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final
Sweden2
7:3 (1:1, 2:2, 4:0)
Finland
Friday 20.04.2012, 15:00 • U18 World Championship
     
    60:00
    Game over. (16:59:31)
     
    59:13
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    Nice shot makes it a four-goal lead. It was SEBASTIAN COLLBERG who was given time and room to snipe it top shelf and get his second of the night.

    Assisted by Calle Andersson.
     
    57:55
    Aleksi Mustonen (FIN) heads to the penalty box as his team gets two minutes for too many players on the ice.
     
    57:18
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    And this will probably seal the deal. A two-on-one led by Wennberg is finished into the back of the wide-open net by SEBASTIAN COLLBERG.

    Assisted by Alexander Wennberg and Gustav Possler.
     
    56:58
    The Finns with a big pressure on the goal crease, the Swedish defence controls the situation.
     
    56:25
    Erik Karlsson all alone on Auren, pulls off a really nice deke, going in between the legs with the puck but firing it wide.
     
    55:29
    A long shot by Mustonen goes wide.
     
    54:57
    Jean Auren gets into the net for Korpisalo who is on the bench and doesn't seem injured.
     
    54:57
    Crowd of 537 is watching this game.
     
    54:25
    Pokka's drive blockered away by Dansk.
     
    53:48
    Bystrom with a drive from the right wing, Korpisalo makes a kick save.
     
    52:33
    Goal for Team Sweden!

    The Swedes capitalize on a two-man-advantage and get a two-goal lead with so little left in the game. It was FILIP FORSBERG who absolutely ripped it up into the top corner.

    Assisted by Sebastian Collberg and Alexander Wennberg.
     
    52:28
    A Swedish shot deflected up into the netting.
     
    52:17
    Ville Pokka (FIN) will spend two minutes in the sin bin for delaying the game.
     
    52:10
    After two more hard shots by Ristolainen, Artturi Lehkonen (FIN) gets called for interference.
     
    51:51
    Ristolainen with a really hard drive from the blue line, Dansk makes a shoulder save.
     
    51:02
    A bad angle shot by Markkula deflected in front by Henri Ikonen, Dansk just barely gets the hold of the puck and some pushing and shoving break up between Mustonen, Markkula and three Swedish defencemen.
     
    50:25
    Both defences work really well now.
     
    49:15
    The Finns occupy the offensive zone, no shots though.
     
    48:18
    Henri Ikonen wraps around the net and gets robbed by the left pad of Oscar Dansk.
    Commentary by

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 17. de la Rose (Possler, Wennberg), 22. Possler (Forsberg), 27. Karlsson (de la Rose), 46. Pettersson (Tornkvist), 53. Forsberg (Collberg, Wennberg), 58. Collberg (Wennberg, Possler), 60. Collberg (Andersson) - 4. Pokka (Lehkonen), 30. Lehkonen (Haapala), 32. Ristolainen (Lindell, Haapala)

    Sweden2: Dansk (Hogberg) – H. Lindholm, Bystrom, Andersson, Arnesson, Djoos, Pettersson, M. Nilsson – Forsberg, E. Lindholm, Burakowsky – Collberg, Possler, Wennberg – Kalin, Sandberg, Karlsson – Tornkvist, Brehmer, de la Rose – L. Nilsson.
    Finland: Korpisalo (Auren) – Pokka, Tikkinen, Ristolainen, Lindell, Lehtonen, Vainonen, Makinen – J. Ikonen, Teravainen, Lehkonen – Mustonen, Haapala, Kulmala – Barkov, Markkula, H. Ikonen – Salminen, Antonen, Juttinen – Huovinen.
    Referees: Konc (SVK), St. Jacques (CAN) – Hull (CAN), Shikhanov (RUS).