Finland’s men’s hockey suffered a clear loss against Sweden in Umeå. Tre Kronor pulled away at the end of the second period and eventually won 6–2.
The Lions are loading up for the home World Cup, which starts in a couple of weeks, and this week two matches against Sweden were on the program in Umeå. On Thursday, Finland won 2–1, but on Saturday it was a clear loss with 2–6.
The Swedish move came late in the second period when the match was 2-2. When 38.58 had been played, Dennis Rasmussen brought Tre Kronor up to a 3–2 lead and with 39.59 on the clock, Sportbekantingen Patrik Karlqvist extended it to 4–2.
With eight minutes remaining, Sweden again scored two goals in one minute: Karlqvist was responsible for the 5-2 goal and André Petersson for the 6-2 finish.
Finlands mål kom tidige i den andra perioden. Kasperi Kapanen equalized to 1–1 and Harri Pesonen to 2–2.
Jussi Olkinuora guarded Finland’s goal and did not have his best day on the job. The balance was 30 saves on 36 shots.
Finland’s lineup
Markus Granlund – Antti Suomela – Kasperi Kapanen
Harri Pesonen – Juho Lammikko – Arttu Ruotsalainen
Heikki Liedes – Julius Mattila – Janne Kuokkanen
Ahti Oksanen – Tommi Tikka – Marko Anttila
Mikko Lehtonen− Atte Ohtamaa
Petteri Lindbohm – Antti Tuomisto
Juuso Riikola – Ville Pokka
Valtteri Pulli − Nikolas Matinpalo
Jussi Olkinuora
(Lassi Lehtinen)
In April, the Lions played six training matches: two against Norway, two against Denmark and two against Sweden. The balance was four wins and two losses.
The World Cup tournament at home begins on Friday, May 12 with a match against the USA.
Before that, there remains the genre rep, the EHT tournament in the Czech Republic, which will be played on May 4-7. Then a number of NHL reinforcements join the squad, which also means thinning in the squad.
NHL player Kasperi Kapanen will be joined by North American players Joel Armia, Patrik Laine, Sakari Manninen, Olli Määttä in the Czech Republic.
The national team management has announced that the reinforcements may be more after the first playoff round in the NHL has been completed. By Tuesday morning at the latest, it will be clear which eight NHL teams have finished playing for the season.
Results
Sweden–Finland 6–2 (1–0, 3–2, 2–0)
6.57 1–0 Linus Johansson (Christian Folin, Olle Alsing)
23.41 1–1 Kasperi Kapanen (Markus Granlund)
26.49 2–1 Isac Brännström (Linus Johansson, Andreas Borgman) PP
29.13 2–2 Harri Pesonen (Antti Suomela, Mikko Lehtonen) PP
38.58 3–2 Dennis Rasmussen (Joel Nyström, Marcus Sylvegard)
39.59 4–2 Patrik Karlqvist PP
52.05 5–2 Patrik Karlkvist (Samuel Johannesson, Oscar Lindberg) PP
52.56 6–2 André Petersson (Leo Carlsson)
Goalkeepers:
Lars Johansson, SWE: 8+6+13=27
Jussi Olkinuora, FIN: 7+14+9=30
Audience: 5,017 spectators
