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CANADA TO PLAY FOR BRONZE AFTER LOSING TO FINLAND IN SEMIS
ANGLEHOLM, SWEDEN -- Canada's Under 18 World Championship team lost 3-2 to Finland in overtime in
Thursday's semi-final game, and will now play for a bronze medal on Saturday.
Canada opened the scoring, when Francois Bouchard scored 13:32 into the first period to take a 1-0 lead
after the first.
With Canada's Justin Azevedo in the penalty box for tripping, Finland scored on the power play at 4:45
into the second period to tie the game at 1-1. Canada took the lead again, this time with Ben Maxwell
finishing the play, with assists from Bouchard and Cory Emmerton at 8:33, to make the score 2-1 after two
periods of play.
Finland tied the game at 2-2 at 2:06 of the third period, when Joonas Jalvanti took a shot from the point
that when over the glove hand shoulder of Canada's goaltender Jonathan Bernier.
Only 1:22 into overtime, Finland wrapped the puck around Bernier's net and slipped the puck past the
goaltender's skate and post, to take a 3-2 overtime win for Finland and advance them to the gold medal game
on Saturday. With the loss, Canada moves onto the bronze medal game on Saturday, playing the loser of
the USA/Czech Republic semi-final game which is played later today.
TSN/RDS, the official broadcaster of Hockey Canada, will broadcast both the bronze and gold medal games on
Saturday. Bronze medal game starts at 8am ET/5am PT, while the gold medal game begins at 12noon ET/9am
PT.
| Box Score |
CAN |
1
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1
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0
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0
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2
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| Compte |
FIN |
0
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1
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1
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1 |
3
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| First Period/Première période |
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Scoring/Buts:
13.32 EQ Canada 16. BOUCHARD, Francois (6. SCHIRA, Craig)
Penalties/Pénalités:
06.48 2 min Canada 16. BOUCHARD, Francois Hooking
10.44 2 min Finland 26. WARN, Max Interference
14.02 2 min Finland 24. ANTONEN, Juuso Tripping
18.58 2 min Canada 25. AZEVEDO, Justin Elbowing
19.47 2 min Canada 3. CORRENTE, Matthew Roughing
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| Second Period/Deuxième période |
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Scoring/Buts:
24.45 1 - 1 PP1 Finland 16. NYHOLM, Robert
28.33 1 - 2 EQ Canada 10. MAXWELL, Ben (16. BOUCHARD, Francois) (26. EMMERTON, Cory)
Penalties/Pénalités:
22.53 2 min Canada 25. AZEVEDO, Justin Interference
38.06 2 min Canada 14. SHUTRON, Ben Roughing
38.49 2 min Finland 16. NYHOLM, Robert Interference
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| Third Period/Troisième période |
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Scoring/Buts:
42.06 2 - 2 EQ Finland 25. JALVANTI, Joonas (4. MALKAMAKI, Miko) (27. JARVINEN, Jan-Mikael)
Penalties/Pénalités:
none/aucun
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| Overtime Period/Prolongation |
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Scoring/Buts:
61.22 3 - 2 EQ Finland 27. JARVINEN, Jan-Mikael (13. KEMPPAINEN, Joonas)
Penalties/Pénalités:
none/aucun
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| Goaltenders |
CAN |
1. BERNIER, Jonathan |
| Gardiens de but |
FIN |
30. HELENIUS, Riku |
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| Shots on Goal |
Team |
1 p |
2 p |
3 p |
OT/P |
Ttl |
| Shots on Goal |
CAN |
12 |
9 |
16 |
2 |
39 |
| Tirs au but |
FIN |
13 |
13 |
19 |
3 |
48 |
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| Referee/Arbitre |
RITCHIE Robert (USA) |
| Linesmen/Juges des lignes |
KARLBERG Anders (SWE), FEOLA
Peter (USA) |
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| Attendance/Assistande |
438 |
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