Here are the Lions’ lines for the World Championship quarter-final match!
The Lions face the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals of the World Championships on Thursday. The puck drops in Zurich at 17:20 and the match can be watched on Viaplay and MTV channels.
There are no player changes in the Finnish lineup since the previous match against Switzerland. Justus Annunen continues in goal and the forward lines remain the same.
However, there are minor adjustments in the defensive pairs. Urho Vaakanainen moves up to the first line alongside Ville Heinola. Henri Jokiharju shifts to the second line next to Mikko Lehtonen. Vili Saarijärvi, on the other hand, will play as the seventh defenseman today.
Lions’ lines for the World Championship quarterfinal:
In goal:
31 Justus Annunen
Backup:
70 Joonas Korpisalo
1:
64 Mikael Granlund – 16 Aleksander Barkov – 94 Konsta Helenius
41 Ville Heinola – 58 Urho Vaakanainen
2:
21 Patrik Puistola – 15 Anton Lundell – 92 Lenni Hämeenaho
4 Mikko Lehtonen – 10 Henri Jokiharju
3:
65 Sakari Manninen – 34 Aatu Räty – 13 Jesse Puljujärvi
3 Olli Määttä – 33 Nikolas Matinpalo
4:
80 Saku Mäenalanen – 24 Hannes Björninen – 19 Waltteri Merelä
18 Vili Saarijärvi
13th forward:
27 Janne Kuokkanen
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