2014-02-22, 03:46 PM
First post about the actual sport events in this thread? Yesterday was disappointing as hell due to losing hockey semi-final to Sweden... and that was probably our worst game in the tournament. Rask was sick too...
But ohh boy... 5-0 win against USA despite 2 penalty shots given for US. Gotta love Rask and Selänne. Getting Bronze like that feels freaking good, especially cause US beat us in the semi-finals back in Vancouver.
Bronze is also decent considering all the NHL players we lost before or during the games. Sean Bergenheim and Saku Koivu didn't come to the olympics, Mikko Koivu and Valtteri Filppula were injured, Alexander Barkov got injured in the 2nd game of olympics, Tuukka Rask had a cold during semi-finals. Hard to say if we had gotten to finals, berhaps gold, with that attacking power but no use to speculate it afterwards, injuries happen and Bronze is a good medal in olympic hockey with all the best players there.
Overall, better olympics than Vancouver for Finland. 1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze. Been better in the past but it's still decent for a country of 5 mil population.
But ohh boy... 5-0 win against USA despite 2 penalty shots given for US. Gotta love Rask and Selänne. Getting Bronze like that feels freaking good, especially cause US beat us in the semi-finals back in Vancouver.
Bronze is also decent considering all the NHL players we lost before or during the games. Sean Bergenheim and Saku Koivu didn't come to the olympics, Mikko Koivu and Valtteri Filppula were injured, Alexander Barkov got injured in the 2nd game of olympics, Tuukka Rask had a cold during semi-finals. Hard to say if we had gotten to finals, berhaps gold, with that attacking power but no use to speculate it afterwards, injuries happen and Bronze is a good medal in olympic hockey with all the best players there.
Overall, better olympics than Vancouver for Finland. 1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze. Been better in the past but it's still decent for a country of 5 mil population.