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Arttu Välilä scored astatine 2:11 of overtime and Finland stunned nan two-time defending champion United States 4-3 connected Friday nighttime successful nan world inferior lucky quarter-finals.
Last twelvemonth successful nan last successful Ottawa, Ontario, nan Americans beat nan Finns 4-3 successful overtime.
“Got to springiness in installments to nan US,” Finnish skipper Aron Kiviharju said. “That’s a hellhole of a team, afloat of awesome individuals and a well-coached team. But I said we wanted that revenge from past year, and I deliberation we benignant of earned it tonight.”
In nan semi-finals Sunday, Finland will look Sweden, and Canada will play Czechia. Sweden hit Latvia 6-3, Canada had a five-goal first play successful a 7-1 romp complete Slovakia, and Czechia hit Switzerland 6-2.
Michigan State’s Lee Ryker tied it for nan United States pinch 1:33 near successful regularisation and Notre Dame goalie Nick Kempf disconnected for an other attacker.
Lee Tuuva and Joona Saarelainen scored successful a 55-second span successful nan 3rd to springiness Finland a 2-1 lead. Tuuva tied it astatine 2 pinch 7:17 left, past group up Saarelainen’s go-ahead extremity pinch 6:22 remaining. Saarelainen besides assisted connected Tuuva’s goal.
Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson had a extremity and an assistance for nan United States aft being struck successful nan backmost of nan caput by a changeable against Switzerland and missing 2 games.
“I thought we made bully plays for a batch of nan game,” Hutson said. “But nan small bounces that they got, a batch of their Grade-A chances came from our mistakes.”
BU teammate Cole Eiserman gave nan United States a 2-1 lead connected a powerfulness play pinch 9:45 near successful nan 2nd period. He took a provender from Hutson and hit Petteri Rimpinen pinch a oner-time from nan correct side.
Hutson scored connected a unreserved 35 seconds into nan second. Heikki Ruohonen tied it astatine 4:46 connected a speedy changeable from nan near side.
Rimpinen stopped 28 shots. Kempf made 21 saves.
The Americans mislaid their past 2 games – falling 6-3 to Sweden connected Wednesday nighttime successful nan group finale – aft winning their first three.
“It was an grant to coach this group,” said Bob Motzko, nan University of Minnesota coach. “They played a awesome crippled coming and came up conscionable short. Give Finland credit. It’s an quiet emotion correct now, but our guys gave it each they had.”
In nan precocious crippled astatine nan University of Minnesota successful Minneapolis, nan Canadians routed Slovakia pinch nan five-goal first.
Cole Reschny, Tij Iginla, Michael Misa, Sam O’Reilly and Brady Martin scored successful nan first period, and Porter Martone and Cole Beaudoin connected successful nan second. Jack Ivankovic made 21 saves.
“Just goes to show really powerful we are,” Martin said. “Going up 5-0, it benignant of kills their confidence.”
In nan first quarter-final successful St Paul, Anton Frondell scored doubly for Sweden against Latvia. Defenseman Leo Sahlin Wallenius had a extremity and 2 assists to thief nan Swedes stay cleanable successful 5 games.
In Minneapolis, Tomas Galvas, Samuel Drancak, Adam Jiricek. Petr Sikora, Jiri Klima and Jakub Fibigr scored for nan Czechs.
Germany won nan relegation crippled successful Minneapolis, beating Denmark 8-4. Manuel Schams scored doubly to thief Germany support its spot adjacent twelvemonth successful nan main event. Denmark dropped to Division I-A.
