GDT: Group A - May 10 - Finland vs Canada

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2019 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 10
10:15 AM ET • 4:15 PM CET

Finland vs Canada

Finland
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Kevin Lankinen
35 Veini Vehviläinen

Defensemen:
4 Mikko Lehtonen - 55 Atte Ohtamaa
40 Petteri Lindbohm - 28 Henri Jokiharju
70 Niko Mikkola - 7 Oliwer Kaski
50 Miika Koivisto - 58 Jani Hakanpää

Forwards:
25 Toni Rajala - 15 Arttu Ilomäki - 19 Veli-Matti Savinainen
82 Harri Pesonen - 65 Sakari Manninen - 24 Kaapo Kakko
41 Joel Kiviranta - 27 Eetu Luostarinen - 20 Niko Ojamäki
76 Jere Sallinen - 91 Juho Lammikko - 12 Marko Anttila

Scratched:
G 45 Juho Olkinuora
F 71 Kristian Kuusela
F 21 Juhani Tyrväinen


Canada
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Matt Murray
31 Carter Hart

Defensemen:
72 Thomas Chabot - 62 Brandon Montour
25 Darnell Nurse - 28 Damon Severson
27 Shea Theodore - 51 Troy Stecher
4 Dante Fabbro

Forwards:
81 Jonathan Marchessault - 17 Dylan Strome - 61 Mark Stone
14 Adam Henrique - 7 Sean Couturier - 23 Sam Reinhart
16 Jared McCann - 19 Kyle Turris - 39 Anthony Mantha
21 Mathieu Joseph - 71 Anthony Cirelli - 59 Tyler Bertuzzi

Scratched:
G 29 Mackenzie Blackwood


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[Nexon]

Surprise alert! Hopefully Finns will be too much for rusty Canadians.

 

[Retroglyphs]

Finland wins (not so surprisingly) with 3-2 in regulation

 

[tobu]

Fins will bite, but Canada wins 5-3.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Finn Land

 

[jj cale]

We've just thrown together our team with very little preparation time and the Finns have been at it working together for quite some time now so I can see them taking this one, would have liked this game after we had played a few tilts first and then I am confident we would beat them. It might be a real sloppy game.

 

[AgentBrodeur]

Canada team has a few wholes in them

 

[SoundAndFury]

Vehvilainen scratched? What?

 

[crowi]

On paper this is definitely the worst Finnish team in a long time. Hope they battle it out.

 

[Lambo]

This pairing shows us how ridiculous WHC are.

 

[FiLe]

Vehvilainen scratched? What?

Nobody knows yet who's the projected starter, who's the backup, and who's third string. It's guesswork based on the fact that Lankinen and Olkinuora were on the EHT.

All three goalies have also been registered, so we can't deduce anything even from that.

 

[canswetoxic]

Finns is Canadian Kryptonite, tough but Canadian prevent.

 

[stv11]

Nobody knows yet who's the projected starter, who's the backup, and who's third string. It's guesswork based on the fact that Lankinen and Olkinuora were on the EHT.

All three goalies have also been registered, so we can't deduce anything even from that.

Correct, I couldn't find anything about the goalies so I went with the ones who played in the EHT.

Feel free to let me know if you have any information.

 

[PecnoTrunk]

Finns is Canadian Kryptonite, tough but Canadian prevent.

Nah

I think the Americans are Canada s kryptonite

I think the Russians and the fins are americas kryptonite

 

[jj cale]

Finns is Canadian Kryptonite, tough but Canadian prevent.

They don't have any special record against Canada,as already mentioned, the U.S is who have been giving Canada problems lately.

 

[jj cale]

Canada team has a few wholes in them

We do, thankfully this just might be the worst Finnish roster on paper I've seen in eons.

 

[Rob]

Now Tavares is out Canada is really going to have trouble scoring.

 

[Lambo]

They don't have any special record against Canada,as already mentioned, the U.S is who have been giving Canada problems lately.

Yes but the last 5 Games the Finns won 3 vs CAN(2014,16 and 18)

 

[Peiskos]

Going to have to be a special tournament for Canada with that underwhelming roster, at least for Canadian standards, losing Tavares will be felt.

 

[jj cale]

Yes but the last 5 Games the Finns won 3 vs CAN(2014,16 and 18)

so? not only is that about the smallest sample size possible but it's only 3 out of 5 which isn't exactly dominating or anything like that.

I know Finland is good but they don't have any history of being Canada's "kryptonite" like that poster implied.

 

[Lambo]

so? not only is that about the smallest sample size possible but it's only 3 out of 5 which isn't exactly dominating or anything like that.

I know Finland is good but they don't have any history of being Canada's "kryptonite" like that poster implied.

Yes right! But i think this impressive vs the biggest and mightiest hockey nation in a world.

 

[jj cale]

Yes right! But i think this impressive vs the biggest and mightiest hockey nation in a world.

It's a good record against us at this thing of late , but it's not exactly a secret that Finland is a real good hockey nation, the days of going in expecting to beat Finland have been over for a long time now.

 

[HockeyFan101]

Canada will prevail 3-1

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Finland's roster is very weak. I hope the team spirit is high at least.

 

[NinjaKick]

Finland is no joke... LETS GO CANADA