Finland comes back to beat Czech Republic in OT

28 Apr 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist

Tuomas Kiiskinen scored the game-winning goal in overtime when Finland beat Czech Republic on the second day of KAJOTbet Hockey Games (EHT).

Finland leads the Czech Euro Hockey Tour tournament KAJOTbet Hockey Games. After Thursday's 2-0 win against Russia, a 3-2 overtime win against Czech Republic followed today.

The Czech's had a 2-0 lead after the first period in KAJOT Arena, Brno. Ondrej Nemec scored 1-0 and Lukas Kaspar 2-0, both in powerplay situations.

Lennart Petrell scored Finland's first goal at 26:43 and a few minutes later Mikko Mäenpää tied it on the powerplay. The third period was scoreless and the game continued in overtime. It took 2:27 before Tuomas Kiiskinen scored to give Finland its second win of the tournament.

"I had a great chance to score in the end of the third period and then I decided to score if I got to play in the overtime", says Kiiskinen to Hufvudstadsbladet.

Russia and Sweden will play later today.

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