Finland vs Canada predictions
The main hockey tournament of the year for national teams is coming to an end. In the game for the gold of the world championship, the two strongest teams of the tournament will meet – the national teams of Finland and Canada. The final meeting of the championship will be held on June 6 in Riga. Who will get the gold medals of the World Championship?
The Finnish national team is close to becoming the strongest team on the planet again, as it was two years ago. There are quite a lot of parallels with 2019. On the coaching bridge, the same Jukka Yalonen, the creator of the Finnish miracle-2019. The composition of the team is largely similar to the principles of two years ago – a minimum of players from the NHL, the main backbone is made up of hockey players from the local championship plus representatives of the KHL. And, of course, the style of the game remains unchanged. Perfectly built team interaction, where the emphasis is primarily on a reliable game in defense. The Finns almost do not play first number, preferring counterattacking hockey. The latest comparison to the 2019 World Cup is the opponent in the final. Again, as two years ago, the Finnish team will face the Canadian team in the fight for gold.
The teams have already met in Latvia, on the final day of the group stage. Even then, the Finns could have left the Canadians without a playoff if they had won in regular time. But that match ended in a 2-2 draw, and the victory of the Finnish national team was brought by a more confident shootout. At the end of the group stage, the Finns finished in second place, which sent the wards of Yalonen in the quarterfinals to a rendezvous with the Czech national team. Everything ended more than expected. Innala opened the scoring in the middle of the second period, after which the Finns habitually dried up the game, saving the winning 1-0 until the final siren. Similarly, the Germans were beaten in the semifinals. Pakarinen and Bjoerninen made the necessary groundwork in the first period, the maximum that the Germans had was to score one goal. Thus, the Finnish national team gets to the third final in the last five World Championships.
Canada
For the Canadians, this will be the fourth final in the same period of time, but in all cases, the founders of hockey had to leave Latvia at the end of the group tournament. The reason for this is a disastrous start, when the Canadians, for the first time in their history, lost the first three matches in a row (Latvia 0-2, USA 1-5 and Germany 1-3). A turning point can be considered the appearance of Andrew Manjapane, a forward for the Calgary Flames, in the national team. Appearing only for the fourth match, Manjapane became the leader of the national team, first of all tying all the creativity in attacking actions. As a result, having spent only seven matches in Latvia, Manjapane has already reached the clean first place in the list of snipers, having already scored seven goals.
It was Manjapane who became the evil genius of the Russian national team, scoring the decisive goal in the quarterfinal match against Bobrovsky. It was Manjapane who scored a double in the semifinal match against the United States, which eventually ended in a 4-2 victory for the Canadians. So if the Finns were moving to the final evenly, the Canadians, after a disastrous start to the championship, are adding with each match.
Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Finland vs Canada
FinlandThe Finnish national team is close to becoming the strongest team on the planet again, as it was two years ago. There are quite a lot of parallels with 2019. On the coaching bridge, the same Jukka Yalonen, the creator of the Finnish miracle-2019. The composition of the team is largely similar to the principles of two years ago – a minimum of players from the NHL, the main backbone is made up of hockey players from the local championship plus representatives of the KHL. And, of course, the style of the game remains unchanged. Perfectly built team interaction, where the emphasis is primarily on a reliable game in defense. The Finns almost do not play first number, preferring counterattacking hockey. The latest comparison to the 2019 World Cup is the opponent in the final. Again, as two years ago, the Finnish team will face the Canadian team in the fight for gold.
The teams have already met in Latvia, on the final day of the group stage. Even then, the Finns could have left the Canadians without a playoff if they had won in regular time. But that match ended in a 2-2 draw, and the victory of the Finnish national team was brought by a more confident shootout. At the end of the group stage, the Finns finished in second place, which sent the wards of Yalonen in the quarterfinals to a rendezvous with the Czech national team. Everything ended more than expected. Innala opened the scoring in the middle of the second period, after which the Finns habitually dried up the game, saving the winning 1-0 until the final siren. Similarly, the Germans were beaten in the semifinals. Pakarinen and Bjoerninen made the necessary groundwork in the first period, the maximum that the Germans had was to score one goal. Thus, the Finnish national team gets to the third final in the last five World Championships.
Canada
For the Canadians, this will be the fourth final in the same period of time, but in all cases, the founders of hockey had to leave Latvia at the end of the group tournament. The reason for this is a disastrous start, when the Canadians, for the first time in their history, lost the first three matches in a row (Latvia 0-2, USA 1-5 and Germany 1-3). A turning point can be considered the appearance of Andrew Manjapane, a forward for the Calgary Flames, in the national team. Appearing only for the fourth match, Manjapane became the leader of the national team, first of all tying all the creativity in attacking actions. As a result, having spent only seven matches in Latvia, Manjapane has already reached the clean first place in the list of snipers, having already scored seven goals.
It was Manjapane who became the evil genius of the Russian national team, scoring the decisive goal in the quarterfinal match against Bobrovsky. It was Manjapane who scored a double in the semifinal match against the United States, which eventually ended in a 4-2 victory for the Canadians. So if the Finns were moving to the final evenly, the Canadians, after a disastrous start to the championship, are adding with each match.
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