Benjamin Rautiainen sank Sweden and Finland advanced to the final match of the World Youth Hockey Championship.
The U20 Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship will be held in Ottawa, Canada from December 26, 2024 to January 5, 2025.
Finland advanced to the World Youth Championship final! Sweden fell in the semi-final.
He shot the decisive hit into the Swedish net from almost zero angle in overtime Benjamin Rautiainen19. The goal was the second and fourth power point of the tournament for the Tappara player.
– Then I glanced sideways at the molar, and I had decided that if I could get a puck there, I would try. As hard as possible on the sticks and luckily it went, Rautiainen repeated his goal in an interview.
For Rautiainen, who is playing in his first World Youth Championships, the final is a dream he has always dreamed of.
– It’s quite a dream. Having watched these games all my childhood and been a fan of Finland. Now, when you get to play in the World Cup final yourself, there really couldn’t be a better match.
Rautiainen’s goal below as an X-embedding.
“The magician pulled a rabbit out of the hat”
Started Finland’s scoring in the match Emil Hemming18, like the rest of the team, could not wait for such a solution in overtime.
– I didn’t expect such a goal. But sometimes there is a magician like Rautiainen who can pull just such a rabbit out of the hat.
– I’ve actually seen him score a goal like that against us before in A-juniors, Hemming, who used to play in TPS juniors, said.
Hemming’s paint below as an X-inset. The goal was Hemming’s first in the tournament.
Sweden dominated the match
Finland was completely dominated by Sweden in the final set of the match. The same trend continued in extra time as well.
Sweden got the upper hand once in overtime, but Finland’s self-sacrificing defense and the goalkeeper in the last leg Petteri Rimpinen ensured that the puck was not scraped from the Finnish goal.
When the best dominant team of the tournament, Sweden, did not succeed against the best inferior team of the tournament, it was Finland’s turn to get the upper hand.
With just over 30 seconds left in overtime, Rautiainen scored Finland’s winning goal. The pass to the goal was given in the match by 0+3 prey Konsta Helenius.
After the semifinals, goalkeeper Petteri Rimpinen and forwards Konsta Helenius and Jesse Kiiskinen. Kiiskinen scored again in the match. He is Finland’s best scorer in the tournament with five hits.
Finland’s final opponent survives the night’s semi-final match: United States–Czech Republic. The World Cup final starts on Monday at 02.30 Finnish time.
The last time the Young Lions played in the World Cup final was in 2022, when the championship was won by Canada. Finland’s previous World Cup gold is from 2019.
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