Aron Kiviharju speaks bluntly about the trick of the Americans

Ottawa

When Finland led the World Cup final in the second set 3–1, the USA started to look like a frustrated and pained team.

The players of the USA, who entered the match as pre-favorites, tried to fish for ice and by all means heat up the players of the Young Lions.

Chosen as the best player of the tournament Ryan Leonard tried to film in the ice in one situation Aron Kiviharjubut the judge saw the bluff and fatherly waggled his finger.

An exhausted Leonard then attacked Kiviharju.

“I’ve played against Leonard so many times that I know that’s his way,” Kiviharju said.

“In general, it is part of the Yankee culture that they try by all means to destabilize us, to get us into trouble and to influence the judges. Word was going in our direction all the time, and there were even attempts to film,” Kiviharju said.

“But we decided not to give them attention.”

3-3 equalizing goal in the third set did Cole Hutson on the other hand, he fanned his hit in the same way as the Young Lions Emil Pieniniemi finishes a little earlier. Foxy too.

“It didn’t go unnoticed. It’s a shame that we weren’t able to remind him of that this time,” Kiviharju said.

Kiviharju upset the course of the final.

“The result of this game is really disappointing. A bitter loss. We played 35 minutes of damn good hockey, then the momentum shifted to the opponent after one lucky bounce goal”, Kiviharju summed up.

The captain was still proud of his silver team.

“External pressure grew quite hard during the tournament when there was no result. However, inner peace was able all the time. Every guy can be proud of himself, the growth story was great. If someone had said after the Canada match that Finland would make it to the final but lose in overtime, hardly many would have supported that statement,” Kiviharju said.

Also the head coach of the Young Lions Lauri Mikkola thanked his coaches.

“I’m proud of how well everyone threw themselves into this. We experienced setbacks along the way, but the team never gave up. We worked together, that’s the best of all,” the head coach stated.