After an exciting gold medal game that saw Finland and Canada battle into overtime, Team Finland was able to pull away with the 4-3 win on home ice at this year’s IIHF World Championship.
Team Finland goaltender Jussi Olkinuora earned tournament MVP honours after posting a perfect 8–0–0 record and a .948 save percentage in eight appearances.
The duo played overseas last season and have decided to continue to do so.
Valtteri Filppula is an Olympic champion. The 37-year-old forward — a veteran of 1,056 National Hockey League games — captured one of hockey’s highest honours on Friday as Team Finland defeated Team ROC 2–1 to win gold at the men’s hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
At long last, the 2022 Beijing Olympic Men’s Hockey tournament is coming to an end. The bronze medal game this morning between Slovakia and Sweden ended in an outstanding performance from 17-year-old Juraj Slafkovsky.
The men’s ice hockey tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is officially underway. The action started at 3:40 a.m. ET on Wednesday (4:40 p.m. in Beijing), with Teams Switzerland and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) facing off at the National Indoor Stadium.
Former Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula has been selected to lead Finland’s delegation at the opening ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Valtteri Filppula has officially moved on from the Detroit Red Wings. The 37-year-old forward signed with Genève-Servette HC, seeing his second stint with Detroit come to an end.
Filppula's long career includes a Stanley Cup victory in 2008.
Filppula is the latest veteran Detroit has passed through waivers. The 36-year-old forward has registered just five points in 20 games and is nearing the end of what has actually been quite a successful career.
Winger Jannik Hansen perfectly summarized what it is like for an NHLer in the middle of trade deadline mania. “Very hectic, the last 18 hours or so,” he told the Bay Area media in his first conference call since being traded to the San Jose Sharks from the Vancouver Canucks.
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