Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Niko Huuhtanen scored in Finland’s 3-0 win over Latvia at the Men’s World Juniors. Huuhtanen was also named player of the game for the Finns as they get set to play Dylan Duke and the Americans this weekend. If this video is geoblocked, here is a good recap from the IIHF that carries the game highlights. [IIHF]
In the second period, Finland weathered some penalty woes before going up 2-0 at 9:34. Huuhtanen worked a neat give-and-go in traffic in the Latvian zone with Nyman and knifed a backhander past Berzins’ blocker from the slot.