Finland came into the final undefeated with a 9-0 record and had a chance to become the first nation ever to win the world under-18 championship, world junior championship and world championship in the same year, but fell one game short.
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Larkin, 19, has had a very good tournament individually, reaching nine points (two goals, seven assists) after nine games.
Fans who watch the Team Canada vs. Finland hockey game live online will also see a Finnish team that cruised to the final on the strength of a 3-1 win over Russian Federation.
“We’ve learned a lot from our first game against them at the championship”.
Defending champions Canada will take on Finland in a repeat of this year’s final at the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships after they were drawn together in Group B.
Koskinen made 31 saves for the Finns.
This was the 7th IIHF World Championship held in Russian Federation as it was hosted by Moscow five times, namely in 1957, 1973, 1979, 1986 and 2007, and once by St. Petersburg in 2000.
“We’ve executed our game plan nearly perfectly today and that made the difference”, Perry said.
After having lost 4-0 to Finland in the preliminary rounds, Canada resolved to reduce their turnovers in the rematch.
But Russia put the Finns under pressure in the opening minutes and forward Sergei Shirokov put the home team ahead 2:52 into the game, with a rebound after Finland goaltender Koskinen parried his initial close-range shot. Aho, an NHL prospect, tied up the game with a power-play slapshot before Jussi Jokinen scored a wrist shot off a pass across the crease from NHL No. 1 draft pick contender Patrik Laine. Sergei Bobrovsky won bronze as Russia’s starting goaltender.
Russia¿s Artemi Panarin, left, scores against Brady Skjei of the US and goalie Keith Kinkaid during the Ice Hockey World Championships bronze medal match between Russia and United States of America, in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, May 22, 2016.
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“We can’t win (the world championship) every year”. “They just played off their emotion and their power and we didn’t really have an answer”.
