(Video) 2016 U18 World Championship: Finland comes up short in Group B showdown with

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Photo: Team Finland forward and 2016 prospect Otto Somppi competed for the Halifax Mooseheads in 2015-16, where he scored 13 goals and 46 points in 59 games (courtesy of Ken McKenna/HF)


</p>Team Finland has earned a date with Russia in the quarterfinals of the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship after dropping a 3-1 decision to Canada in the final game of the preliminary round.

The Finns fell behind Canada by a 2-0 score on goals by Pascal Laberge (Victoriaville – QMJHL) and David Quenneville (Medicine Hat – WHL), then made things interesting in the third period when a blast from the point by Finland defenseman Robin Salo (Sport Vaasa – FIN) beat Canada goaltender Evan Fitzpatrick (Sherbrooke – QMJHL) to halve Canada’s lead with 5:16 left in the game.… read more

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