Hockey
Ice Hockey World Cup. Finland beat Canada in incredible gold match
The final of the World Ice Hockey Championship between Finland and Canada took place. It is curious that these two teams are fighting for gold for the third time in a row.
Finland won the final 4-3 in overtime. At the same time, Canada had a two-period advantage and were leading 1-0, but everything fell apart at the start of the third 20-minute period.
Maple first gave themselves two silly replacements on someone else’s half on the ice, and then the referee clearly made a mistake during another removal. Canada once fought 3 out of 5, but for the second time the Finns put pressure on the opponent. The home team returned to a double major, and in between these events, main goalkeeper Chris Drijer was injured.
His replacement, Matt Tomkins, literally missed the second shot.
Canada quickly rallied, but the opponent waited for his chance and scored another goal – 3:1. Looks like that was the end, but Maple is back again! Canada scored a goal in the 57th and 58th minutes (goalkeeper removed) and tied the score. Almost a repeat of the quarterfinal match against Sweden, where the Canadians came back with 0:3. Incredible character of the North American team.
And that’s a 3-on-3 overtime. Both teams had chances, but Canada was again summed up by suspension. A foul that wasn’t in the most critical situation gave the Finns a majority that they successfully converted. 4:3, Finland is the champion!
Finland had a great success: winning the Olympic gold and the World Championship in a year.
The Czech team finished the World Cup with the bronze medal, beating the USA.
Ice Hockey World Championship
End
Finland – Canada 4:3 (overtime) (0:0, 0:1, 3:2, 1:0)
Stamps: 24:00 Cozens (Barzal, Severson – large) – 0:1, 44:13 Granlund (Heiskanen, Lehtonen – large) – 1:1, 45:57 Granlund (Lehtonen, Hartikainen – large) – 2:1, 54:04 Armya (Lammikko) – 3:1, 57:58 Whitecloud (Barzal, Anderson) – 3:2, 58:36 Comtua (Barzal, Baterson) – 3:3, overtime 06:42 Manninen (Granlund, Heiskanen) ) – big) – 4:3
Source: Sport UA
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.