Finland wins 4-nations tournament in Hodonin

25 Aug 2018Henrik Lundqvist»

The Finnish women's team beat Sweden, Czech Republic and Russia to win the first tournament of the season.

Finland played three close games in Hodonin, Czech Republic and managed to win all three. In the opening game on Thursday Sweden was beaten in overtime. Minnamarie Tuominen scored the game-winning 2-1 goal. Sweden took an early lead and Finland tied it only two minutes from the end on a goal by Susanna Tapani.

In the second game finland beat the home team Czech Republic 3-2 with goals from Linda Välimäki, Elisa Holopainen and Riikka Välilä. Today Finland beat Russia 3-1. All goals were scored in the middle period. Jenni Hiirikoski scored twice and Riikka Välilä also got a goal in this game.

Sweden finished second after today's 4-2 win over the Czechs. Czech Republic finished third and Russia 4th - both with three points.

Top scorer of the tournament was Katerina Mrazova of the home team with three goals and three assists. Team-mate Aneta Ledlova also got three goals and so did Swedish 16-year-old talent Lina Ljungblom.

4-nations tournament in Hodonin August 23-25

#	Club	G	W	W-OT	L-OT	L	Score	P
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	0	8:4	8
2	Sweden	3	1	0	1	1	5:8	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	10:9	3
4	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	7:9	3

Aug. 23 2018	Finland - Sweden	2-1 OT
Aug. 23 2018	Russia - Czech Republic	2-6
Aug. 24 2018	Sweden - Russia	0-4
Aug. 24 2018	Czech Republic - Finland	2-3
Aug. 25 2018	Russia - Finland	1-3
Aug. 25 2018	Czech Republic - Sweden	2-4