GDT: Group H • May 4 • Belarus 0, Finland 1

[Systemfel]

2012 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | ROUND ROBIN GAME
MAY 4, 2012
10:15 AM PT • 1:15 PM ET • 19:15 CET • 20:15 EET

HARTWALL ARENA, HELSINKI, FINLAND
(CAPACITY: 13,464)

Belarus

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

18 Alexei Ugarov​

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84 Mikhail Grabovski (A)​

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16 Andrei Stepanov​

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28 Konstantin Koltsov​

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71 Alexei Kalyuzhny (A)​

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88 Yevgeni Kovyrshin​

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19 Dmitri Meleshko​

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26 Andrei Stas​

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13 Sergei Drozd​

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11 Alexander Kulakov​

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77 Alexander Kitarov​

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8 Andrei Kolosov​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

7 Vladimir Denisov (C)​

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89 Dmitri Korobov​

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43 Viktor Kostyuchyonok​

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22 Oleg Goroshko​

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5 Nikolai Stasenko​

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82 Pavel Chernook​

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92 Roman Graborenko​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

1 Vitali Koval​

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31 Andrei Mezin​

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Scratches | Reason
G 40 Dmitri Milchakov|

Healthy​

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Finland

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

51 Valtteri Filppula​

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9 Mikko Koivu (C)​

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36 Jussi Jokinen (A)​

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20 Janne Pesonen​

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26 Jarkko Immonen​

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64 Mikael Granlund​

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71 Leo Komarov​

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39 Niko Kapanen​

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18 Jesse Joensuu​

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40 Antti Pihlström​

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27 Petri Kontiola​

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37 Mika Pyörälä​

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Left Defense | Right Defense

7 Mikko Mäenpää​

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38 Juuso Hietanen​

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21 Janne Niskala​

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28 Anssi Salmela​

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4 Ossi Vääänen​

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56 Joonas Järvinen​

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5 Lasse Kukkonen (A)​

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6 Topi Jaakola​

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Starting Goalie | Backup Goalie

32 Kari Lehtonen​

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31 Petri Vehanen​

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Scratches | Reason
G 30 Kari Rämö|

Healthy​

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Officials

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|Moron Johansson

|Christer Lärking

|Stefan Schulz

|Jesse Wilmot

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[Zamuz]

4-0 fin

 

[Juzmo]

Predicting a very hard match. 2-0 for Finland.

 

[QnebO]

Im out of predicting business when it comes to Finland. My unluckines in betting is one of the mightiest powers ever existed the world with Thor's lightning, i could've made USA lost to France if I just made a bet.

 

[BalticWarrior]

I predict a suprise 4:3 belarus wins it

 

[Tissotti]

3-1 to Finland.
You heard it first here folks.

 

[Mestaruus]

Very hard one to guess. Either 6-0 or OT/SO win for Finland, but we wont lose.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

5-1 fin

 

[Lapa]

4-1 Finland.

 

[JabbaJabba]

Let's go Finland!

 

[Wasted Talent]

2-0 Finland with an empty netter in last period. Finland dominates the game but can't score and Belarus has some good scoring chances. Goals by Kontiola and Koivu.

I know this will happen.

 

[IceHockeyDude]

Officials

Moron Johansson

Even before the game has yet started, we already know that the referee will be a moron

 

[TurboBrick]

BLR will lead 2-1 going into third, Finland nets the tying goal in the waning minutes on their 8th PP opportunity in the 3rd and wins in the SO 3-2.

 

[TurboBrick]

Moron Johansson

OMG, Gary Bettman, why haven't you signed this guy already???

 

[Password]

Will there be any streams with decent quality? For the first time in my life i'll have to watch our WC games on (bad quality?) streams :/

We win 4-1 tonight

 

[Latex*]

Is this game sold out?

 

[Tissotti]

Is this game sold out?

Not even close if you check out lippupiste.fi. Though not catastrophic.
Cheap tickets are sold out and lots of plus 150-196€ tickets left for lower bowl.

 

[llwyd]

As your Queen worshipping Canadians would say, this will probably be quite a sticky wicket. We will probably create lots of chances but will finish inefficiently while Belarus might just use one of their first few opportunities to score, and then we'll really would have to work hugely for a win. That's how these opening games often go, but hopefully we will utilize our chances early on and force them out of their tight trap game. Anyway, I'm somehow quite trusting this team in the round robin: I think they'll be maybe not that flashy but very solid.

 

[perklunt]

belaruss will take it easyyy

 

[IceHockeyDude]

I'm trusting in Finland's routine victory, but the numbers don't have to be 12-1. Just that the job gets done. 4-1 for finns.

 

[Zamuz]

Not even close if you check out lippupiste.fi. Though not catastrophic.
Cheap tickets are sold out and lots of plus 150-196€ tickets left for lower bowl.

That's understandable anyway, horrible ticket prices.

edit. actually it's pretty close to sold out, there is probably 500-1000 tickets left

 

[htpwn]

Finland will probably win it, but voted Belarus anyways.

 

[Mestaruus]

Will there be any streams with decent quality? For the first time in my life i'll have to watch our WC games on (bad quality?) streams :/

We win 4-1 tonight

Can't you watch it on MTV3 AVA for free? You can mute it if you don't wanna listen to Saukkonen and it should be watchable and with good quality (better than watching a stream at least).

 

[Barkkonen]

Swedish Moron blowing the whistle tonight, finns are in big trouble

 

[gretskidoo]

Belarus 16 - Finland 2