In the third match of the World Cup, Finland clearly beat the United States 4–1. In the offending match, 55 penalty minutes were awarded.
16.5. 22:50 • Updated May 16th. 23:07
The Lions continued their victory in the World Hockey Championships, beating the United States 4–1 (1–0, 3–0, 0–1) in their third match. Finland’s goals were answered Mikael Granlund, Valtteri Filppula, Sakari Manninen and Mikko Lehtonen.
In their first matches, the United States, which defeated Latvia and Austria, were very weak and undisciplined from the first few minutes. When David Quinnin there were no fins on the shelters to respond to the improved movement of the Lions in the trough, the USA focused on holding market meetings and confusing Finns. A total of 41 minutes were awarded for white shirts in the match. There were 14 minutes of cooling off for Finland.
Finland was not intimidated, but at the end of the opening round Manninen fought the puck against Granlund with a blue line. Nashville star who settled in a match against Latvia on Saturday took advantage of a small American substitution foul and fired the puck Strauss Mannin from the crotch in.
Finland settled the game in the first half of the game with superiority. Ottawa NHL striker Auston Watson on his elbow Teemu Hartikaista and Watson was penalized for the match.
Four years ago, Watson, who received a three-month suspended sentence for domestic violence and a 27-match ban in the NHL, was hot about the verdict. On the way to the shower, he laughed at the Finnish players. Watson furiously slammed the walls of the locker room as he left the trough.
Hartikainen was able to continue the match with the superiority that immediately followed the situation.
Towards the end of five minutes of superiority at the end of a long spin Jere Innala got the puck Sami Vatanelten. Innala, who will move to Frölunda next season, found Captain Filppula at his feed and guided the puck into the net.
In less than a minute, Granlund played the corner kick To Jere Sallis, which continued to Manninen. It was easy for the first center to stretch the lead to three, and the number of goals scored in the tournament, which was superior to Finland, rose to six.
In the middle of the batch, Mann lost his field of vision Mikko Lehtonen blue line to send a shot, and the game was in the package.
At the end of a really long and broken second installment, the Lions also caused a fray in the trough when Saku Mäenalanen a Yankee defender Jaycob Megnaa near the edge.
In the last minute, the United States managed to spoil the Lions ’goal of repelling Jussi Olkinuoran zero game after the Arizona NHL confirmation Alex Galchenuyk folds from the front corner of the disc between the legs to the net. ** **
Finland, which has collected three wins and only scored one goal, will continue the tournament in Tampere on Wednesday night with a match against Sweden.