Playing on the third line for Finland in the U20 tournament in Hodonin, Czech Republic, it was a mixed tournament for Ylönen, starting off with a Finnish 4-1 win against Russia where he wasn’t registered for anything in the match report. It was followed up by a 4-0 thrashing of Jacob Olofsson’s Team Sweden in which Ylönen had two power-play assists. While the first came on a cleanly won faceoff, the second was a thing of beauty:
Finland finished with a 7-2 win against the host nation, and Ylönen provided another assist, this time at 5-on-5.
But he also left the tournament with a bitter aftertaste, as he went from hero to villain in about 40 seconds.