🇷🇺 Russia 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (OT)
World Junior Championship Semifinal
ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice 🇨🇿
Wednesday, 02 January 2002

BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:46 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Koivisto (Koivu, Jokinen)
10:40 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Chistov
11:06 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Taratukhin
14:26 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Marttinen

2nd Period
32:26 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Marttinen
37:27 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Immonen
38:31 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Taratukhin

3rd Period
44:41 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kankaanperä
50:41 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Trubachyov

Overtime
61:44 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Soin (Taratukhin)

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇷🇺 Medvedev (24-25)
L: 🇫🇮 Lehtonen (23-25)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇷🇺 10+5+9+1 = 25
🇫🇮 11+6+7+1 = 25

ROSTERS
🇷🇺 Goaltenders: Andrei Medvedev, Sergei Mylnikov. Defence: Denis Grebeshkov, Yegor Knyazev, Maxim Kondratiev, Vladimir Korsunov, Vladimir Sapozhnikov, Fyodor Tyutin, Anton Volchenkov, Andrei Zabolotnev. Forwards: Stanislav Chistov, Alexander Frolov, Igor Grigorenko, Ivan Nepryayev, Alexander Polushin, Sergei Soin, Alexander Suglobov, Andrei Taratukhin, Yuri Trubachyov, Ruslan Zainullin.
🇫🇮 Goaltenders: Juha Kuokkanen, Kari Lehtonen. Defence: Topi Jaakola, Olli Malmivaara, Jyri Marttinen, Tero Määttä, Joni Pitkänen, Mikko Viitanen. Forwards: Sean Bergenheim, Kim Hirschovits, Jarkko Immonen, Janne Jokila, Jussi Jokinen, Mikko Kankaanperä, Toni Koivisto, Mikko Koivu, Tomi Mäki, Tuomas Pihlman, Tuomo Ruutu, Pekka Saarenheimo, Joni Yli-Torkko.

🇷🇺 RUSSIA	vs.	FINLAND (C) 🇫🇮
new champion (previous 31 Dec 2000)	Last Title	reign ends (since 30 Dec 2001)
86	All-Time Wins	44
25 wins	Head-To-Head (+ 5 ties)	5 wins
First IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. FIN) FIN 7-7 URS – 14 Sep 1973 – EX – Lappeenranta
Previous IHLC Meeting (RUS vs. FIN)  FIN 3-1 RUS  – 31 Dec 2000 – WJC – Moscow
Last IHLC Game  FIN 3-1 CZE – 01 Jan 2002 – WJC – Pardubice
Next IHLC Game RUS 5-4 CAN – 04 Jan 2002 – WJC – Pardubice