Finland has opened the WC in Canada with a convincing victory against Latvia by a whopping 6-1.
On Tuesday evening, the Czech Republic awaited, an initially affordable opposition for the Finns.
Already in the first period, the Czechs showed that they were a force to be reckoned with.
After half the period, they led 2–0.
Finland reduced at the end of the first through Roby Jarventie and at the beginning of the second Kasper Puutio made it 2–2.
After three periods it was 3-3.
Penalties decided: "What counts"
Nor could extra time decide and penalties decided.
Finland was strongest there.
Kasper Simontaival scored the decisive penalty.
- It was tough, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter how it looked, we found a way to win and that's what counts, says Kasper Simontaival to SVT Sport.
But despite the victory, SVT's expert Jonas Andersson was not impressed.
- They (Finland) win without impressing, he says in SVT's broadcast.