USA beat Finland on golden goal to win second straight world junior hockey title
Finland took part in the World Junior Hockey Championships on Sunday evening.
The Boston College forward beat goalkeeper Petteri Rimpinen with the leg pads to end it.
The Americans avenged a 4β3 overtime loss to Finland in group play, overcoming a two-goal deficit in the second period to win their second straight title and seventh overall.
Boston University teammates Brandon Svoboda and Cole Hutson scored late in the second period to tie the score. Svoboda cut the score to 3-2 with 2:22 left on a deflected shot, and Hutson fired a wrist shot from the slot past Rimpinen with 29 seconds left.
Michigan State’s Trey Augustine made 20 saves.
Tuomas Uronen gave Finland a 2-1 lead with 6:57 left in the first period, 59 seconds after Boston College’s James Hagens tied the score for the United States. Emil Pieniniemi made it 3-1 at 4:52 of the second.
Jesse Kiiskinen opened the scoring at 7:13.
In third place, Eduard Sale scored in the 14th round of a shootout to give the Czech Republic a 3-2 victory over Sweden in the third place match at the World Junior Hockey Championship on Sunday. The Czech captain beat Marcus Gidlof on his fifth attempt β and the 28th between the teams β with a move to the backhand.