Finland beats American Blue 3-2 in World Youth Summer Show – Hockey Writer – World Youth Hockey Championship
The second day of the World Youth Summer Showroom (WJSS) game was a repetition of day one, but the team was flipped. On Monday afternoon, July 28, the first game of the day was the blue of the United States vs. Finland. White, the United States, won the day before in Finland and won 5-2. The goalkeeper of the US Blue was the start of Kam Hendrickson, but in the middle of the game, Jack Parsons took over and Patrik Kerkola stayed for Finland throughout the game.
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Finland took an early lead in the power race, but the United States found a way to climb and tie the race in the second stage. The third stage saw two goals immediately and then calmed down until the third leading period. Finland kept the game in the last few minutes and beat the US Blue 3-2.
Game review
Saku Koivu’s son Aatos Koivu first brought Finland to the board just minutes after the game started. Leo Tuuva and Aron Kiviharju assisted him in improving their team 1-0. That was the only goal for this period, but in the first 20 minutes, the US blue three-pointer and Finland took one.
The second phase saw the dynamic swing of the U.S. direction, which took only a few minutes. Cole McKinney scored a goal and was assisted by Henry Brzutewicz and Aidan Park to lead the game 1-1. No points were scored for the rest of the time, and Koivu awarded a penalty for his second game Finland.
The third phase saw goals from each team in the first five minutes. The first goal was Finland’s Roope Vesterinen, who scored his team for the second time. Heikki Ruohonen recorded his only assist. Less than a minute later, American Blue answered Kamil Bednarik’s goal. Luke Osburn attacked the lone assist, raising the game rate by 2-2, with the regulations more than 14 minutes left.
Koivu answered nearly eight minutes later with his second match goal, 3-2. Kiviharju and Tuuva each recorded their second assists on that goal. It turned out to be the winner as Finland beat the US Blue 3-2. The two teams will get off tomorrow, Tuesday, July 29, and will resume games on Wednesday, July 30, but the United States will be one team, not divided into two teams.
