Sami Vatanen replaces Mikael Seppälä in the defense of the Lions.
Vatanen, who has recovered from the flu, returns to the trough. Petri Saarelainen, AOP
The Lions will leave Saturday afternoon for the semi-finals against the United States with a fairly unchanged lineup.
In defense Sami Vatanen will return to the lineup after two matches. It makes room for him Mikael Seppäläwho was not involved in the rehearsals on Friday.
When Seppälä is away Miro Heiskasen will be paired Ville Pokka.
The goal is to play as expected Jussi Olkinuora.
The semi-finals of Finland and the United States will begin at 2:20 p.m.
Lions lineup for the semifinals
With paint:
45 Jussi Olkinuora
In reserve:
29 Harri Säteri
Number one:
64 Mikael Granlund (A) – 65 Sakari Manninen – 70 Teemu Hartikainen
4 Mikko Lehtonen – 38 Juuso Hietanen
Second field:
25 Toni Rajala – 51 Valtteri Filppula (C) – 76 Jere Sallinen
41 Miro Heiskanen – 2 Ville Pokka
Triple field:
82 Harri Pesonen – 91 Juho Lammikko – 10 Joel Armia
3 Niklas Friman – 42 Sami Vatanen
Four-field:
80 Saku Mäenalanen – 24 Hannes Björninen – 12 Marko Anttila (A)
23 Esa Lindell – 55 Atte Ohtamaa