WC Final: May 13th GDT - Finland vs Canada

[ONOilersFan]

I'd like to hear more canadian opinions about Team Finland and the finnish players

Here's mine on team Canada and Canadian players...


Cam Ward - Shaky, mixes great with weird playing.
Rick Nash - An ox who can go to the net hard with a Saravo hanging from him.
Toews - Looked out of place after his first shift and got ice time accordingly

Believe me when I say I mean this as a compliment. You rarely notice individual Finnish players but you always notice how they play as a team and never quit. To me that is the most impressive thing about Finnish hockey. Rarely the most talented but always play as a team.

 

[Teme-84]

you guys never quit. That can go a long way.

Congratulations to Finland

Thank you so, so much. This kind of comments always make the feeling a little bit better and happier. Probably this silver tastes better in tomorrow when I wake up and watch out of the kitchen's window, but at the moment it doesn't yet. I must say I love this kind of attitude of Canadian fans like John Agar. You are not provoking the fans of team which has just lost in a bitter way.

 

[mattihp]

Thanks. In my experience most of you canucks are Classy Fans in winning or losing.

Agreed in full!

 

[Canuck21t]

why did finland win canada in a friendly match just before the wc and now lose?

Man, how old are you? 12? Let me emphasize *friendly* match!

 

[Joe MacMillan]

Uh... choking is when you're expected to win because on paper, you're better and despite that, you lose. I'm sorry to tell you this but Canadians on paper is better and are expected to win. Russians are the chokers because they were supposed to win it all this year and again, they failed. That is choking.

Team Finland in finals:

1992 World Championships: Loss
1994 World Championships: Loss
1995 World Championships: Win
1998 World Championships: Loss
1999 World Championships: Loss
2001 World Championships: Loss
2004 World Cup: Loss
2006 Olympics: Loss
2007 World Championships: Loss

That is choking.

 

[Esko6]

Before Lordi: no-one even knew that the song contest is on

After Lordi and because the contest was held in Helsinki: 60 000 people gathered in to the Dome Church square in Helsinki to witness the contest from a giant square

You are wrong, the Eurovision has always been a big thing in Finland. Everyone just thought that Finland would not win until hell freezes over.

 

[edd1e]

Team Finland in finals:

1992 World Championships: Loss
1994 World Championships: Loss
1995 World Championships: Win
1998 World Championships: Loss
1999 World Championships: Loss
2001 World Championships: Loss
2004 World Cup: Loss
2006 Olympics: Loss
2007 World Championships: Loss

That is choking.

Exactly... Sometimes (more than often) it's a pain in the ass to be a finnish hockey fan....

 

[RorschachWJK]

Agreed in full!

Too bad you're in Sweden, otherwise I'd invite you for a consolation boozing evening

 

[mattihp]

Team Finland in finals:

1992 World Championships: Loss
1994 World Championships: Loss
1995 World Championships: Win
1998 World Championships: Loss
1999 World Championships: Loss
2001 World Championships: Loss
2004 World Cup: Loss
2006 Olympics: Loss
2007 World Championships: Loss

That is choking.

If we in other competitions than the 1995 and the 2006 one would've had teams that wouldn't have had to work their ass to get there, you'd be correct.

 

[mattihp]

Too bad you're in Sweden, otherwise I'd invite you for a consolation boozing evening

I don't drink alcohol

 

[Panopticon]

I don't think that's choking exactly. Finland is basically always overachieving when they make the final and never really the favorite to win. Maybe in Turin I got my hopes up, but that has been the only time ever. That's what made the loss feel so bad, not just the fact that we lost to Sweden.

 

[RubberDuck]

Congrats to all canadians!

Better team won, no doubt about that.
Maybe it´s our turn some day,,, but just maybe.

 

[mikkoz]

Canada was solid as ever, congrats!! Liked the way Finns didnt stop trying and came back in the 3rd. The ref sucked today, Thomas Rööbjorn or whats his name was. Really easy game to call, but he still could mixed it up.

 

[Esko6]

My pointers for team Finland


+ Young guys did mostly pretty well.
+ Good effort in the end.
+/- Lehtonen was not tried much and did okay, but the third goal was a bit too easy
- Söderholm's bad decision in the second goal, if you have that much time to think where to shoot the puck you can't fail at getting it out of the zone, was replaced by Ruutu after the blunder.
-- The defenders were in a panic when Canada used its extremely aggressive three man forecheck.
-- Dumb penalties that gave Canada the lead.
--- Rick Nash.
--- The curse continues

The better team won and I was very impressed by their forechecking in the first period, but Finland could have played better.

 

[Canuck21t]

Lousy goal by Canada. Pure LUCK

You're kidding right?

 

[mattihp]

So... When are we getting a new natural finisher?

ALL our goals in this tournament were results of hard work, luck and great playmaking, never a single guy getting the puck in a weird place, skating for the net and booming in a great shot ^^

Let's all help Teemu Pulkkinen if your life crosses his, help him

 

[John Agar]

There's a championship I think I could gladly...

Too bad you're in Sweden, otherwise I'd invite you for a consolation boozing evening

accept Silver. My choices would be a good dry wine, a ceasar, good Canadian 12 year old Whiskey...or what ever my good Scandanavian friends could offer.

I am sure I would graciously accept defeat.

Skol!!!!!

 

[mattihp]

accept Silver. My choices would be a good dry wine, a ceasar, good Canadian 12 year old Whiskey...or what ever my good Scandanavian friends could offer.

I am sure I would graciously accept defeat.

Skol!!!!!

In swedish it is Skål

and in finnish... Kippis!

 

[RorschachWJK]

I don't drink alcohol

Well in that case I'd invite you to watch me slowly intoxicate myself into blisfull oblivion

 

[Phenomenon]

Team Finland in finals:

1992 World Championships: Loss
1994 World Championships: Loss
1995 World Championships: Win
1998 World Championships: Loss
1999 World Championships: Loss
2001 World Championships: Loss
2004 World Cup: Loss
2006 Olympics: Loss
2007 World Championships: Loss

That is choking.

Only in 1995 we were some kind of favorites to win. Reaching the World Cup and Olympic finals plus winning pronze in 1998 Olympics were examples of opposite of choking.

We have always been underdogs and almost never given any chance beforehand, but still reached the finals with or without our star players. I would not call our history choking, but missing the winning culture.

 

[Joe MacMillan]

If we in other competitions than the 1995 and the 2006 one would've had teams that wouldn't have had to work their ass to get there, you'd be correct.

Every team has to work their ass off to make it to the final. But I dont think there's another nation with only 1 win out of 9 final appearances. I am starting to get pretty tired of this.

 

[Canuck21t]

Andy Murray for president.

You mean Prime Minister.

 

[mattihp]

Every team has to work their ass off to make it to the final. But I dont think there's another nation with only 1 win out of 9 final appearances. I am starting to get pretty tired of this.

I doubt any other nation with the same material that we have would even get to the final 9 times.

 

[Joe MacMillan]

I doubt any other nation with the same material that we have would even get to the final 9 times.

Okay, so that basically means we maybe work harder or/and play better as a team or whatever.. but why do we always lose in the final? Coincidence?

 

[mattihp]

Arrogant much?

No proud of our great hockey team that has such much heart.