Finland 6 – Atlantic 9

ATLANTIC CLAIMS NINTH WITH BIG WIN OVER FINLAND

NANAIMO, BC – It may not have been the game they wanted to be playing in, but Atlantic made sure it finished its 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in style.

Sean Couturier scored a hat trick and added two assists and Ben Duffy had a goal and three helpers as Atlantic took home ninth place with a 9-6 win over Finland in a goal-fest at Frank Crane Arena. The win spared Atlantic what would have been its first last-place finish since 2001.

Brandon Hynes, Patrick Downe, Garrett Clarke, Brandon Gormley and Morgan Ellis also scored for the Canadian side, which scored its most goals in one game since a 7-2 win over the Czech Republic at the 2005 tournament in Lethbridge, AB.

The Finns got goals from Joonas Donskoi, Markus Vastila, Mikael Salmivirta, Valtteri Autio, Tomi Iso-Mustajarvi and Teemu Pulkkinen in their biggest offensive outburst of the tournament, but still finished 0-5 for the first time since 2002.

Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match	25	Round/Ronde	9th Place
Arena/Aréna	Frank Crane Arena	Location/Lieu	Nanaimo, B.C., Canada
Date	Sat. Jan. 03, 2009	Time/Heure	07:00 PM PT

Box Score/Compte	1	2	3	Final
FIN	1	2	3	6
ATL	4	3	2	9

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période
Goals/Buts : 05:12 FIN 12 Joonas Donskoi (22 Teemu Pulkkinen) 07:14 ATL 15 Brandon Hynes (11 Sean Couturier, 2 Nathan Beaulieu) PP 09:05 ATL 11 Sean Couturier (19 Alex Noel) 11:37 ATL 14 Ben Duffy (16 Stephen MacAulay) PP 18:40 ATL 4 Patrick Downe (14 Ben Duffy, 12 Josh Currie) Penalties/Pénaltés : 05:59 FIN 10 Mikael Kuronen (Bench - Coach) 10:14 FIN 4 Miro Hovinen (Holding) 15:00 ATL 2 Nathan Beaulieu (Interference)
Second Period/Deuxieme Période
Goals/Buts : 02:22 FIN 24 Markus Vastila (28 Mika Partanen, 12 Joonas Donskoi) 04:05 ATL 11 Sean Couturier (14 Ben Duffy, 8 Brandon Gormley) PP 05:18 ATL 3 Garrett Clarke PP 09:52 FIN 15 Mikael Salmivirta (19 Pyry Niemi) 20:00 ATL 8 Brandon Gormley (14 Ben Duffy) PP Penalties/Pénaltés : 03:12 FIN 24 Markus Vastila (Tripping) 04:31 FIN 4 Miro Hovinen (Interference) 07:01 FIN 29 Konsta Makinen (Interference) 19:32 FIN 3 Santeri Arousva (Cross Checking)
Third Period/Troisième Période
Goals/Buts : 01:15 FIN 2 Valtteri Autio (22 Teemu Pulkkinen, 25 Teemu Rautiainen) 02:59 ATL 11 Sean Couturier (16 Stephen MacAulay, 19 Alex Noel) 05:50 FIN 23 Tomi Iso-Mustajarvi (12 Joonas Donskoi, 24 Markus Vastila) 12:19 FIN 22 Teemu Pulkkinen (12 Joonas Donskoi) 19:32 ATL 5 Morgan Ellis (11 Sean Couturier) EN Penalties/Pénaltés : 05:03 ATL 3 Garrett Clarke (Delay of Game) 13:28 FIN 28 Mika Partanen (Hooking) 14:33 FIN 22 Teemu Pulkkinen (Roughing) 14:33 ATL 15 Brandon Hynes (Roughing) 15:13 ATL 19 Alex Noel (Holding) 16:20 ATL 21 Kody Orr (Holding)

Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
FIN	31 Kristian Jarvinen	On 1/00:00	Off 2/07:55
FIN	1 Sami Aittokallio	On 2/07:56	Off 3/20:00
ATL	30 Joey Yetman	On 1/00:00	Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but	1	2	3	Total
FIN	9	4	8	21
ATL	12	11	10	33

Officials/Officiels
Referee/Arbitre	Don Howell
Lines People/Juges de lignes	Andy Fleck, Ron Dietterle