score to 4-1, and so the period ended.
Koivu added a second goal in the opening minute of the third period to extend the lead to 5-1. The only assist went to Heikki Ruohonen. Canada added another goal from Michael Hage to bring the score to 5-2. He was assisted by Cole Rschy and Sam Dickinson. However, it would not be enough, because Finland added another goal while on the Power Play to bring the score to 6-2. The goal was scored by Jasper Kuhta, he was assisted by Lasse Boelius and Matias Vanhanen. Canada demolished another goal from Cole Beaudoin to bring the score to 6-3. He was assisted by Reeschy and Henry Mews. That turned out to be the ultimate goal and Finland won 6-3.
Both teams will practice tomorrow, Thursday, July 31, but return to Game Action on Friday 1. Canada. Canada will be the first game of the day against Sweden, followed by the US against Finland.
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