Finland vs USA
· Friday, August 28, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
FinlandAway
1–4
Final23–40
USAHome
Game summary
The USA beat the Finland 4–1 on Friday, August 28, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The USA outshot the Finland 40–23.
Pat LaFontaine scored twice. Wayne Presley, Joe Mullen and Timo Jutila also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 23 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 0 of 40.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| USA | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 40 |
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Pat LaFontaine (1)Aaron Broten (1)0–109:17 USA
3rd period
- Pat LaFontaine (2)Phil Housley (1), Gary Suter (1)0–204:57 USA
Wayne Presley (1)Gary Suter (2)0–307:31 USA
Joe Mullen (1)Mike Ramsey (1), Bobby Carpenter (1)0–417:49 USA
Timo Jutila (1)Raimo Helminen (1)1–418:29 FIN
Team stats
FINUSA
2340
0%0%
0/60/5
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first periodMikko Makela · roughing2 min
- 1:34 into the first periodPhil Housley · roughing2 min
- 3:09 into the first periodTimo Jutila · holding2 min
- 5:52 into the first periodChris Nilan · high sticking2 min
- 15:10 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 15:10 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 0:58 into the second periodJoel Otto · hooking2 min
- 4:57 into the second periodVille Siren · holding2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodChris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 18:08 into the second periodCurt Fraser · interference2 min
- 7:31 into the third periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 8:18 into the third periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 13:58 into the third periodWayne Presley · slashing2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodVille Siren · holding2 min
Finland
| 18Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Timo JutilaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Markku KyllonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Iiro JarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Janne OjanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
| 19Jarmo MyllysG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
USA
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Wayne PresleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Eddie OlczykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |