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In retrospect, the expectations that Finland might be able to match its gold medal-winning performance from the 2014 World Junior Championship were probably overly optimistic. Struggling to score goals through the entire 2015 edition of this tournament, the defending champions finished seventh after falling to rival Sweden, 6-3, in the quarterfinal round.
Playing both the United States and eventual champion Canada in group play, the Finnish squad had just five goals in four games during pool play at the 2015 World Junior Championship*— scoring two of those in their only win, a 2-0 defeat of Germany — which did not win a game and was swept by Switzerland in the relegation round.… read more
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