GDT: Group B - May 8 - Finland vs Norway

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2018 IIHF World Championship
Group B

May 8
2:15 PM ET • 8:15 PM CET

Finland vs Norway

Finland
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
29 Harri Säteri
35 Ville Husso

Defensemen:
41 Miro Heiskanen - 2 Ville Pokka
77 Markus Nutivaara - 55 Miika Koivisto
4 Tommi Kivistö - 6 Julius Honka
50 Juuso Riikola

Forwards:
96 Mikko Rantanen - 64 Mikael Granlund - 24 Kasperi Kapanen
19 Veli-Matti Savinainen - 20 Sebastian Aho - 86 Teuvo Teräväinen
65 Sakari Manninen - 74 Antti Suomela - 25 Pekka Jormakka
82 Saku Mäenalanen - 22 Janne Pesonen - 12 Marko Anttila
34 Olli Palola


Norway
Confirmed lineup

Goaltenders:
30 Lars Haugen
33 Henrik Haukeland

Defensemen:
6 Jonas Holøs - 47 Alexander Bonsaksen
4 Johannes Johannesen - 43 Christian Bull
17 Stefan Espeland - 90 Daniel Sørvik
14 Dennis Sveum

Forwards:
18 Tobias Lindström - 46 Mathis Olimb - 40 Ken Andre Olimb
93 Thomas Valkvæ Olsen - 20 Anders Bastiansen - 16 Eirik Salsten
27 Ludvig Hoff - 26 Kristian Forsberg - 21 Steffen Thoresen
15 Tommy Kristiansen - 28 Niklas Roest - 22 Martin Røymark
8 Mathias Trettenes

Scratched:
G 38 Henrik Holm
D 37 Villiam Strøm
F 12 Michael Haga


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[FinPanda]

This shouldn't be that close game either. 4-1 or 5-1 is my expectation.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Minimum 4 goals for our guys.

 

[MMANumminen]

Looking forward for Aho show again

 

[Retroglyphs]

Finland 5 - Norway 1

 

[Gsus]

Looking forward for Aho show again

A ho show would be nice

 

[mattihp]

3-1

Aho with the hatter.

 

[Bruce Granville]

8-1, Aho with 2+6...right?

 

[IceHockeyDude]

8-1. Aho 4+4.

 

[myzteriouz]

Säteri will let in at least 2, so gonna say 5-2 Finns, and be bold and guess Aho will be left off the scoreboard somehow, but Rantanen will get 2+1

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

7-2 Fin

 

[FiLe]

Confirmed FIN lineup.

29 Säteri (35 Husso)

41 Heiskanen - 2 Pokka
77 Nutivaara - 55 Koivisto
4 Kivistö - 6 Honka
50 Riikola

24 Kapanen - 64 Granlund - 96 Rantanen
19 Savinainen - 20 Aho - 86 Teräväinen
65 Manninen - 74 Suomela - 25 Jormakka
18 Mäenalanen - 22 Pesonen - 12 Anttila
34 Palola

 

[ijuka]

Hopefully Sebastian Aho won't slump and lower his PPG by scoring only 4 points or some such in this game.

As always: Finland should win against these teams by at least 5 goals or we'll be in trouble.

 

[BennsGonnaGetYou]

Never mind the scoreboard, the most important thing is whether our first line improves or not.

 

[filip85]

If Aho continues with this kind of production (I assume it will get lower as tournament progress) he may not break Petrov's record from 70-s (18+16 in 10 games), but could easily break Heatley's record (let's say the "new era record") for points at one WC which dates back in 2008. (12+8 in 9 games).

 

[Gordian Knot]

3-1 Finns win. Aho 0+1, TT 0+0.

Obviously joking.

7-2, Aho’s line 11 points.

 

[RageQuit77]

4-2 (routine answer) for Finland.

Norway can make it hard, for sure. It all is partially within and in their minds. They can try shut down The Magus and apperentices, but what else they can do? In 3rd?

Best add-on installation to the Leijonat.fi-file for the future needs would be 'difficult' game or even meaningless loss to Norway.

Tabloid hype doesn't meet a bare minimum requirements of hockey journalism.

From the shadows of Aho...

 

[Namejs]

Norway is even worse than Latvia. They might take the game more seriously than we did, but the Finnish skill and speed is going to be lethal anyway.

 

[Slap]

Norway hasn't looked good. I think it's going to be another blow out.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Too sexy.. bleh

 

[Loffer]

Jaahas... And Clay Woman on the top of his game.

 

[Jussi]

Claywoman from Aho.

 

[jonlin]

Aho+Savinainen. Number 11 for Aho in 125min...

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

It's gonna get ugly.

 

[Mestaruus]

Wayne Aho.