From time to time, TheIHLC.com will feature detailed recaps and boxscores of some of the most legendary games in international hockey history, considered to be “IHLC Classics.” Today, in honour of Finnish Itsenรคisyyspรคivรค (Independence Day), we feature their second World Junior Championship Gold in three years, both won in overtime thrillers, this time by Kasperi Kapanen.
๐ซ๐ฎ Finlandย 4-3 Russia ๐ท๐บย (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki ๐ซ๐ฎ
Tuesday, 05 January 2016
In a tense and thrilling climax to the 2016 World Juniors, Kasperi Kapanen’s overtime winner at 1:33 gave host Finland a 4-3 gold medal victory over Russia.
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