GDT: Quarter-final • Jan. 2 • Finland 8, Slovakia 5

[Arktos]

I hope we can win the bronze game

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Lol Aittokallio didnt take any congratulates from his teammates just skated to the bench after win

Havent seen this before

 

[Password]

Don't like that from Aittokallio. But he should be pissed on the D's though.

 

[edd1e]

Aitorautalapio didnt have the best night.. But main fault was lazy D

Refs made few mistakes.. but i think it wouldnt have mattered in the end.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Good for him. He should be pissed. True competitors, especially goalies, are suppose to be pissed after a game like this.

 

[Keeptdos]

Wow Aitohuhulolio isn't happy.

Big news. Who wouldn't be after that game?

 

[Panopticon]

Armia as the best player? Who the hell makes these choices?

 

[SoupyFIN]

Armia MVP of Finland? What the **** are the officials smoking?

 

[Bojovnik]

Thanks for the discussion Finns, despite what happened I enjoyed the game.

Best of luck against Sweden

 

[Mara]

Finland is in the world top4 U20, more than enough with this D. Any medal is a big plus.

 

[The Boyle Sisters]

i have never felt this awkward after a victory... i feel strange, bad reffing.

 

[Stanleyjub]

Finland wins and that is what only matters. Looking forward to the Sweden-game

 

[Caz]

But an awful game. I suppose our guys started
"saving energy" too early and that could have
cost us dearly. I was disappointed about the 5+20
for the SVK player and didn't cheer for any goals
after that. Aittokallio will be like a wall tomorrow,
as he's quite pissed about today's game.

 

[Krotak]

Great piece of skill by the young Dano there. I've been extremely impressed by him today. Penalty killing, getting stuck in, and getting a goal.

That's good... at least something...

 

[Berakos]

Good for him. He should be pissed. True competitors, especially goalies, are suppose to be pissed after a game like this.

and show up his teammates?

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Armia as the best player? Who the hell makes these choices?

They never get these right in these games, even in the WC's if goalie made 50 saves, just let in 1 goal but basically won the game for them they choose someone with a goal scored in that game lol.

 

[RandomKeyStrokes*]

I hope we can win the bronze game

Shouldn't be too hard. Canada doesn't seem to care for bronze medal games.

 

[vsk92]

and show up his teammates?

showing them who's the boss

 

[Jere26]

Thanks for the discussion Finns, despite what happened I enjoyed the game.

Best of luck against Sweden

Thanks. Feel sorry for you guys that the refs made those bad decisions in the end. Could've been a thriller in the end otherwise.

 

[AVSfan2daMAX]

Lol Aittokallio didnt take any congratulates from his teammates just skated to the bench after win

Havent seen this before

That's great to see. As an avs fan, I've been impressed with him, although today he gave up some bad goals. I'm sure him and his teammates will be a lot sharper against Sweden.

Am I the only one impressed with Joonas Donskoi? I think he's a really solid two-way player. In the game against the Czechs, he stepped in front of a slap shot to block a shot with a 4-0 lead. He just seems to be very smart player.

 

[Jussi]

Writing was on the wall for that 5th goal when Granlund dropped his mouthguard. That better not happen again.

Esko Seppänen from Urheilehti going off on Finland's PP on Twitter and rightfully so. 3 rightys onthe first unit, The Stamp only sets up Pulu and Pulu only shoots, MaG only player in front of the goal. Need to put Donskoi in there, he's a much better type of player for that role. Plus The Stamp and Pulu need to start cycling the puck to other players more.

 

[Stanleyjub]

Granlund now 2+9=11
Pulkkinen 6+4=10
Top 2 in points at the moment in the whole tournament.

 

[QnebO]

Thanks for the discussion Finns, despite what happened I enjoyed the game.

Best of luck against Sweden

Thanks also for slovak fans, you stayed very classy, the ref blowed the end of the game with that 5 minute call. The injure - 5min rule shows that its non sense. Sad that the game ended by the ref like that, i allmost feel sorry, but I think the fault cant be the teams, but the refs thought.

 

[SaekkiPaelli]

The Swedish commentators agreed with the Armia pick, they actually said beforehand that they want him to get it. Honestly he did play well though, pulled 2 penalties (granted took a stupid one before the other pulled one). Played well 1on1 and scored a goal so... And the only other one who could have gotten it was MiG.

 

[Arktos]

I feel somewhat disgusted about the game. I'm glad that Pulkkinen and Granlunds had some success but our D sucked and Aitokalalutio had a bad night which i hope doesn't continue against Sweden. Refs really killed all happiness i could get from this win though.