Finland squad defeated Switzerland in overtime in the group stage match of the World Hockey Championship, which takes place in Cologne and Paris. The Sunday game of group B, which took place in the French capital, ended with a strong-willed victory of the Finnish team with a score of 3: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0). In the regular time, Fabrice Herzog (5th minute) and Joel Genazzi (11) scored goals in the Switzerland squad, Finns were scored by Juuso Hietanen (20) and Mikko Rantanen (48). The victory of the Finnish national team in overtime brought Valtteri Filippula (63). After six matches, the Swiss with 12 points take the third place in the group, ahead of one point of the Finns. The first place is taken by the national team of Canada, who scored 13 points after five games. The same number of points for the second-ranked Czechs who had six matches in the tournament. The next game the Finnish national team will hold May 16 against the Canadians, the Swiss national team will meet the Czechs on the same day.

Original article: Finland in overtime defeated the Swiss at the World Cup 2017.