> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 2016 World Cup of Hockey schedule: USA vs. Finland - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2016-world-cup-of-hockey-schedule-usa-vs-finland/ - Published: 2016-09-13T15:00:11.000Z - Updated: 2016-09-13T15:00:11.000Z - Description: Uncle Leo takes on the USA in a final pretournament match. - Author: Achariya - Tags: World Cup of Hockey, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50 #### When/Where: 7 PM ET, Verizon Center, Washington, DC, USA #### How to Watch: ESPN (and WatchESPN), SN1, TVAS, Game Center Live #### Odds: [Finland: 14-1; USA: 13-2](https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2016/09/12/world-cup-of-hockey-team-by-team-look.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) #### Preview: Patrik Laine made the Finnish roster and became the youngest player in the tournament, younger even than Team N/A's baby, Auston Matthews. The team has 9 players who could've qualified for Team N/A, good for the second-youngest roster, and the coach, Lauri Marjamaki, is the youngest of all the coaches at age 39\. Shockingly good young players include Aleksander Barkov, who just signed a new six-year, 35.4 million dollar contract with the Panthers, Sebastian Aho, Stanley Cup winner Teuvo Teravainen, and other Stanley Cup winner Olli Maatta, to name a few. What Finland has that Team N/A does not is a veteran presence, including Mikko Koivu, Valtteri Filppula, Tuukka Rask (who didn't look great in his last start against the Swedes), Pekka Rinne (who did look great in the first match against the Swedes), and our own Uncle Leo. Is it too much to hope for a Team Finland vs. Team N/A final? I see this team getting by the United States with zero problems, as long as their goaltending holds. Fear the Fin wrote an [interesting piece](http://www.fearthefin.com/2016/9/12/12881758/world-cup-of-hockey-2016-the-case-for-finland?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) discussing the experiential depth of Team Finland: Yet despite the youth, Marjamäki and his team have a lot of international experience, Nine players return from its bronze medal-winning team at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, where Marjamäki served as an assistant in Sochi and has twice been an assistant for the national team at the senior level. He also coached Finland to a sixth-place finish at the 2011 World Juniors. Team USA is still being Team USA. El Seldo wrote a recap of the 1996 World Cup-winning Team USA [over here](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/tv-review-orchestrating-an-upset-the-1996-world-cup-of-hockey-nhl-network-originals/), pointing out that they won by being bullies on the ice, and that this year's team is constructed along the same lines. This tactic worked fine in the first exhibition match against Team Canada, and then failed in the second one. In the words of ESPN: One shouldn't read too much into exhibition results, but the style of play and the Americans' insistence on disturbing the peace whenever possible is exactly the brand of hockey we expected them to play. After seeing it, now we have to wonder if it's going to work when the games matter.Will Team USA channel their inter Quantico and level all opposition? Yeah, we'll see. #### Lines for Finland (updated when more information is available): Jussi Jokinen-Aleksander Barkov-Patrik Laine Leo Komorov-Mikko Koivu-Mikael Granlund Joonas Donskoi-Jori Lehtera-Teuvo Teravainen Erik Haula-Valtteri Filppula-Lauri Korpikoski Scratch: Sebastian Aho Olli Maata-Sami Vatanen Esa Lindell-Rasmus Ristolainen Jyrki Jokipakka-Sami Lepisto Scratch: Ville Pokka Pekka Rinne Tuukka Rask #### Lines for the USA (updated when more information is available): Max Pacioretty - Joe Pavelski - Patrick Kane Zach Parise - Derek Stepan - Blake Wheeler Justin Abdelkader - Ryan Kesler - T.J. Oshie JvR - David Backes - Brandon Dubinsky Scratch: Kyle Palmieri Ryan McDonagh - John Carlson Ryan Suter - Dustin Byfuglien Jack Johnson - Erik Johnson Scratch: Matt Niskanen Jonathan Quick Ben Bishop