"The Neutral Zone" Game Report
HELSINKI – Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Kasperi Kapanen scored off a wraparound 1:33 into overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory against Russia in the gold-medal game of the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, on Tuesday.
Kapanen, the 22nd pick in the 2014 NHL Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins and traded to the Maple Leafs on July 1, 2015, took a pass from Aleksi Saarela (New York Rangers) and beat Russian defenseman Sergei Boikov (Colorado Avalanche) in the right circle before curling the cage and tucking the puck just inside the left post for his second goal of the tournament.
The victory gives Finland its second gold medal in three years. Russia, which medaled for the sixth straight year, won a second straight silver medal.
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