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GAME SUMMARY

Finland  8 -  Québec  5
 

BIG THIRD PERIOD LIFTS FINLAND TO WIN

Lucan, ON – Team Finland overcame a 4-3 deficit after two periods and beat Team Canada Quebec 8-5 on Saturday afternoon at the 2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

Louis Leblanc (Kirkland, QC/Lac St-Louis, midget AAA) led Quebec with two goals. Etienne Brodeur (Varenne, QC/Antoine, midget AAA), Mathieu Gingras (Ile Bazard, QC/Lac St-Louis, midget AAA) and Gleason Fournier (St-Fabien, QC/Rimouski, QMJHL) also scored for Quebec, which led 1-0 after the first period.

Finland was led by Teemu Pulkkinen's hat trick. Toni Rajala added a pair for the Finns, and singles went to Jere Laaksonen, Tommi Kivisto and Erik Haula.

Finland outshot Quebec 57-48.

More than 600 people took in the action in Lucan.

 

Game Information
Game Number Round Preliminary
Arena Lucan Memorial Centre City, Country Lucan, Ont., Canada
Month / Day / Year 12/29/2007 Time (local) 03:00 PM ET
Attendance 750 Game Status Final

Box Score   1     2     3  Total
Finland (FIN) 0 3 58
Québec (QUE)1315
Goals/Penalties
First Period
Goals:
   06:30 QUE 17 Louis Leblanc (6 Gleason Fournier, 4 Ryan Kavanagh)

Penalties:
   03:01 FIN 8 Rasmus Rissanen (Holding)
   03:07 QUE 12 Alex Emond (Hooking)
   03:59 FIN 18 Joonas Nattinen (Too Many Men)
   06:29 FIN 8 Rasmus Rissanen (Interference)
   09:49 QUE 17 Louis Leblanc (Elbowing)
   12:10 FIN 8 Rasmus Rissanen (Interference)
   16:29 QUE 8 Mikael Tam (Roughing)
   19:57 QUE 17 Louis Leblanc (Holding)

Second Period
Goals:
   00:47 FIN 4 Tommi Kivisto (16 Jere Laaksonen, 12 Erik Haula) PP
   05:20 QUE 23 Etienne Brodeur
   07:24 FIN 12 Erik Haula (4 Tommi Kivisto)
   08:03 FIN 20 Teemu Pulkkinen (2 Mikael Aaltonen, 11 Mikael Granlund)
   16:50 QUE 11 Mathieu Gingras (4 Ryan Kavanagh, 6 Gleason Fournier)
   18:53 QUE 7 Charles-Olivier Roussel (4 Ryan Kavanagh, 11 Mathieu Gingras)

Penalties:
   03:00 QUE 3 Hubert Labrie (Hooking)
   05:36 QUE 3 Hubert Labrie (Hooking)
   06:56 QUE 5 Charles Landry (Delay of Game)
   12:44 QUE 11 Mathieu Gingras (Tripping)
   13:04 QUE 18 Olivier Hinse (Slashing)
   16:25 QUE 22 Philippe Lefebvre (Roughing)
   16:25 FIN 19 Harri Palve (Roughing)
   16:25 FIN 2 Mikael Aaltonen (Holding)
   16:25 FIN 25 Joonas Lansisalmi (Illegal Equipment)

Third Period
Goals:
   05:50 FIN 21 Toni Rajala (12 Erik Haula, 6 Nico Manelius)
   07:13 FIN 20 Teemu Pulkkinen (2 Mikael Aaltonen)
   08:18 FIN 21 Toni Rajala (8 Rasmus Rissanen)
   13:39 FIN 16 Jere Laaksonen (2 Mikael Aaltonen)
   14:34 QUE 17 Louis Leblanc (11 Mathieu Gingras, 4 Ryan Kavanagh)
   19:33 FIN 20 Teemu Pulkkinen (13 Joni Karjalainen, 16 Jere Laaksonen)

Penalties:
   00:28 FIN 4 Tommi Kivisto (Interference)
   00:28 QUE 12 Alex Emond (Holding)
   05:18 QUE 2 Simon Després-Bellavance (Delay of Game)
   09:05 FIN 8 Rasmus Rissanen (Holding)
   10:12 FIN 20 Teemu Pulkkinen (Illegal Equipment)
   11:10 QUE 11 Mathieu Gingras (Unsportsmanlike Cnd.)
   11:49 QUE 16 David Gilbert (Hooking)
   14:05 FIN 8 Rasmus Rissanen (High Sticking)
   15:29 FIN 20 Teemu Pulkkinen (Tripping)
   16:26 FIN 21 Toni Rajala (Tripping)


Goaltenders
Finland
30 Erno Suomalainen On 1/00:00   Off 3/20:00
Québec
31 Maxime Clermont On 1/00:00   Off 3/20:00

Shots on Goal   1     2     3   Total
Finland16132049
Québec9181643

Player of Game
Finland 21 Toni Rajala
Québec 17 Louis Leblanc
Officials
Referee BEn Buxton
Lines People Nicolas Leduc, Jarret Gelowitz
Goal Judge Brian Noyes, Mike Thompson
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