The best of the tournament! The star of the Young Lions received a handsome recognition

Petteri Rimpinen made an international breakthrough at the World Championships in Ottawa. PDO

Finland took silver in the under-20 hockey world championships. USA won the championship. The USA’s winning goal came in overtime Teddy Stig.

– We fought well. My friend bounced a little more today. It caught it after our third goal, we didn’t have many chances after that.

– They are so small, that’s why it eats even more, Petteri Rimpinen admitted.

Cleaned the table

Rimpinen played an absolutely amazing tournament. The man from Kiekko-Espoo, who managed all the matches of the Young Lions, was chosen as the best goalkeeper of the World Cup tournament.

He was also Finland’s only player in the all-star field.

Still, the silver medal did not immediately warm the heart, the time to enjoy it will come later

– Maybe at the most, sometime in two weeks, you will be able to enjoy this. Then sometime much later you will be able to see what a great performance this was from the whole team.

– We probably weren’t even planned for a medal here. We come home with silver around our necks and the gold was inches away. Yes, at some point.

What did you guys talk about in the booth the last time the group was together?

– We talked about what a great achievement this is. Not much else. We tried to flirt with a friend. There were quite emotional moments. There were tears in the booth, definitely a lot. It must be sad, otherwise it wouldn’t be worth playing here, Rimpinen said.

Rimpinen’s save percentage in the tournament was 93.33 and the average number of goals conceded was 2.34.