GDT: May 25 • Gold Medal Game • 2:00 PM ET • 20:00 CET

[Systemfel]

2014 IIHF World Championship
Gold Medal Game

May 25
2:00 PM ET • 20:00 CET • 21:00 EET

Russia
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

8 Alexander Ovechkin

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87 Vadim Shipachyov​

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16 Sergei Plotnikov​

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10 Viktor Tikhonov​

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11 Yevgeniy Malkin​

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41 Nikolai Kulyomin

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52 Sergei Shirokov​

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42 Artyom Anisimov​

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25 Danis Zaripov

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63 Yevgeniy Dadonov​

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69 Alexander Burmistrov​

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40 Sergei Kalinin​

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-​

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-​

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92 Yevgeniy Kuznetsov​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

6 Denis Denisov​

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73 Maxim Chudinov​

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82 Yevgeniy Medvedev​

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14 Alexander Kutuzov​

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44 Yegor Yakovlev​

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77 Anton Belov​

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3 Andrei Zubarev​

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Starter​

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Backup​

72 Sergei Bobrovskiy​

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35 Andrei Vasilevskiy​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

G 1 Anton Khudobin​

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Healthy​

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D 23 Dmitriy Orlov​

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Broken arm​

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F 90 Andrei Loktionov​

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Shoulder injury​

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Finland
Confirmed lineup.

Left Wing​

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Center​

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Right Wing​

21 Jori Lehterä

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27 Petri Kontiola​

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81 Iiro Pakarinen​

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56 Erik Haula​

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12 Olli Jokinen

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71 Leo Komarov

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25 Pekka Jormakka​

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26 Jarkko Immonen​

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34 Olli Palola​

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61 Tommi Huhtala​

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40 Tomi Sallinen​

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22 Miikka Salomäki​

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42 Jere Sallinen​

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-​

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-​

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Left Defense​

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Right Defense​

18 Tuukka Mäntylä​

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38 Juuso Hietanen​

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5 Atte Ohtamaa​

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10 Jere Karalahti​

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6 Tommi Kivistö​

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47 Ville Lajunen​

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28 Jyri Marttinen​

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Starter​

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Backup​

35 Pekka Rinne​

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31 Mikko Koskinen​

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Scratched​

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Reason​

G 32 Juuse Saros​

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Healthy​

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F 13 Petteri Wirtanen​

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Upper body injury​

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F 19 Veli-Matti Savinainen​

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Healthy​

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Officials​

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Referee​

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Lars Brüggemann | -

Referee​

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Keith Kaval | -

Linesman​

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Chris Carlson | -

Linesman​

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Andre Schrader | -

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[Den]

Russia takes it 3:1... still means zipp after the OG

 

[Peter25]

What is the status of Plotnikov?

 

[Kharkov]

Get that Swedish flag off.

Going to be terrible. 5-1 Russia. But it is nice consolation for them after Sochi.

 

[Aksu]

Semi final? And whats up with the swedish flag?!

In all seriousness though, Russia will destroy us.

 

[Urbanskog]

Get that Swedish flag off.

Going to be terrible. 5-1 Russia. But it is nice consolation for them after Sochi.

There's just no way they'd score five on Rinne.

 

[Den]

Semi final? And whats up with the swedish flag?!

In all seriousness though, Russia will destroy us.

It's a copy of the semi-final thread, obviously not corrected yet.

 

[Finnpin]

If the Finns can get the "I don't give a damn attitude" and can play without pressure again, it will be a fun final. But IMO the russian team is too skillfull against us. Rinne needs to be on fire.

 

[Ilyeu]

Finland puts all their players in net, Russia remains scoreless. Finland wins in OT after taking the puck out of their pocket, dropping it in front of the net and scoring behind Russian goal.

Russian players slaps Jori Lehtera, causing Pekka Rinne to fall backward from the obvious blunt force trauma. Enacting the quick Russian-Bear-possum play dead approach where Zaripov and Ovechkin cry about a phantom call. Refs give everyone 5 minutes for boarding.

Finns forget they win the gold. Too busy trolling the internet to mention they win.

My prediction.

 

[Jussi]

If Finland wins tomorrow, Putin will lose it completely.

 

[Systemfel]

Semi final? And whats up with the swedish flag?!

In all seriousness though, Russia will destroy us.

It's a copy of the semi-final thread, obviously not corrected yet.

"1250" is in there now

 

[Den]

"1250" is in there now

and yet, still a semifinal

 

[Den]

If Finland wins tomorrow, Putin will lose it completely.

came in 1, 2, 3...

 

[WinTheRightGames]

There shall be barbecuing!

 

[Hasa92]

2 - 0 For Finland, Rinne with +30 saves, goals will be scored by Palola & some random player on empty net, mark my words.

 

[kp61c]

2 : 0 finns, they score first and as always successfully smother all russian attempts to score with good goaltending and defense oriented team play.
they always beat us when it matters, always.

 

[Den]

2 : 0 finns, they score first and as always successfully smother all russian attempts to score with good goaltending and defense oriented team play.
they always beat us when it matters, always.

I think we will blow them out of the water tomorrow, and then Tretyak will be pounding his chest for the next year: "look, we are the best"

 

[roto]

2 : 0 finns, they score first and as always successfully smother all russian attempts to score with good goaltending and defense oriented team play.
they always beat us when it matters, always.

Nope, do you remember semi-final two years ago in Helsinki? I remember. Russia destroyed Finland.

 

[Den]

Funny how quite it is on the streets now, as all of Sweden is watching Real-Atletico

 

[Peter25]

If Znarok is banned from tomorrow's game how do you think it will affect Russia's play?

 

[kp61c]

I think we will blow them out of the water tomorrow, and then Tretyak will be pounding his chest for the next year: "look, we are the best"

hey, we are in the final. it's already bright and sunny in tretyak's kingdom. russian hockey is on the rise

 

[Diatomic]

Going to side with Russia on this one. Superstars malkin and ovi could be the difference.

 

[TheFeistyFinn]

Rinne's performance and the ability of russian superstars to stay cool under Trollmarov's pressure will decide the winner.

 

[WinTheRightGames]

Rinne's performance and the ability of russian superstars to stay cool under Trollmarov's pressure will decide the winner.

Ovechkin will be fuming.

 

[FinPanda]

Ovechkin will be fuming.

Great name.

And Finland will win 3-2.