Olympic thriller between Finland and Russia: Suomi wins ice hockey gold

Created: 02/20/2022, 10:37 am

By: Alexander Kaindl

Finnish ecstasy after the ice hockey final.

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The Olympic Games are coming to an end, at the end there was another smash on Sunday: The ice hockey final between Finland and Russia - Suomi narrowly prevailed.

Finland 2-1 Russia (0-1, 1-0, 1-0)

60 minutes: And off!

Finland wins gold!

Unlimited cheering in blue, crazy scenes on the ice!

Defending champion Russia is defeated, for Suomi it is the first Olympic ice hockey triumph.

Congratulation!

59 minutes:

The last minute is running.

Fedotov is off the ice, furious Russian attacks now!

All or nothing!

16 seconds left.

Time out Russia.

58 minutes:

Russia continues to bite its teeth on the Finnish defense and is no longer able to get into final situations.

Another minute and a half.

Pure excitement!

57 minutes:

The Finnish bar holds.

Three and a half minutes to gold.

Russia will probably take goalie Fedotov off the ice right away.

56 minutes:

Russia is now firing from all positions.

Will you come back here again?

55 minutes:

Juuso Hietanen takes aim – crossbar!

Lucky for Russia!

54 minutes:

Russia survives the Finnish power play.

Ice hockey final NOW live: Olympic thriller between Finland and Russia

53 minutes:

Penalty Russia, Pavel Karnaukhov has to cool down.

Can Finland bring about the decision now?

52 minutes:

The Finns can now provide relief more often.

They are eight and a half minutes away from the gold medal.

And almost the 3:1!

Ivan Fedotov with an amazing save against Saku Mäenalanen.

51 minutes:

We haven't had a break here for six minutes, the game was very fast.

50 minutes:

The Russians still have ten minutes here – and they continue to press.

But the terminus is always called Harri Säteri.

48 minutes:

Russia stays on the gas, felt power play here.

Suomi but still stable.

45 minutes:

The game is getting more intense, Russia braces itself against the defeat.

Shots from all positions now.

One timer by Alexander Yelesin!

But Harri Säteri in the Finnish goal is there and saves.

41 minutes: Let's continue - and immediately the TOOOOOOOR for Finland!

Marko Anttila makes a save from a distance, Hannes Björninen deflects the shot decisively and then the target is in!

Suomi on course for gold!

40 minutes:

The Finns again.

Good shot by Leo Komarov but Ivan Fedotov is back on target!

We go into the second third break with a 1-1 draw.

36 minutes:

Russia must continue to do hard work on the defensive.

Ivan Fedotov's gloves are already glowing, but so far the goalie has had to reach behind him.

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34 minutes:

It remains incredibly exciting here.

Finland continues to be more active, but the Russians keep putting pinpricks.

29 minutes:

Power play Finland.

Valtteri Kemiläinen tries twice with the one-timer, but the Russians survive the outnumbered.

27 minutes:

The Russians shake themselves and play forward.

25 minutes:

What was that crazy hit?

Pokka tried his luck from the gang.

24 minutes: Goal!

Ville Pokka with a hidden long-range shot!

The deserved compensation for Finland.

21 minutes:

Let's continue!

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20 minutes:

Marko Anttila has another chance for Suomi just before the siren!

But it stays at 0:1.

Break!

19 minutes:

The Finns are still more active, but they weren't that close to scoring their first goal here.

16 minutes:

Finland already has 14 shots on goal here, Russia has four.

But in the decisive statistics the ROC leads.

15 minutes:

The Russians defend this superbly, Finland cannot finish.

Power play over.

13 minutes:

First penalty Russia, Damir Sharipzyanov got it.

10 minutes:

Finland complete again.

Can they counter directly?

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8 minutes: TOR for the Russians!

18 seconds of powerplay and already the first goal.

Mikhail Grigorenko on the wrist - 1-0 for Russia.

7 minutes:

Good chance for Finland!

Hannes Björninen narrowly misses the disc.

A short time later he goes into the cool box - high stick!

5th minute:

Both teams are still feeling each other out here.

2nd minute:

The same speed in here!

Finland on the move.

Sakari Manninen fires the first warning shot.

Update from February 20th, 5:04 a.m .:

It starts right here!

Olympia: ice hockey final in the live ticker – gold showdown between Finland and Russia

First report from February 19, 8:14 p.m .:

Beijing – The ice hockey final is on!

On Sunday, Finland and Russia will fight for gold at the Olympic Games.

The big showdown begins at 5.10 a.m. German time - who will put on the crown?

Finland prevailed on Friday in the first semi-final against Slovakia, who conquered Germany, 2-0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0).

Sakari Manninen (16th minute) and Harri Pesonen (60th) scored for the favourite.

The Finns had already prevailed against the Slovaks in the preliminary round.

But unlike the 6:2, the Finns found it difficult this time against the defensively strong opponent.

In the end, however, it was enough for the first entry into the Olympic final since 2006 in Turin.

At that time, the Finns had missed out on the gold medal by losing to Sweden.

Olympia: ice hockey final in the live ticker – gold showdown between Finland and Russia

The second finalist prevailed against Sweden: The Russian team won 2-1 (0-0, 1-0, 0-1) after a penalty shoot-out on Friday and is playing again four years after beating Germany 4-3 in the 2018 final Gold.

In a close match between two hockey powerhouses, the Russians were unlucky to hit the post in the first period and then took the lead after just 15 seconds of play in the second period.

Anton Slepyschew first prevailed against his opponent on the rink, then rounded goalkeeper Lars Johansson and pushed in.

Only Sweden's captain Anton Lander was able to overcome the Russians' defense, which had been stable again until then, with a snatched goal (47th).

Sweden then pushed on, but another goal was not scored even in the ten-minute extra time with only three field players each.

In the penalty shoot-out, Arseni Gritsjuk converted the 16th attempt to the enthusiastically celebrated victory of the Russians.

Since the separation from the Czech Republic, the Slovaks have not had their own Olympic medal.

- that should change on Saturday, the ex-world champion won the small final against Sweden 4-0 (0-0, 2-0, 2-0) on Saturday.