Koivunen powers Finland past Austria 7-1 at world junior hockey championship | Globalnews.ca

By Charlie On Dec 28, 2021

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Posted December 27, 2021 6:06 pm

Ville Koivunen scored twice and added an assist as Finland routed Austria 7-1 on Monday at the world junior hockey championship.

Finland’s Ville Koivunen (24) scores a goal on Austria’s goalie Sebastian Wraneschitz (30) during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton, Monday, Dec. 27, 2021.

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Brad Lambert had a goal and two assists for Finland (2-0), while Kalle Vaisanen, Samuel Helenius, Kasper Simontaival, and Topi Niemela rounded out the attack.

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Goalie Juha Jatkola made eight saves for the win.

Martin Urbanek was the lone scorer for Austria (0-1), while Sebastian Wraneschitz stopped 41 shots in net.

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Later at Rogers Place, Germany played Czechia

In Red Deer, Alta., Russia took on Switzerland and Sweden faced Slovakia.

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