🇸🇪 Sweden 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
National Junior Evaluation Camp
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Saturday, 06 August 2016

Joel Eriksson-Ek scored the decisive shootout winning goal as Sweden topped Finland, 3-2, in the day’s earlier tilt at the 2016 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan.

David Bernhardt registered the game’s first goal for Sweden when his wrist shot from the left face-off dot beat Finland’s Veini Vehviläinen 3:13 into the opening period.

Finland evened the score with :36 remaining when Juuso Välimäki’s shot from the point deflected off a man in front and past Filip Gustavsson.

Julius Nättinen gave Finland a 2-1 lead just :42 into the middle stanza but Sweden capitalized 2:24 later when Lias Andersson was able to tap home his own rebound.

Both teams were unable to convert in the third period and after a scoreless five minutes of extra time, the game went to a shootout. There, Joel Eriksson-Ek netted the first and only shootout goal in the fourth round to give Sweden the victory.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:13 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Bernhardt (J. Davidsson, Bouramman)
12:24 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Wingerli, high sticking
19:24 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Välimäki (Tolvanen, Parikka)

2nd Period
20:42 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Nättinen (Ruotsalainen, Tolvanen)
21:24 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Asplund, cross checking
23:06 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Andersson
28:46 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Je. Mattila, tripping

3rd Period
41:46 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Eriksson Ek, hooking
42:40 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Vesalainen, high sticking double minor

Overtime
none

Shootout
🇸🇪 Dahlén missed
🇫🇮 Tolvanen missed
🇸🇪 Eriksson Ek missed
🇫🇮 Ruotsalainen missed
🇸🇪 Asplund missed
🇫🇮 Räsänen missed
🇫🇮 Räsänen missed
🇸🇪 Eriksson Ek scored

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇸🇪 Werner (2-2), Gustavsson (17-19)
L: 🇫🇮 Vehviläinen (32-34)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇸🇪 8+10+9+7+1 = 34
🇫🇮 6+10+4+1+0 = 21

ROSTERS
🇸🇪 Goaltenders: Filip Gustavsson, Adam Werner. Defence: David Bernhardt, Gustav Bouramman, Gabriel Carlsson, Kristoffer Gunnarsson, Jacob Larsson, Jesper Lindgren, Jacob Moverare. Forwards: Lias Andersson, Rasmus Asplund, Jonathan Dahlén, John Dahlstrom, Jonathan Davidsson, Marcus Davidsson, Joel Eriksson Ek, Jens Looke, Sebastian Ohlsson, Linus Olund, Oskar Steen, Andreas Wingerli, Lukas Zetterberg.
🇫🇮 Goaltenders: Markus Ruusu, Veini Vehviläinen. Defence: Miro Heiskanen, Henri Jokiharju, Otto Leskinen, Jesper Mattila, Jarkko Parikka, Vili Saarijärvi, Juuso Välimäki. Forwards: Kasper Björkqvist, Henrik Borgström, Erik Embrich, Janne Kuokkanen, Julius Mattila, Otto Mäkinen, Julius Nättinen, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Aapeli Räsänen, Otto Somppi, Sami Tavernier, Eeli Tolvanen, Kristian Vesalainen, Teemu Väyrynen.

Article Credit: USA Hockey