It will be a competitor meeting in the JVM semi-finals.
Finland vs Sweden.
The largest evening newspaper in the neighboring country, Ilta Sanomat, wrote “Dream of Resistance”.
“Little lions will celebrate gold in a few days,” wrote newspaper columnist Aki Petteri Polkinen.
Junior toilet quarter finals completed. There were three predictable favorites to win – and a massive shocker.
Finland (5-2 against Germany), Sweden (2-1 against Latvia) and Canada (6-3 against Switzerland) went according to plan though. small crowns He faced some problems with Latvia and resolved them in the third game only through captain Emil Andre.
But in the last quarter, the United States fell to the Czech Republic (2-4) and changed the semifinals of the expected pairs of Canada, Finland, the United States and Sweden to Canada, the Czech Republic and a rival meeting from the north.
At 02.08 Swedish time on Saturday night, there is a drop at Rogers Place in Edmonton between Finland and Sweden.
Cheers to avoid Canada
Finnish newspapers are delighted to eschew Canada and instead are pitted against an unimpressive Sweden.
Thursday morning’s Ilta-Sanomat headline “Young Lions get their dream competitor in the semi-finals.”
Ary Petteri Polkinen, the newspaper’s hockey columnist, took the Finnish JVM gold even before the tournament and hasn’t changed his mind since Finland’s defeat of Germany – where he shone, above all, with the team’s strong performance again (four of the five goals came in supremacy numerical).
Finland has now scored 13 goals in 22 tournament strengths – an impressive efficiency of 59.1 (!) per cent.
“The Junior Lions have a weapon rarely seen in any Lions team regardless of level or age… When was the last time Finland had strong play in such a clinical manner? Perhaps during the domestic championship in 2016 when current NHL stars Patrick Lane And Sebastian Aho, Jesse Poliojarvi, Rob Hintz and Miko Rantanen are cornerstones of the team,” Polkinen wrote, but at the same time cautions that the team’s five-on-five hasn’t really worked out.
Both teams are statistically strong
Meanwhile, Sweden has the best box game in the tournament (92.9 percent), while Finland has problems with numerical flaws (45.4 percent – the worst of all teams).
However, Ari Petteri Polkinen’s prophecy a little over a week ago is the same today:
“I support my opinion: Little Lions will celebrate their JVM gold at Rogers Place in Edmonton in a few days.”
Finland’s best player against Germany – 2+2-year-old Robbie Yarvente – is also optimistic.
“We have a good team and good cohesion,” says the 20-year-old recruited by the Ottawa Senators.
Finnish coach Ante Penanen looked straight ahead after the quarter-finals.
– This was just a step and our minimum goal, he says.
