Finland Eliminates Russia From Medal Contention in Hockey
SOCHI, Russia -- Finland eliminated Russia from the Olympic men's hockey tournament with a 3-1 victory Wednesday, putting a stunning end to the Russians' enormous expectations at home.
Teemu Selanne scored an early goal and Tuukka Rask made 37 saves as Finland crushed the Russians' dreams of winning hockey gold medals in front of their own fans. Russian teams have won eight gold medals in hockey, but none in the last 22 years.
Selanne and Mikael Granlund each had a goal and an assist for the steady Finns, who overcame an early deficit and silenced the Bolshoy Ice Dome with two goals in the first period.
Despite its roster of high-priced offensive stars, Russia couldn't score in the final 52 minutes after Ilya Kovalchuk's early power-play goal
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Go USA.
BF, Finland beckons you. Nice warm summers, beautiful women, great hockey...What more could you ask for.
Yes, it was great to see this headline Sean.
US and Finland for the Gold? It happened in 1980, after the ''Mircle on Ice'', The US still had to beat a great Finnish team for the gold.
What!!!!! boo Hockey...Gunny, besides Lacrosse, Hockey is the game.
Canada Vs. USA for Gold? That'd be fun to watch......especially as I'll be on the other side of the border later this week!
BF it a tutu, the visual is overwhelming.
That would be great Spikegary...Have a Moosehead for me.
I'm kinda' partial to Keith's but if you insist.....
The phase that refreshes...No wait, that's the toilet..
The US is leading the Czech Republic 3 - 1 in the first period.
This must be terribly upsetting for Putin.
Good!!!
Poor Putty, he's in mourning. The last words spoken by Putty were, ''This is an outrage, we need to invade someone''...Heard from social media...''The bear has no clothes''...
The Ukraine is the most convenient and ready place for invas.....I mean assistance with those pesky terrorists that want to be european friendsinstead of Russian friends....
Things aren't going well in the Ukraine right now. Hope that they can get their independence.
US just beat Czech, 5-2...Next game with Canada, winner goes into the Gold Medal game.
Oh man, this is going to be good.
I can just see you out there in your tutu BF...A sight to made my eyes water.
Thank goodness for small favors..BF in a pink tutu, the world just turned on it's axis, and people are falling off.
I really enjoy the Winter Olympics and watch nearly all the contests I can; but, for some reason hockey just epitomizes Winter Olympics to me. That makes Russia's loss even sweeter.
;^)
Larry, now Canada and the US will meet in the semi-finals...Oh boy..
GO USA the USA v Canada will be a game to watch for sure.
That it will Larry. I'm really looking forward to it.
It's hard for me to take sides Ilive in the US and my children and grandchildren live in Ontario. Makes for some very interesting phone calls. I love it.
It's a tough choice Larry, half my family lives in Canada...The Canadian goalie is a member of the First Nations. hehehehe, now I'm making it even rougher for you.
And then there is hockey. There is always hockey.