Russia Bounced From Hockey

So really. how good is your team heading into the Olympics? This is what many might be pondering today as the squad from Russia got bounced by the scoring machine from Finland.

The Russian’s gave up three goals that were unanswered dropping a 3-1 decision which leaves them out of medal contention for the Olympics played on Russian soil.

This loss indicates that Russia will not medal for the third straight Winter Olympics and the last medal was a Bronze in 2002.

Finish netminder Tuka Rask played solid stopping 37 of 38 shots delivered by the Russian powerhouse and the rest of the team played solid and never made costly mistakes.

Russia scored first on the PP with Kovalchuk a short eight minutes in following a pass from Datsyuk for him open and that was all they wrote for Russia.

Aaltonen managed to tie the game for the Fins after he grabbed the puck off the draw and then skated through the Russian defense and put it under the arm of Russian goalie Semyon Varlamov.

The Russian team had bad luck. with them following a play where the puck skipped over the stick of Voynov in the neutral zone where Granlund raced past him to grab it before finding Selanne with a nice centering pass that saw Selanne slipped it past Varlamov, giving the Finns a 2-1 lead heading into the second.

Four-and-a-half minutes in the second Russia’s Alexei Emelin was called for tripping allowing the Finns to on the power play and a short minute later Granlund buried the rebound.

Finland’s games don’t get any easier as they now face the knockout round’s top overall seed, Sweden, who have yet to lose and have outscored their opponents 15-5.

They are led by Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and Red Wings forward Daniel Alfredsson plus other talented NHL stars.

Finland’s win over Russia give’s them confidence going up against any team and as far as the Russians failing to even reach the semi-finals or even land on the podium, this will be considered a huge disappoint for the Country.