Ilves Tampere U20 won 9-6 at Vaasan Sport U20, and the visitors never trailed. They took the first period 3-1 and simply held the margin the rest of the way in regulation.
The pattern repeated itself: Ilves won the second 3-2 to lead 6-3 after 40 minutes, then matched Sport 3-3 in the third. Sport scored more in each successive period — one, two, three — but never closed the gap, and the opening frame proved decisive.
The number that tells it: Ilves led by three after each of the three periods, 1-3, 3-6, 6-9. Fifteen goals in a game with no lead change says plenty about how little either goaltender was protected.