With their effective superiority, Nuoret Leijonat hit Slovakia’s net five times. Kasper Simontaival, Kasper Puutio and Aatu Räty got three points in the match.
The Young Lions continued their under-20 World Cup tournament with a victory in Edmonton at the expense of Slovakia. This time too, Finland was strong with superiority, and clearly won the match with 9–3 goals.
Finland’s dangerous superiority struck no less than five times in the match. He excelled as the most effective player Kasper Simontaival, who scored 2+1. Also Kasper Puutio and Aatu Räty hit with 1+2 three points.
They had a two-point evening for their part Joel Määtä (2+0), Roni Hirvonen (1+1) and Joakim Kemell and Roby Järventie thanks to his passes.
Slovakia went into the match with a win under their belt, as they defeated Latvia 3–2 the night before. However, the defensive play caused a lot of question marks, as Canada had broken the group earlier with as many goals as 11–1.
Finland got the liberating opening goal after only 35 seconds, when the Slovakian pack Reyen Petrovicky lost the puck to Hirvose. The captain played quickly to Simontaipale, who gave the Lions the lead.
Slovak Peter Repcik hit Slovakia’s level in 7:42, after which Nuoret Leijonat went on the field.
After that, Slovakia made several mistakes in the match, which Finland’s effective superiority prevented with certainty.
Already at the end of the opening set, Määtta was able to finish Nuoret Leijonat with superiority to a 2–1 lead as a result of a failed clearance puck.
At the end of the set, Finland got a five-minute advantage when the star player from Slovakia booked by the New York Rangers Adam Sykora tackled Kemelli ugly with a knee. Kemell survived the situation with a start.
Finland took advantage of this situation at the beginning of the second period, when Simontaipale’s shot in front of the goal bounced off Hirvonen’s stick. Later in the second period, Määtta scored another power play goal for Leijon from the corner of the goal from Järventie’s ingenious pass.
In between, Slovakia was already getting a new lease of life Servac Petrovsky with a tiebreaker, which it scored immediately after the end of its two-minute understrength.
At the end of the set, Finland also struck twice with even pitches. First, Räty scored from Kemelli’s pass, after which Oliver Kapanen managed to pass through.
In the final set, Kalle Väisänen scored his opening goal of the tournament, after which Libor Nemec directed the narrowing of Slovakia. In the end, Nuoret Leijonat enjoyed twice more superiority with goals from Simontaipale and Puutio.