The chance to win another Olympic medal for Finland was one of the reasons Teemu Selanne threw his golf clubs into a pond at the end of a promotional video in which he announced he would come back for one more season. Mission accomplished for t...
Team USA and Finland had to engineer quick turnarounds after close semifinal losses yesterday, both physically and emotionally, but it was Finland who seized momentum by scoring twice in 11 seconds en route to a 5-0 win over the Americans and a br...
There have been plenty of surprising results at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but despite all the upsets it was the two countries with the deepest rosters that advanced to the gold-medal game. Russia was a fascinating story because of the pressure o...
For four games here, the United States made its opponents nervous. With a bevy of speedy forwards, the U.S. forced teams like Slovenia and Slovakia to start on their heels, which ultimately cost them dearly. Even powerful Russia was caught flat...
When: Saturday, 10 a.m. ET (NBCSN, CBC) Where: Bolshoy Arena What's at stake: The United States and Finland have the opportunity to make the long trip to Sochi a bit more memorable by taking home some hardware. A win by the U.S. would be the...
Sweden defenseman Niklas Kronwall was not about to call the game his team played Friday perfect. "I don't know if it was perfect but we did a lot of good things out there," said Kronwall, the Swedish captain. Whatever quibbles Kronwall had ...
SOCHI -- Canada won the rematch that was four years in the making. Now it can try to win another gold medal. Jamie Benn's goal early in the second period Friday at Bolshoy Ice Dome was all the Canadians needed to beat the United States 1-0 in t...
Players representing the Blackhawks in Sochi, Russia, will bring home at least six medals, as Sweden and Canada secured berths in the gold-medal clash on Sunday. Patrick Kane has the opportunity to make that total seven, as Team USA will face Finl...
Blackhawks trio Niklas Hjalmarsson, Johnny Oduya and Marcus Krugus helped Team Sweden advance to gold-medal game after defeating Finland 2-1 in the first semifinal of the day. All of the scoring occurred in the second period; Winnipeg's Olli Jokin...
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