Finland beats Russians for its 1st Olympic hockey gold medal
2 years, 10 months ago

Finland beats Russians for its 1st Olympic hockey gold medal

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Sheets of paper rained down like super-sized confetti on the bench, which players leapt off at full speed to pile on top of goaltender Harri Sateri with such force that they knocked the net off its moorings. The Finns knocked off the favored Russians 2-1 Sunday to win the men’s hockey tournament without NHL players at the Beijing Games, capturing an Olympic gold medal for the first time in the nation’s history. “There’s still a lot of competitions ahead of us.” After winning gold in 2018 as the Olympic Athletes from Russia, the Russians competed this time as ROC, short for Russian Olympic Committee. “You never know when it’s going to happen.” That year is finally here, even though NHL stars like Aleksander Barkov, Mikko Rantanen and Miro Heiskanen were not at the Olympics. “It’s still an Olympic gold medal,” Pokka said.

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Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Finland beat Russia to win country's first ice hockey gold in final event of Games
2 years, 10 months ago

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Finland beat Russia to win country's first ice hockey gold in final event of Games

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With the victory, Finland finally add gold to a packed Olympic medals case in ice hockey. Beijing: Finland roared back to beat defending champions Russia 2-1 on Sunday and win the country’s first gold medal in ice hockey, in the final event at the Beijing Olympics. This is the country’s first Ice Hockey gold medal and their first Olympic medal …

Russian frustration with Finland continues in Olympic final
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Russian frustration with Finland continues in Olympic final

Associated Press  

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WHAT TO WATCH: Men’s hockey final highlights last few medals

Associated Press  

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Associated Press  

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Russia beats Sweden to set up final vs. Finland at Olympics

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BEIJING — Anxious feelings overwhelmed the Russians’ bench as they fell behind in the shootout against Sweden and needed each goal and save to stay alive. “I was too nervous.” The Russians got six stops from Ivan Fedotov and goals from Nikita Gusev, Yegor Yakolev and Arseni Gritsyuk to win an eight-round shootout and beat Sweden 2-1 Friday, advancing to …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Russians expect a ‘gold medal, nothing else’ at Olympics

Associated Press  

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Russia beats Finland 1-0 for 1st points at Euro 2020
3 years, 6 months ago

Russia beats Finland 1-0 for 1st points at Euro 2020

Associated Press  

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3 years, 6 months ago

Euro 2020: Finland aims to strengthen bid to reach knockout stage with win over Russia

The Hindu  

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