2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Sweden 6 - Finland 4

SWEDES HOLD OFF LATE FINNISH RALLY, EARN WIN IN U17 RETURN

NEW LISKEARD, Ont. – Sweden is back at the 2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, and it is back with a win.

Mika Zibanejad scored twice and Victor Rask had a goal and an assist, the only Swedish players with multiple points, as the Swedes picked up the ‘W’ in their 2010 tournament debut, beating a pesky Finland side 6-4 in an all-Scandinavian match-up at the New Liskeard Recreation Centre.

Sweden’s U17 team had not played a game at the tournament since losing the gold medal game to Ontario in 1997, but quickly reintroduced itself to Canadian fans by scoring six of the game’s first seven goals.

Jesper Danielsson, Oskar Klefbom and Rickard Rakell joined Zibanejad and Rask on the scoresheet for Sweden (1-0), which outshot the Finns 25-9 in the first two periods while building a 4-0 lead.

Joel Armia scored twice for the Finns (1-1), who took to the ice just 14 hours after their shocking tournament-opening win over Ontario and tried in vain to fight back in the third period, scoring three goals in six minutes to turn a five-goal deficit into a two-goal disadvantage. Tomi Wilenius and Santeri Arousva had the other goals.

Game Information/Renseignements sur le match
Game #/No. de match 6
Round/Ronde Preliminary
Arena/Aréna New Liskeard Rec Centre
Location/Lieu New Liskeard, Ont., Canada
Date Wed. Dec. 30, 2009
Time/Heure 02:00 PM ET
Attendance/Assistance

 Game Status/Statut de jeu
 Final

Box Score/Compte 1 2 3 Total/Totale
SWE
2
2 2 6
FIN
0 0 4 4

Goals & Penalties/Buts et pénalités
First Period/Première période
Goals/Buts :
   10:09 SWE 18 Victor Rask (5 Karl Johansson)
   18:38 SWE 21 Mika Zibanejad


Penalties/Pénaltés :
   02:03 FIN Team (Too Many Men)
   03:56 SWE 21 Mika Zibanejad (Interference)
   05:35 SWE 2 Jonas Brodin (Checking from Behind)
   05:35 SWE 2 Jonas Brodin (10-Minute Misconduct)
   09:44 FIN 25 Markus Granlund (Tripping)
   19:12 SWE 5 Karl Johansson (Roughing After Whistle)

Second Period/Deuxieme Période
Goals/Buts :
   02:57 SWE 11 Jesper Danielsson (22 Tim Vesterberg)
   13:40 SWE 21 Mika Zibanejad (13 Victor Arvidsson)


Penalties/Pénaltés :
   03:25 FIN 2 Roni Rukajärvi (Kneeing)
   04:06 SWE 13 Victor Arvidsson (High Sticking)
   09:10 SWE 23 Pontus Åberg (Interference)
   11:47 FIN 8 Joonas Valkonen (Holding)
   12:29 SWE Team (Too Many Men)
   14:44 SWE 3 Rasmus Bengtsson (Interference)

Third Period/Troisième Période
Goals/Buts :
   03:40 FIN 23 Tomi Wilenius (10 Miro Aaltonen, 4 Santeri Arousva)
   04:47 SWE 17 Rickard Rakell (2 Jonas Brodin) PP
   05:11 SWE 6 Oscar Klefbom (7 Joakim Ryan, 18 Victor Rask) PP
   06:21 FIN 11 Joel Armia (25 Markus Granlund, 23 Tomi Wilenius) PP
   08:42 FIN 4 Santeri Arousva (11 Joel Armia, 27 Aleksi Rekonen)
   12:22 FIN 11 Joel Armia


Penalties/Pénaltés :
   03:53 FIN 16 Heikki Liedes (Tripping)
   04:06 FIN 2 Roni Rukajärvi (10-Minute Misconduct)
   04:06 FIN 2 Roni Rukajärvi (Checking from Behind)
   06:55 SWE 14 Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall (Interference)
   11:26 SWE 11 Jesper Danielsson (Holding)
   13:04 FIN 26 Rasmus Ristolainen (Hooking)
   16:34 SWE 5 Karl Johansson (Roughing)
   16:34 FIN 15 Jesper Kokkonen (Roughing)
   19:28 SWE 8 Jonathan Nielsen (Roughing)
   19:28 FIN 15 Jesper Kokkonen (Slashing)

 
Goaltenders/Gardien(ne)s de but
SWE
30 Stefan Steen
On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00
FIN
31 Niklas Kekki
On 1/00:00 Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal/Tirs au but 1 2 3 Total/Totale
SWE
14
11 6 31
FIN
4 5 6 15

Players of the Game/Joueur(se) du match
SWE
21 Mika Zibanejad
FIN
11 Joel Armia

Officials/Officiels
Referee/Arbitre
Jason Goldberg, Ryan Park
Lines People/Juges de lignes
Trent Knorr