🇫🇮 Finland 6-4 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Preliminary Round
Sportovní Hala, Prague 🇨🇿
Thursday, 27 April 1978
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:37 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Pronovost (Dionne)
06:48 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Maxwell
09:04 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Maruk (Murphy)
12:55 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Picard
15:06 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Hagman
16:11 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Maruk (Murphy)
2nd Period
20:56 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Repo
20:56 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Ribble
22:47 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Levo (Hagman)
27:54 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Dionne
29:08 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Murphy
29:38 – 🇫🇮 PP2 GOAL – Rautakallio (Koivulahti)
33:46 – 🇨🇦 PEN – team
35:35 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Tamminen
3rd Period
43:12 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Murphy
49:43 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Tamminen (Repo)
51:22 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Shand
52:39 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Lever
53:07 – 🇫🇮 PP2 GOAL – Marjamäki
58:16 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hampton
58:16 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hagman
GOALTENDERS
W: 🇫🇮 Ylönen (18-22)
L: 🇨🇦 Bouchard (31-37)
SHOTS ON GOAL
🇫🇮 12+13+12 = 37
🇨🇦 14+2+6 = 22
ROSTERS
🇫🇮 Goaltenders: Antero Kivelä, Urpo Ylönen. Defence: Tapio Levo, Pekka Marjamäki, Timo Nummelin, Pekka Rautakallio, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Risto Siltanen. Forwards: Seppo Ahokainen, Matti Hagman, Pertti Koivulahti, Kari Makkonen, Esa Peltonen, Jukka Porvari, Matti Rautiainen, Seppo Repo, Juhani Tamminen.
🇨🇦 Goaltenders: Dan Bouchard, Dennis Herron. Defence: Rick Hampton, Dennis Kearns, Brad Maxwell, Robert Picard, Pat Ribble, Dave Shand. Forwards: Guy Charron, Marcel Dionne, Pat Hickey, Don Lever, Tom Lysiak, Bob MacMillan, Dennis Maruk, Mike Murphy, Wilf Paiement, Jean Pronovost, Glen Sharpley, Garry Unger.
| 🇫🇮 FINLAND | vs. | CANADA (C) 🇨🇦 |
| new champion (previous 17 Feb 1977) |
Last Title |
reign ends (since 22 Apr 1978) |
| 11 | All-Time Wins |
179 |
| 1 win | Head-To-Head |
8 wins |
| First IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. FIN) 🇨🇦 CAN 11-1 FIN 🇫🇮 – 10 Mar 1951 – WC – Paris 🇫🇷 |
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| Previous IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. FIN) 🇨🇦 CAN 11-2 FIN 🇫🇮 – 02 Sep 1976 – CC – Ottawa 🇨🇦 |
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| Last IHLC Game 🇨🇦 CAN 3-2 TCH 🇨🇿 – 22 Apr 1978 – EX – Prague 🇨🇿 |
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| Next IHLC Game 🇨🇿 TCH 6-4 FIN 🇫🇮 – 28 Apr 1978 – WC – Prague 🇨🇿 |
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