Finland’s hockey players entered the Karjala tournament with a 3-0 victory over Russia. The home team scored all goals in power play, the goal and two assists were scored by forward Miro Aaltonen. Juho Olkinuor kept a clean sheet, 17 interventions were enough for him. The Finns will be the second opponent of Czech players at the first event of the Euro Hockey Tour series on Saturday.
Finn Iiro Pakarinen in front of Russian goalkeeper Dmitry Shugayev, Nikita Novikov on the right.
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Sborná started in Helsinki just like a year ago with a selection of young players under the leadership of coach Oleg Brataš. At 16 years and 11 months, St. Petersburg striker Matvej Mičkov became historically the youngest player in the Russian national team, beating Vladislav Tretyak and Alexander Ovechkin, who made their debut at the age of seventeen.
The home team were more active from the beginning, but they only achieved a goal in the second period. In the 27th minute, Nikišin hit the top bar with a shot from the blue line, but then the Finns played a power play and Pesonen opened the score.
Finnish goalkeeper Jussi Olkinuora kept a clean sheet in the EHT match in Helsinki against Russia.
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Three minutes later, Těgin and Vovchenko were eliminated at the same time, and they played a home advantage of five to three in an exemplary manner. Goalkeeper Shugayev shot through Aaltonen. For the third time, the Northerners used their opponent’s exclusion to score, this time punishing Zinchenko for a five-minute foul. In the end, Ruohomaa hit the bar. The Russians, who won Karjala a year ago, did not score.
| Karjala hockey tournament, part of the Euro Hockey Tour: |
| Russia – Finland 0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) |
| Goals and recordings: 28. Pesonen (Aaltonen, Vatanen), 32. Aaltonen (Vatanen), 48. Filppula (Aaltonen, Pakarinen). Judges: Kaukokari, Heikkinen (both Fin.). Penalty: 6: 3, plus Zinchenko (RUS) 5 min. and until the end of the match. Utilization: 0: 3. Attendance: 8179. |
| Mask: Shugayev – Telegin, Nikishin, Yelesin, Muchamadullin, Novikov, Chishakov, Koromyslov – Rashevsky, Voronkov, Vovchenko – Abramov, Galimov, Tertyshny – Chusnutdinov, Guslistov, Chibrikov – Mickov, Zinchenko, Chekhovich – Svechkov. Coach: Oleg Brataš. |
| Finland: Olkinuora – Ohtamaa, Lehtonen, Vatanen, Lindbohm, Koivisto, Sund, Saarijärvi, Vittasmäki – Pakarinen, Filppula, Innala – Rajala, Ruohomaa, Pesonen – Ojamäki, Aaltonen, Savinainen – Anttila, Björninen, Mäenalanen – Petman. Coach: Jukka Jalonen. |
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