GDT: Gold Medal Game - May 26 - Canada vs Finland

[ChicagoBullsFan]

For Team Finland.
Once again congrats to whole team

 

[BennsGonnaGetYou]

It wasn't pretty, both teams seemed gassed from playing the previous day. Finland looked pretty lost in the first period, and seemed well on their way to a decisive loss, but they got their wind back in the 2nd while Canada seemed to lose some of theirs.

Some huge saves by Lankinen and timely goals by "Mörkö" sealed the win. Even so, Canada looked pretty dangerous to the end, but couldn't get past the goalie. Finns were just falling over on the ice at that point.

The journey was just too pretty though!

 

[McFlyingV]

The latter sounds like opinion, the former something we would want to find a statistic for..

The entire post was an opinion. However, I'm sure if you looked up scoring and Sv% averages in the KHL, SHL and Liiga you would probably see lower scoring and higher Sv% than in the NHL, AHL and CHL.

 

[sooni]

Tell me. How many of this Team Finland will ever play in the NHL?

 

[Hostile Offer]

Finland won in 2011 and so did Boston so all in Boston this year too

Yikes. And I thought the biggest downside of this was having to be hungover at work tomorrow...

 

[lippo lassila]

Looks like Canada used all its puck luck against the Swiss in the QF to stay in the tournament, thus nothing left for the final

Well done Finland! Beaten Russia, Sweden and beaten Canada twice!

Yes, tournament first game Finland canada 3-1 and last game 3-1, nothing changed during tournament.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

Can't believe this.

 

[Edenjung]

Don't drink and drive!

I am staying home it's too late

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Tell me. How many of this Team Finland will ever play in the NHL?

Maybe few after this tournament. Kakko 100%.

 

[FVM]

 

[karhukissa]

Tell me. How many of this Team Finland will ever play in the NHL?

I'd say probably 5 atleast (Hakanpää, Lankinen, Kakko, Jokiharju, Mikkola)

Also Kaski will probably get a chance

 

[Plevna]

Most Valuable Player selected by the media: Mark Stone (CAN)

What a .... . Stone was good but MVP was Kevin Lankinen.

 

[BullLund]

The journey was just too pretty though!

It's almost absurd. I have to admit that my expectations were fairly low for the elimination rounds, after Finland's loss to Germany.

Figured there was a chance against Sweden, which had struggled, but I thought Russia at the very least would prove to be too much. And Canada, after its dominant win against Czechs, looked primed to win another championship.

You just don't usually bet against Canada in a championship final.

 

[king89]

Lankinen or Anttila should have been MVP

 

[clydesdale line]

Didn't realize it's been that long (and of course it's Toews).

 

[Calendal]

Lankinen or Anttila should have been MVP

Voted after first intermission in the final? Or second.. I don’t know.

 

[Calendal]

Finland won in 2011 and so did Boston so all in Boston this year too

Also I would add that Finland never won Eurovision song contest and WHC in the same year. After not winning Eurovision, this win was basically guaranteed. Thanks Darude!

 

[DearDiary]

Barkov, Rantanen, Aho, Laine, Teravainen, Granlund, Heiskanen, Ristolainen, Vatanen, Rask, Rinne, Lindell didn't play for Finland.

Dn't use roster as an excuse.

None of those players would make Canada's Olympic roster, even Canada's best IIHF player Stone likely wouldn't.

I would personally have Barkov in over Toews, but that would never happen in reality

 

[kihei]

Canada isn't the Red Army and Finland isn't a bunch of US college kids.

But it's still very impressive.

Who did the States knock off in the quarters and semis at Lake Placid, though? Not teams with the number of NHL goals this year that Sweden and Russia had between them going into this tournament.

 

[crowi]

Most Valuable Player selected by the media: Mark Stone (CAN)

What a .... . Stone was good but MVP was Kevin Lankinen.

Joke, but very much expected.

 

[NyQuil]

Who did the States knock off in the quarters and semis at Lake Placid, though? Not teams with the number of NHL goals this year that Sweden and Russia had between them going into this tournament.

What's interesting is that the game vs. the Soviet Union wasn't the gold medal game because it was a round robin format.

The US beat the highly regarded Czechs 7-3 and tied the favoured Swedes 2-2 earlier in the round robin.

After the Miracle on Ice, they beat the Finns 4-2 after being down 2-1 after 2 to clinch the gold medal.

It's hard to compare because the Soviets and the Czechs didn't have NHLers at that point, and there were only one or two Swedes and Finns that I can think of.

 

[Name Nameless]

Who did the States knock off in the quarters and semis at Lake Placid, though? Not teams with the number of NHL goals this year that Sweden and Russia had between them going into this tournament.

Anyone having done the cap-hits on Sweden, Russia, Canada- and Finland?

 

[SML2]

Kakko has won U18, 20 and mens gold. Only 18 years old.

6+1

What year is the Olympics again?

 

[clydesdale line]

What year is the Olympics again?

I believe 2022.

 

[QnebO]

Always good to be drinking at 01 when work is 8.00