MOSCOW, August 15 Hockey players of the Finnish national team defeated the team of Slovakia in the group match stage of the World Youth Championship (under 20), which takes place in Edmonton, Canada. Group A meeting ended with a score of 9:3 (2:1, 4:1, 3:1). As part of the Finnish team, goals were scored by Kasper Simontaival (1st and 52nd minutes), Joel Mätta (15, 32), Roni Hirvonen (21), Aatu Rätu (37), Oliver Kapanen (39), Kalle Väisänen (47) and Casper Puutio (56). Peter Repcik (8), Servach Petrovsky (28) and Libor Nemec (50) scored against the Slovaks. The Finnish national team won three out of three matches, scoring eight points. The Slovakian team has three defeats with one overtime win and two points in the asset. tournament. Subsequently, the tournament was rescheduled for August 2022. In March, the IIHF announced the suspension of the national teams of Russia and Belarus from all international tournaments due to the situation in Ukraine. The place of the Russian national team at the youth world championship was taken by the Latvian team.
