My few cents from the game. Writing in a hurry so hope this is somewhat readable.
Finns
Kapanen was really solid in the first 2 periods, disappeared a bit in the third but still played well and even blocked an empty netter in the end and eventually cleared the puck. Definitely made a positive impression, probably showed most intensity of all players in this game.
Repo was quite invisible, expected more. Played quite soft when compared to Liiga games.
Didn't notice Siikonen much but I think thats good for a 4th liner then, no glaring mistakes, nothing special
Puljujärvi was good on the forecheck, and was pretty much the reason the Laine goal happened as Pulju won an important battle in the corner and made the pass to Aho who found Laine. At times he looked lost and tried to play too fancy with Laine. Kind of looks like he is trying to be the nice guy and sacrifice his own game a bit.
Aho was all over the ice, totally deserved the best player award. Really solid with and without the puck.
Laine played overall solid. A bit lost at times but was dangerous when he got the puck.
Juolevi looked a bit lost at times, but made a few fancy plays though and that skating looks so smoooooth.
Lammikko played well and was really noticeable on the ice.
I think Vaakanainen played okay, stumbled on his own legs on a powerplay and lost the puck but didn't really look out of place overall.
Sopanen looks slow out there, needs to get some speed to those legs. He got a funny penalty for interference because a US player didn't hold his stick properly though.
Lammikko and Niku played well, really solid on both ends from what I saw.
US
Milano was really good. Got lucky with the second goal as he tried to pass and Larmi tipped the puck into own net by accident.
Still definitely deserved the best US player award.
Matthews was a bit of disappointment. Looked a bit uninterested and tried to do everything by himself when he got the puck. Few nice dekes but nothing really came out of those situations. Even though he looked like a man amongst boys, I still mostly noticed him on the PP.
DeBrincat.. man he looks TINY. Skill and grit, but I am not sure if it is enough for NHL. Should consider a career in Europe if size hinders his future in NHL.
Werenski was solid on D.
Overall
Overall the game was pretty even and you could see that both teams played just to get a feeling and try things out. Not really an intense game, even though there were a few scrambles here and there. Finns were the more physical team, and looked bigger which is a bit unusual considering our past with all the teams full of midgets
