The victory against Finland ended the World Youth Championship (for players under 20 years old), held in Helsinki. In the final match of the Finns defeated the Russians – 4: 3.
On the 5th minute Vladislav Kamenev, taking advantage of the first is the removal of a part of the opponents, led Russian team forward and the minimum lead as wards Valery Bragin to the end second period. Then events began to unfold with kaleidoscopic speed.
It took only 24 seconds from the beginning of the third 20-minute, when Patrick Laine restored the balance, but after another 77 seconds, Andrew Svetlakov Russians back the advantage in the long run. And at the end of the period, he scored his second goal, which proved to be saving, because by the time ahead were already owners: 51 minutes, Sebastian Aho again made the equal and 58 minutes Mikko Rantanen first time his team Jukka Jalonen forward.
And when before the siren was only six seconds, and the Russians have replaced goalkeeper sixth outfield player, Svetlakov managed to translate the game into overtime. However, the extra time did not last long, and within 93 seconds after the start of the Caspian Sea Kapanen brought the Finnish national team victory. Thus, the Finns regained the league title won two years ago. All in all, this victory was for them to fourth in the history of the competition. The Russian team, like last year, was the second.
A few hours earlier was a match for the bronze medal. They went to the Americans, big beat the Swedes – 8: 3.
The championship was a record attendance for the tournament that took place in Europe. Total in the stands of the two arenas in Helsinki visited 215 225 spectators – an average of 7174 per game. The absolute record youth championship was established in 2012, when Calgary and Edmonton stadiums the games observed a total of 453,282 viewers.
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