GDT: May 10 • Finland 2, Latvia 3

[Systemfel]

2014 IIHF World Championship
Preliminary Round
Group B

May 10
9:45 AM ET • 15:45 CET • 16:45 EET

Finland
Projected lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

21 Jori Lehterä

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27 Petri Kontiola​

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71 Leo Komarov

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22 Miikka Salomäki​

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12 Olli Jokinen

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81 Iiro Pakarinen​

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61 Tommi Huhtala​

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26 Jarkko Immonen​

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25 Pekka Jormakka​

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19 Veli-Matti Savinainen​

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13 Petteri Wirtanen​

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42 Jere Sallinen​

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-​

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-​

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34 Olli Palola​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

18 Tuukka Mäntylä​

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38 Juuso Hietanen​

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5 Atte Ohtamaa​

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10 Jere Karalahti​

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6 Tommi Kivistö​

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28 Jyri Marttinen​

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-​

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47 Ville Lajunen​

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Starter​

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Backup​

35 Pekka Rinne​

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31 Mikko Koskinen​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

-​

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-​

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Latvia
Projected lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

91 Ronalds Ķēniņš​

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16 Kaspars Daugaviņš

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24 Miķelis Rēdlihs​

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70 Miks Indrašis​

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28 Zemgus Girgensons​

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29 Roberts Lipsbergs​

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47 Mārtiņš Cipulis​

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12 Herberts Vasiļjevs

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17 Aleksandrs Ņiživijs​

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3 Juris Štāls​

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25 Andris Džeriņš​

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87 Gints Meija​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

32 Artūrs Kulda​

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13 Guntis Galviņš​

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81 Georgijs Pujacs​

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11 Kristaps Sotnieks​

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2 Rodrigo Laviņš

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14 Jēkabs Rēdlihs​

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22 Māris Jass​

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52 Jānis Jaks​

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Starter​

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Backup​

31 Edgars Masaļskis​

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50 Kristers Gudļevskis​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

G 33 Ivars Punnenovs​

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Healthy​

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C 21 Armands Bērziņš​

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Healthy​

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L 90 Koba Jass​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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Igor Dremelj | -

Referee​

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Antonín Jeřábek | -

Linesman​

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Ivan Dedioulia | -

Linesman​

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Joep Leermakers | -

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[Boreal01]

Wouldn't be suprised if the final score is 1-0 in this one.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Love Latvia. Always physical and hard to play against.

 

[Atas2000]

Latvians, who's starting for you? Masalskis or Gudlevskis?

 

[v-man]

Latvians, who's starting for you? Masalskis or Gudlevskis?

Nolan didn't want to say yesterday, and nothing has been announced yet this morning.

Forward lines should be:

Ņiživijs Vasiljevs Cipulis
M. Rēdlihs Daugaviņš Ķēniņš
Girgensons Meija Indrašis (Meija still a ?, could be Lipsbergs - who is incorrectly posted as a d-man in the OP)
Džeriņš Štāls Bērziņš

 

[JJTT]

Sorry for nitpicking but it's Miikka Salomäki, with 2 K's

 

[Namejs]

Nolan didn't want to say yesterday, and nothing has been announced yet this morning.

Forward lines should be:

Ņiživijs Vasiljevs Cipulis
M. Rēdlihs Daugaviņš Ķēniņš
Girgensons Meija Indrašis (Meija still a ?, could be Lipsbergs - who is incorrectly posted as a d-man in the OP)
Džeriņš Štāls Bērziņš

That's more or less correct, except the Vasiļjevs line is the 2nd line and Girgensons will center the 3rd line. Meija is a winger and hopefully he won't play today. Lipsbergs was better in exhibition games.

Also, Štāls usually plays wing, while Džeriņš and Bērziņš are Cs.

And Rēdlihs is RW, Ķēniņš is LW.

 

[xxSmoldaxx]

Aaltonen

How about Aaltonen? Anybody know power play line?

 

[Namejs]

Latvians, who's starting for you? Masalskis or Gudlevskis?

Considering the match against Germany is more important and starts about 18 hours after the end of the Latvia-Finland game, I would guess that Masaļskis will start today so that Gudļevskis could be fresher tomorrow.

Also, if Masaļskis has a bad game, he will probably drop down the pecking order and Punnenovs will probably get to play instead of him, as he has been very solid in NLA and in exhibition games with Latvia.

 

[Remix]

How about Aaltonen? Anybody know power play line?

Aaltonen is out of the tourney because of a back injury.

 

[Jaan]

How about Aaltonen?

Not on the team. He claims to have a back injury of some sort.

 

[v-man]

That's more or less correct, except the Vasiļjevs line is the 2nd line and Girgensons will center the 3rd line. Meija is a winger and hopefully he won't play today. Lipsbergs was better in exhibition games.

Also, Štāls usually plays wing, while Džeriņš and Bērziņš are Cs.

And Rēdlihs is RW, Ķēniņš is LW.

Yeah, I was just posting them as written in an article I read, not taking positions into consideration. Besides, Coolen had alluded to using Girgs on the side the other week.

BTW, Masalskis was just confirmed as the starter against Finland. Koba Jass and Bērziņš are scratches, so I guess either Meija or Lipsbergs are in on that fourth line (hopefully Meija, with Lipsbergs up on the third with the other kids).

 

[JJTT]

Some changes to the lineup:

Jori Lehterä A – Petri Kontiola – Leo Komarov A
Miikka Salomäki – Olli Jokinen C – Iiro Pakarinen
Tommi Huhtala – Jarkko Immonen – Pekka Jormakka
Veli-Matti Savinainen – Petteri Wirtanen – Jere Sallinen
Olli Palola 13th forward

Tuukka Mäntylä - Juuso Hietanen
Atte Ohtamaa - Jere Karalahti
Tommi Kivisț РJyri Marttinen
Ville Lajunen 7th d-man

Pekka Rinne (Mikko Koskinen)

Scratched

Juuse Saros G (Healthy)
Oskari Korpikari D (Not registered)
Tomi Sallinen C (Not registered)

 

[Namejs]

Hoping for a close match, but I'm afraid our D isn't solid enough to actually expect anything more than a loss by 1 or 2 goals.

A big day for Roberts Lipsbergs (19 yo) and Janis Jaks (18 yo) in their 1st official game with the national team.

Expecting Lipsbergs to surprise a lot of people in a very positive way during the course of the tournament.

 

[ThunderBuddy]

Should be an interesting game. Rooting for Latvia...

 

[Finnsane]

Salomäki!

 

[Matti_A]

I like Finlands new unis, looking sharp

Salomaki 1-0!

 

[King EK65]

Ahh, unlucky goal for Latvia.. Go Latvia!

 

[ThunderBuddy]

Gotta love the Latvian fans. And it's 1-1...

 

[Finnsane]

1-1. Both goals from Finnish skates

 

[BalticWarrior]

lavinsh is such a waste of space. just retire already

 

[Namejs]

How is that a ****ing penalty

 

[Finnsane]

How is that a ****ing penalty

Way too low, only got the legs

 

[BalticWarrior]

iihf refs are a joke that was a clean hip check

 

[ThunderBuddy]

Ah, these ridiculous calls...