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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Who is this hattrick kid.?
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Joel Kiviranta played for one of the lesser Finnish top league teams until 2019. Top three scorer for that team, but not even top 50 leaguewide I think. 31 points in 48 games.
Was one of the many surprise picks by coach Jukka Jalonen for Team Finland in 2019. Won that extremely surprising championship. Got noticed in that tournament for his two-way play, speed and effort level (I assume), put up three points.
In other words, a year and a half ago he was kind of a nobody, a good but unremarkable player in a pretty bad team. Now he's got a world championship, a game seven hattrick, and 1/4 chance for a cup. Pretty good Cinderella story.