2016 WJC Review: Combination of 2016 talent and veteran savvy lead Finland to gold

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Photo: Team Finland players Jesse Puljujarvi (L), Sebastian Aho (C), and Patrik Laine (R) celebrate their country’s gold medal win at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship (courtesy of HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA/AFP/Getty Images)


</p> When Toronto Maple Leafs‘ prospect Kasperi Kapanen jokingly pantomimed throwing a fictitious monkey off his back after scoring his first goal of the*2016 IIHF World*Junior Championship for Finland*— the seventh goal in what would be an 8-3 win over Slovakia in*Group B play — it was a bit amusing.

Few could have known at the time that that was just a prelude to a much bigger goal.… read more

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