Finland’s under-20 national ice hockey team lost the warm-up of the World Cup tournament to the United States 5–2.
Kasper Halttunen hit the puck into the USA net twice in the World Cup practice game. PDO
Finland prepared for the World Cup tournament in Cornwall, Ontario for a good week and played two practice matches there. In the first training game, Nuoret Leijonat defeated Slovakia 6–0.
In the second game, the United States was clearly better by 5-2, says the United States Ice Hockey Federation in X. The match was played on the night before Christmas Eve.
Finland’s goals were scored by a contract player of the San Jose Sharks, who plays for the OHL’s London Knights Kasper Halttunen. TPS’s Noa Vali was in goal in the innings.
Right after the game, the team traveled to the World Championship city, Ottawa. Finland’s tournament starts on December 27 at 2:30 a.m. with a fierce match against the tournament host, Canada.
Finland was fourth in last year’s tournament. The United States is the defending age group world champion, and its World Cup tournament kicks off on Boxing Day against Germany.