Wednesday: Beat Switzerland 7 - 2!!

The second round begins today. Finland's group is Hungary, Canada, Switzerland and New Zealand. Our first game is at 10. The sun is shining. Here's to another great day for the boys in Brazil.





From the coach about the two games yesterday and the game today:
Tuesday was a good day for the boys from Finland, starting with the morning game against Hong Kong. The game ended in a 7 - 1 victory for Finland. The victory included a hat trick from the Captain Ville Nurmi, and Hans Koivu added two goals. The preliminary round concluded with an afternoon game against England, which England won 6 - 4. England got off to a fast start going up 4 - 0 early in the game. Finland, however, fought back to tie the game 4 - 4  which lasted until the last minute of the game when England scored two quick goals. This meant that Finland finished fourth in their group of six. Overall a very good day for Finland and every game has shown improvement.
For the second round Finland is grouped with Switzerland, Hungary, New Zealand and Canada. Wednesday started with a morning game against Switzerland and again the boys played very well, winning the game 7 - 2. The team came within 90 seconds of a shutout. It was a good start for the second round in which Finland plays for places from 24 to 48.

Switzerland Finland

The teams support each other in all the games. Today the Philipines coach was waving the Finnish flag and singing "Suomi"!