GDT: Semifinal - May 25 - Russia vs Finland

[FinPanda]

Russian media and players just said that Finlands hockey is bad for the game.

They are salty but let them be, we probably would've too if the roles were switched.

 

[BL92]

Russian media and players just said that Finlands hockey is bad for the game.

That's what they keep saying, year after year. Never gets old really.

 

[traffic cone]

Well, that's a HUGE overstatement, they've done nothing but strangling skillful teams. Just enjoy your success and I really like the story, but come on now, don't get cocky. When your entire strategy revolves around strangling better teams, you can't exactly claim it's universally entertaining hockey with a straight face, can you?

I'm not complaining, it's absolutely fine, but don't go overboard here. Well, sure, it's "entertaining" and it is a close game like hell, but... in reality it's just a bunch of Finns skating around like crazed lemmings within certain patterns, that they would scream out if you woke them from a bad nightmare. The Finnish players collapse around their net faster in any situation than I would be able to pronounce "Kalsarikännit".

Don't claim that "no other team has played as entertaining hockey as Finland", because then you're just 100% dishonest, or crazy. Or a patriotic Finn.

Finland controlled the game with the puck. It would've been 5-0 if Finland had players with more scoring touch. That's not anti-hockey.

 

[BL92]

Finland controlled the game with the puck. It would've been 5-0 if Finland had players with more scoring touch. That's not anti-hockey.

+ I counted at least two posts and the puck was on the goal line once.

 

[jj cale]

The Russian players just can't deal with the fact they got their asses served to them on a silver platter....................again.

That is all there is to read into about that.

 

[sooni]

Kaski will make against Känädä 2. Savinainen with one and ofc. Kakko will make last one.

 

[RageQuit77]

Russian media and players just said that Finlands hockey is bad for the game.

Had Russia won that game, its 100% sure that no Finnish player would've said anything even remotely close to that.

Many of them are fans of the players they just defeated. Sore losing, nothing else. They know that they should've won the game, and aftermath talks just show that they didn't have right attitude.

Game itself would've easily gone either way, but it didn't. There was nothing controversial either, influencing the result. Some professionalism please. Not too much to ask from some of the best players of the game, tho I can understand some of their emotions.

How exactly its bad to demonstrate that the Hockey is indeed team game? (rethoric question)

 

[Star Ocean]

Finland controlled the game with the puck. It would've been 5-0 if Finland had players with more scoring touch. That's not anti-hockey.

How did this team lose to germany?

 

[sooni]

Germany is pretty good team. They lost Olympic gold against Russia at OT. There is no reason to say that it was huge loss for us.

 

[MoeTheHobo]

How did this team lose to germany?

The germans played anti hockey. Don't you know anything about the sport????

 

[Star Ocean]

The germans played anti hockey. Don't you know anything about the sport????

Dont quote me. It was russian media who said finland played anti hockey.

Ryska sågningen: Går inte att njuta

 

[BL92]

Dont quote me. It was russian media who said finland played anti hockey.

Ryska sågningen: Går inte att njuta

It's their loss. Bullshit and excuses like that is one of the reasons they keep failing with rosters like they just had. Rather than looking in the mirror and accepting the strenght of the opposing team,t keep pointing the finger at others. Nothing new really.

 

[24 others]

Always good to see the "unbeatable" "star studded" team lose. Twice better when it's the Russians.

 

[RageQuit77]

Dont quote me. It was russian media who said finland played anti hockey.

Ryska sågningen: Går inte att njuta

That makes no sense. The objective of the game is to score more goals than opponent. Finns did exactly just that.

How that was Anti-Hockey? And if someone demonstrated that, it was Team Russia, not Team Finland. Team Finland managed to play game such way that their worst weaknesses didn't get big role, while effectively killing the best advantage of Russians: their much higher average skill.

Its not like they were someway handicapped coming to the game.

 

[bar1]

Sweden is known for anti hockey, which is freezing the game. This did not seem anything like freezing the game, it was about giving 100% from start to finish. Pushing hard all the way.

What is anti-hockey for you guys?

I would really like to see my home town team giving as much on the ice every time!!!

 

[MoeTheHobo]

Jokes aside, from my perspective Finland's games are quite entertaining. Heavy forecheck active attacking etc. I guess they lack the zorro-goals..

 

[sooni]

History makes this battle so epic dudes.

 

[Finnswiss]

Finns can be proud of this team. They play with so much heart and spirit that they can even beat the higher skilled teams. And I'm happy for Finland that Marjamäki is no more the head coach. I'm convinced with Marjamäki they never had won against Sweden after a 2 goals deficit.

 

[BL92]

Finns can be proud of this team. They play with so much heart and spirit that they can even beat the higher skilled teams. And I'm happy for Finland that Marjamäki is no more the head coach. I'm convinced with Marjamäki they never had won against Sweden after a 2 goals deficit.

They most likely wouldn't have even made the quarter-finals with Paskamäki.

 

[Jussi]

You are an objective human being.

Yakushev's one the best Russian posters here.

 

[Cellee]

Yakushev's one the best Russian posters here.

I believe it

 

[Lexus]

Swedish announcers.

 

[BL92]

Swedish announcers.

Chills. Any way to hear him announce Anttila's goal?

 

[RageQuit77]

Chills. Any way to hear him announce Anttila's goal?

Swedish reactions to Finnish Team have made it lot more easier to be less "hard liner" what comes to SWE-FIN rivalry.

Personally, I'll gonna root for Sweden next time when Finns are out and Sweden is playing in the final. The Law of Karma.

However, this doesn't apply to FIN-SWE matches. Never!

 

[Mestaruus]

Two best teams meet in the GMG. Perfect.

This is a crazy sport. 0.4 seconds & Canada. Swede missing the empty netter when Finnish goalie was pulled out. Talk about small margins and now both have eliminated their semifinal opponents and meet in the final.