2.40pm
Suomi has drawn up a position in the left circle from the blue line. Andrisík covers.
1:54 PM
Slovakia’s first longest stay in the offensive zone. Bečár took the shot from the blue, then Štefančík also shot, but Lampinen was ready.
1:26 PM
Čiernik got into the offensive zone, his shot was only of a promotional nature.
12:28
Štrbák searched for Repčík in the central zone but was disarmed by the Finnish defence.
11:26
Now Repčík hesitated during the pass, fortunately the Finns lost the puck after an inaccurate pass in the central zone.
10:49
The German shot twice from the blue line, his second attempt especially putting Lampinen in trouble.
10:40
Dvorský shot the defender from behind, but Lampinen was ready. After her surgery, there’s a commercial break.
09:52
The Finns disarmed the German in the defensive zone, but Malinen’s shot was well blocked by Andrisík.
09:17
The Slovaks threatened Lampinen for the first time. He stopped the game and we will continue after the commercial break.
08:54
Finland scored a goal!
The logical outcome of events on the ice. The Finns take the lead! Suomi’s fourth formation was able to push our representatives, and SAMI PÄIVÄRINTA took the puck from Suomi and swept the corner of Andrisík’s goal.
Assistants: Finland, Ervasti
08:32
Liberation also prohibited on our side.
08:08
Miettinen broke free and fired from the right circle down the ice. Andrisík scored an important save.
07:10
Malinen got rid of Mešar and fired. Andrisík shot from a good position!
06:40
Nátny stopped Rönni, we took the puck to the central area.
06:06
Prohibited release of Finns.
05:52
Kapanen was looking for Väisänen between the hoops, the defender put his stick perfectly in the pass and interrupted the Finnish action.
05:11
We are still waiting for our team’s first shot attempt, the Finns defend very well.
04:28
Dvorský saw the puck behind Ruotsalainen. However, the Finn didn’t leave our striker a chance.
03:46
The Finns have now rejected the elite lineup. Salin shot from nothing, Andrisík parried his attempt.
02:59
Černik went to the dressing room after a hard blow from one of the Finns, he will need treatment.
02:59
A small mistake by our defense led to Kemella’s shot. Andrisík comfortably reached the puck.
02:13
Funtek switched the puck to German, ours replaced and started a new action.
01:36
Nyman hit a backhand between the hoops, Andrisík hit without problems.
00:37
The Finns also threatened, so our hockey players committed a prohibited release.
00:09
Mešár was the first to attack. His shot was blocked by the Finnish defense above Lampinen’s goal.
00:01
The meeting has just begun.
The players of today’s meeting have skated on the ice surface and everything is ready for the first throw-in.
Starting lineups:
Fínsko: Lampinen (Koskenvuo) – Heimosalmi (A), Vilén, Salin, Malinen, Ervasti, Suomi, Suotsalainen – Kemell, O. Kapanen (C), Koivunen (A) – Nyman, Miettinen, Huuhtanen – Hämeenaho, Rönni, Lambert – Väisänen, Päivärinta, K. Kapanen.
Coach: Tom Lamsa
Slovakia: Andrisík (Marinov) – Š. Nemec (C), Bečár, Štrbák, Nátny, Funtek, Groch, Kmec – Mešár (A), Petrovský, Honzek – Sýkora, Dvorský, Čiernik – Žlnka, Repčík, L. Nemec (A) – Štefančík, Dej, Bačo.
Coach: Ivan Fenes
Referee: Schlittenhardt (USA), Šindel (CZE), Grillo (USA), Klouček (CZE).
LAST GAME AGAINST HIMSELF:
The national teams of Finland and Slovakia last met in the summer in a major tournament in the under 20 category. In the final performance in the basic group, however, Suomi clearly outperformed us and won an excellent 9:3.
Slovakia – Finland 3:9 (1:2, 1:4, 1:3)
Goals: 1. Simontaival (Hirvonen), 15. Määttä, 21. Hirvonen (Simontaival, Puutio), 32. Määttä (Järventie, Kemell), 37. Räty (Kemell, Niemela), 39. Kapanen (Rafkin, Järventie), 47 . .
The Slovakian under-20 hockey team will enter the world championship. Ivan Fenes’ men will be challenged by the Finns, who will be considered paper favorites in the match.
Finland has already entered the tournament. On Monday, Suomi played Switzerland in their opening match of the tournament. However, the northerners could not handle this duel at all and finally succumbed to the Helvéts 2:3 after extra time. Virtually nothing worked for the Finns in this encounter and they will need to do much better against Slovakia.
Slovakia have their first game ahead of them. Ivan Feneš’s team arrives with a clear goal. This to make up for the embarrassment that happened in the summer, when our team hadn’t even progressed to the quarter-finals. There was a change in our team and leaders like Šimon Nemec and Filip Mešár came. In preparation, we gradually lost to Germany 0:5, Canada 1:6 and Austria 5:1.
We welcome you to the online broadcast. The meeting will start at 17:00.
