(Video) 2016 World Junior Championship: Aleksi Saarela, Niko Mikkola, and Sami Niku,

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Photo: Team Finland players Miska Siikonen (#13), Mikko Rantanen (#15), Juho Lammikko (#28), and Vili Saarijarvi (#18) jump over the boards to celebrate after Finland defeated Sweden in the semi-finals of the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship (courtesy of MARKKU ULANDER/AFP/Getty Images)


</p> Team Finland will have the chance to win a gold medal on home ice at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship after defeating Sweden by a 2-1 score at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.

The win sends the Finns into the championship game against Russia, a team they have already faced once at this tournament. That prior game in the preliminary round went to Russia by a 6-4 score, a game in which the Finns led 3-1 before the Russian rattled off four straight second period goals an another in the third to secure the win.… read more

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