GDT: WJC U18 - Gold Medal Game

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2016 IIHF World U18 Championship
Gold Medal Game
, Ralph Englastad Arena, Grand Forks, North Dakota

April 24th
19:00PM GMT-5, 3:00AM GMT+2

Lineups in semifinals

Finland

Otto Somppi - Janne Kuokkanen - Jesse Puljujärvi
Kristian Vesalainen - Aapeli Räsänen A - Eeli Tolvanen
Eetu Tuulola - Otto Mäkinen - Markus Nurmi
Juha Jääskä A - Joona Koppanen - Sami Moilanen

Markus Niemeläinen - Robin Salo C
Kasper Kotkansalo - Miro Heiskanen
Urho Vaakanainen - Henri Jokiharju

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
Niilo Halonen

Injured/sick: Emil Oksanen, Leevi Laakso, Juuso Välimäki

Sweden

Jesper Bratt - Linus Lindström - Oskar Steen
Elias Pettersson - Lias Andersson A - Alexander Nylander
Isac Lunderström - Jesper Bokqvist - Tim Wahlgren
Axel Jonsson Fjällby - Rickard Hugg A - Tim Söderlund

Jacob Moverare - Adam Tilander
Erik Brännström - Jacob Cederholm C
Hugo Danielsson - Timothy Liljegren
Jesper Sellgren

Filip Gustavsson
Filip Larsson

Injured: Marcus Davidsson

Streams:

Finland: http://areena.yle.fi/1-3132869
Sweden: http://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/svt-sander-smakronornas-guldjakt/
 
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Congrats to Sweden and Finland for knocking out Canada and USA! Can't wait for the Nordic showdown to happen!

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Shame about Välimäki missing, should be an extremely close game nevertheless, with no clear favourite.
 
No chance to see this game...what a joke.

I have no money for fasthockey and TSN is not working for me.
 

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Good luck Sweden, lets go Finland!

Can't watch this game. Starting 3am, horrible. Gotta go to work @ morning. I did wish this was one of the 5am or 5.30 am games.. I would've wake up to watch it. But 3am is like the worst possible time ever for Europe, why did they put Final on that time, why...... In sunday, they could've played an early game because every one has a free day.
 
Big high five to Finland, no matter what happens in this game. I'm deeply impressed by the surge of success the Finns have had on the Junior level the latest few years. The Finns gonna have a scary good senior team as well in the future.
 
I don't make any predictions but whoever wins today that team is earned gold medal.
Hopefully we will see great gold medal game which will be another hockey classic between Finland and Sweden.

These Nordic rivalries between Finland and Sweden are always great games.
Of course it hurts when Sweden beat Finland but i'm sure for that when Finland beat Sweden it hurts much more for Swedes.

Lycka till Sverige ( good luck Sweden)
 
Shall sweden actually win a final this time or should they keep the tradition alive and lose it?

I like this U18 team, the 98 have the forwards and the 99 have the d-men, they complete eachother.

Btw, nothing beats a final between sweden and finland, and I do think it is the 2 best teams of this tournament.

The first time sweden and finland face eachother in the final in this tournament since the first edition of this WJC 18 1999, finland won that time (what a surprise that sweden lose a final). So it is in many ways a historic final. We got to se a repeat of the first final and either finland or sweden will make history, either finland will win both WJC 20 and WJC 18 in the same year for the first time, or sweden will win the WJC 18 for the first time.
 
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Shall sweden actually win a final this time or should they keep the tradition alive and lose it?

I like this U18 team, the 98 have the forwards and the 99 have the d-men, they complete eachother.

Btw, nothing beats a final between sweden and finland, and I do think it is the 2 best teams of this tournament.

The first time sweden and finland face eachother in this tournament since the first tournament of this WJC 18 1999, finland won that time (what a surprise that sweden lose a final). So it is in many ways a historic final. We got to se a repeat of the first final and either finland or sweden will make history, either final will win both WJC 20 and WJC 18 in the same year for the first time, or sweden will win the WJC 18 for the first time.

Sweden should win this game easily, all they need to do is shutdown Puljujarvi, Tolvanen and Vesalainen :sarcasm:
 
After this terrible game in the USA-Canada one I'm pumped for the gold.

I actually like both the Finns and Swedes, I aways root for them when they play the Yanks or Russians. Don't know who to cheer for. Some high end prospects for both teams, Pulju will get a lot of attention but Nylander and some of those Swedish forwards looked to be very skilled.

Good luck guys, make it a memorable Gold medal game with lots of action.
 
Wow! Tolvanen scores just after the first minute! What a start!

The arena seems empty though...
 

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