GDT: Group A - May 16 - Finland vs Denmark

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2019 IIHF World Championship
Group A

May 16
2:15 PM ET • 8:15 PM CET

Finland vs Denmark

Finland
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Kevin Lankinen
45 Juho Olkinuora

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 - 20 Niko Ojamäki
82 Harri Pesonen - 65 Sakari Manninen - 24 Kaapo Kakko
41 Joel Kiviranta - 27 Eetu Luostarinen - 19 Veli-Matti Savinainen
76 Jere Sallinen - 21 Juhani Tyrväinen - 12 Marko Anttila

Scratched:
G 35 Veini Vehviläinen
F 71 Kristian Kuusela
F 91 Juho Lammikko


Denmark
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
32 Sebastian Dahm
31 Simon Nielsen

Defensemen:
25 Oliver Lauridsen - 22 Markus Lauridsen
41 Jesper Jensen Aabo - 15 Matias Lassen
48 Nicholas B. Jensen - 47 Oliver Larsen
2 Phillip Bruggisser

Forwards:
89 Mikkel Bødker - 93 Peter Regin - 63 Patrick Russell
17 Nicklas Jensen - 29 Morten Madsen - 9 Frederik Storm
50 Mathias Bau - 40 Jesper Jensen - 72 Nicolai Meyer
38 Morten Poulsen - 33 Julian Jakobsen - 95 Nick Olesen
75 Mathias From

Scratched:
G 1 Patrick Galbraith
D 6 Stefan Lassen
F 20 Lars Eller


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[Retroglyphs]

Team Finland 4 - Team Denmark 1

 

[Tomas W]

Is Lars Eller still with the team?

 

[Valdemar]

Is Lars Eller still with the team?

No, he is not. And he is out for the rest of the tournament.

 

[member 305909]

Easy win for Finland just like last year. Oh wait...

 

[FinnishSniper]

6-1 for Finland

 

[illone84]

5-1 Fin.

 

[ijuka]

Finland should win. Finland's behind in material but has punched way above their weight thus far. Denmark lost their best player. Hoping for a good game and many goals.

 

[thomast]

4-2 Finland

 

[MartinS]

who starts in the net for Finland today please?

 

[FinPanda]

who starts in the net for Finland today please?

Lankinen

We should win as Denmark doesn't have Andersen in net.

 

[torniojaws]

Finland has struggled against Denmark, Germany, etc recently (mental thing?), so I'll say just because of injuries, Finland wins barely by 2-1.

 

[Zanstrat]

Finland has struggled against Denmark, Germany, etc recently (mental thing?), so I'll say just because of injuries, Finland wins barely by 2-1.

For the record, Finland has lost their last WC-level game against every opponent they have left to play in this preliminary round (Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain). Last GB game was so long ago that it's irrelevant, though. Anyway, it's interesting to see if it's easier or tougher to play against these "small" countries now that there's no star players in Finland's roster.

 

[Bagge]

Finland's behind in material but has punched way above their weight thus far.

Say what?

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Almost a rivalry game.

 

[Valdemar]

Almost a rivalry game.

No, far from it! Historically Finland has been much better than Denmark.

Sweden - Finland and
Denmark - Norway
are rivalry games

 

[IceHockeyDude]

No, far from it! Historically Finland has been much better than Denmark.

Sweden - Finland and
Denmark - Norway
are rivalry games

Yeah I agree, perhaps the rivalry is the wrong word. Two almost neighbor-countries would be make more sense. And despite the history between these two, Finland hardly has a stronger team on paper.

 

[ijuka]

Say what?

Denmark has NHL stars, Finland has some plugs from third tier leagues.

It's true, though, that without Lars Eller it's not quite so bad. But even Nicklas Jensen is better than any Finn outside of Kakko, etc.

 

[SoundAndFury]

Denmark has NHL stars, Finland has some plugs from third tier leagues.

It's true, though, that without Lars Eller it's not quite so bad. But even Nicklas Jensen is better than any Finn outside of Kakko, etc.

Because Denmark doesn't have players from 3rd tier leagues And a top scoring player from Jokerit is on Finnish team.

 

[BennsGonnaGetYou]

Let's do this, Kakko with another hatty?

 

[Brun0]

Denmark has a chance no doubt

 

[The Cannon of Tesoma]

Considering that The Denmark has the Finnish "Father of Danish Hockey", after some tight past games with better roster against Danes, and their overall development over few past years, I can't, simply can't see this game as "piece of cake". There are nothing that wouldn't be spotted by Danish 'counter-intelligence'.

We can read that fact on a front page of some news papers.

Possibly the hardest game of the tournament for Finns this far. They cannot come to this game with half-attitude. Even with good start, they cannot stop play.

Naturally I hope I'm wrong, but the crows on a sky in their flight doesn't make me declare...

 

[Mildan]

Why is Lammikko scratched?

 

[Bagge]

Denmark has NHL stars, Finland has some plugs from third tier leagues.

It's true, though, that without Lars Eller it's not quite so bad. But even Nicklas Jensen is better than any Finn outside of Kakko, etc.

Denmark doesn't have any NHL stars. We have one third line center and a talent that never evolved into what he could have become. Add to that a marginal fourth line player on freaking Oilers and a couple of guys that didn't had what it took, either physical or talentwise to fully make it and now plays in KHL instead. No my friend, Denmark does not have better material.

The fact that we have a handful of players from the Danish league should end that discussion right away.

 

[Bagge]

Let's do this, Kakko with another hatty?

Either him or Poulsen. Take your pick.