🇸🇪 Sweden 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Summer Showcase
USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth 🇺🇸
Saturday, 03 August 2019

The game started with a four-goal first period as Finland and Sweden netted two goals apiece. Sweden’s Samuel Fagemo starting the scoring 7:44 into the frame when he converted a 2-on-0 break over the shoulder of Finnish netminder Justus Annunen.

After an unsuccessful first attempt, Team Finland connected on its second power-play opportunity just under five minutes later to tie the game at one. Defenceman Anttoni Honka slid a cross-ice pass to Patrik Puistola who finished a one-timer to equal the score, 1-1, with 7:51 remaining in the first.

Swedish forward Albin Eriksson restored his team’s one-goal lead with a shorthanded marker late in the opening frame when Eriksson stole the puck off the left sideboard, cut towards the centre of the ice and finished with his forehand after a nice deke.

The lead was short-lived, however, as the Finns tied the contest before the first intermission on a power-play goal from Honka with 35 seconds remaining. The defenceman received a pass at the left circle where Honka blasted a one-timer to tie the game at 2-2. Ville Heinola and Kristian Tanus assisted on the Finland score.

Team Sweden used three second-period goals to take a 5-2 lead after 40 minutes of play. Marcus Karlberg picked up the first when he ripped a wrister past Annunen at 5:35 of the second period.

David Gustafsson doubled the lead less than two minutes later when he converted on a quick wrist-shot from the right wing. Fagemo made it 5-2 when he connected for his second score of the afternoon at 13:14 of the middle frame after a Finnish defensive-zone turnover.

Finland cut into its deficit with the team’s third power play goal of the game, this one again courtesy of Puistola. The forward took a pass from Heinola and deflected a backhand shot into the cage to make it a 5-3 game with 16:45 remaining in regulation.

With 3:46 to play in regulation, Fagemo completed the hat trick with an empty-net goal to account for the 6-3 final.

BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:44 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Fagemo (Hållander, Bondesson)
09:13 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Bondesson, hooking
11:21 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Cronholm, tripping
12:09 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Puistola (Honka, Heinola)
17:27 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Ginning, interference
17:55 – 🇸🇪 SH GOAL – Eriksson
19:25 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Honka (Heinola, Tanus)

2nd Period
22:45 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Haatanen, holding
25:25 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Karlberg (Bäck, Ginning)
27:18 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Gustafsson (Hållander, Andersson)
28:01 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Johansson, roughing
28:01 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Puistola, roughing
33:14 – 🇸🇪 GOAL – Fagemo (Gustafsson)
35:03 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Ginning, high sticking double minor
36:59 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Killinen, roughing double minor
36:59 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Cronholm, roughing double minor
39:46 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Petman, interference

3rd Period
43:15 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Puistola (Heinola, Honka)
56:14 – 🇸🇪 EN GOAL – Fagemo (Björnfot)
59:41 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Heinola, cross checking

GOALTENDERS
W: 🇸🇪 Portillo (20-23)
L: 🇫🇮 Annunen (15-20)

SHOTS ON GOAL
🇸🇪 5+7+9 = 21
🇫🇮 11+3+9 = 23

ROSTERS
🇸🇪 Goaltenders: Jesper Eliasson, Erik Portillo. Defence: Axel Andersson, Tobias Björnfot, Jakob Bondesson, Philip Broberg, Linus Cronholm, Adam Ginning, Filip Johansson. Forwards: Oskar Bäck, Filip Cederqvist, Albin Eriksson, Samuel Fagemo, David Gustafsson, Filip Hållander, Karl Henriksson, Alexander Holtz, Marcus Karlberg, Jacob Olofsson, Nikola Pašić, Lucas Raymond, Lukas Wernblom.
🇫🇮 Goaltenders: Justus Annunen, Jasper Patrikainen. Defence: Ville Heinola, Anttoni Honka, Elias Laitamäki, Kim Nousiainen, Santeri Salmela, Peetro Seppälä, Lassi Thomson, Toni Utunen. Forwards: Eemil Erholtz, Aleks Haatanen, Lenni Killinen, Otto Kivenmäki, Joonas Oden, Mikko Petman, Patrik Puistola, Sampo Ranta, Aku Räty, Antti Saarela, Patrik Siikanen, Kristian Tanus.

Article Credit: USA Hockey
Photo Credit: Jewels From The Crown – IIHF – HHOF – IOC