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2016 IIHF Women's World Championship

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Blackbeard said:
In what was pretty much a penalty free game until about half way through the third things started to change rapidly...dumb, unnecessary penalty by Wakefield late in the game away from the play to potentially open the door for the Fins to let them back in the game...and the miscue by Jenner.
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Yup they better stay clear of those dumb penalties tomorrow. Love the fact that the refs let them play for most of the game. That knee on knee by Wakefield on Karvinen could have done a lot more damage than it did.

Blackbeard said:
On the two unsuccessful breakaways earlier in the game I thought to myself "too bad that wasn't Spooner on those breakaways" then she got one while Canada was short handed in the third and bagged it. I don't think I've watched any female player as successful on breakaways as Spooner. She's off the charts.
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Well I've seen Poulin on some breakaways. Like Spooner she has the skils to pull it to the backhand and put it upstairs in tight coming in at speed. Agree that Spooner has great skill and wheels, she has scored some great goals for OSU in the past.

Blackbeard said:
Full marks and then some to the Fins...tremendous effort right to the final buzzer. Love their coach for the 6 on 4's and his decision to continue with it even after Canada scored on the third one. It was the right decision with only two or three minutes left in the game.
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I like the Fin coaches decisions as well. Funnily enough the broadcasters thought it was too risky of a move. I'm with you. Their PP is one of the Fin's strengths, so why not use it with its full advantage when you really need it.


Blackbeard said:
The Fins were top 3 tonight...Wow! Just a little less firepower but not enough to put them out of contention.
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Yup Fins are clearly the next best team after the two big powers. Love their coach. He seems to get the best out of his team for sure and is not afraid to push buttons.
 
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OnMAA said:
I like the Fin coaches decisions as well. Funnily enough the broadcasters thought it was too risky of a move. I'm with you.
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Yeah, I was surprised to hear Rod Black say that and unfortunately I couldn't make out Cheryl Pounder's response, (may have to go back and replay that part). He's from here so it's not like he hasn't been exposed to the game...but I guess you can say the same thing about pretty much any location in this country. Maybe he just didn't think it through. I'd say that with the way the Fins had played, and with their having the best pp in the tournament, that the odds were in their favour plus there was almost no clock left.

It may not have been the "one beautiful game" that their coach was referring to with respect to the scoreboard but it certainly was one beautiful game played by his team and him.

Can't give them enough praise.
 
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Russia - Finland in the Bronze Medal Game - scoreless after one.

Morozova playing decently well today in goal for Russia.

Fairly quick game so far.
 
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Blackbeard said:
Russia - Finland in the Bronze Medal Game - scoreless after one.

Morozova playing decently well today in goal for Russia.

Fairly quick game so far.
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Still no score halfway into the third.
 
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OnMAA said:
Still no score halfway into the third.
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And going to a 10-minute OT, scoreless.

Finland with 23 seconds of PP time. 4-on-4 after the penalty expires.

Saves through regulation: Morozova (RUS) with 28, Raisanen (FIN) with 19.
 
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No scoring in the overtime, and Russia wins the shootout 2-0 in 3 (well, 2 1/2) rounds. Anna Shukina and Olga Sosina with the shootout goals.

Final SOG through OT were 32-22 Finland. Nadezhda Morozova (RUS) with 32 saves, Merri Raisanen (FIN) with 22.

EDIT: Box score here. Waiting on recap to be posted.
 
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CrazyDave said:
No scoring in the overtime, and Russia wins the shootout 2-0 in 3 (well, 2 1/2) rounds. Anna Shukina and Olga Sosina with the shootout goals.

Final SOG through OT were 32-22 Finland. Nadezhda Morozova (RUS) with 32 saves, Merri Raisanen (FIN) with 22.

EDIT: Box score here. Waiting on recap to be posted.
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Game recap: Sosina shoots to thrill!
 
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CrazyDave said:
No scoring in the overtime, and Russia wins the shootout 2-0 in 3 (well, 2 1/2) rounds. Anna Shukina and Olga Sosina with the shootout goals.

Final SOG through OT were 32-22 Finland. Nadezhda Morozova (RUS) with 32 saves, Merri Raisanen (FIN) with 22.

EDIT: Box score here. Waiting on recap to be posted.
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There was a cross barr and a post in the shootout. The two Russian goals in the shoot-out were both clean shots.

Gotta feel a bit for Räisänen. Wins yet another player of the game award, but comes up empty handed when it comes to the medals.
 
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OnMAA said:
There was a cross barr and a post in the shootout. The two Russian goals in the shoot-out were both clean shots.

Gotta feel a bit for Räisänen. Wins yet another player of the game award, but comes up empty handed when it comes to the medals.
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This result is somewhat of a shocker considering how Finland played last night against Canada. I thought they'd be all over Russia if they hadn't burnt themselves out last night. Quick game but surprising result.
 
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Blackbeard said:
This result is somewhat of a shocker considering how Finland played last night against Canada. I thought they'd be all over Russia if they hadn't burnt themselves out last night. Quick game but surprising result.
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Both teams looked gassed during the OT.
 
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Great defensive move by Krazaniuk to thwart the 2 on 1 late in the 2nd.

Canada doesn't appear to be any worse for wear after expending all that energy in last night's game against Finland but that may change in the 3rd.

Their power play has been pretty anemic...they've got to start getting the pucks up into the top half of the net when in close...Rigsby is big and covers a lot of real estate down low and this is the age of butterfly goaltending where they automatically drop down on virtually every shot. Take advantage of the script.

Great game so far.
 
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Great final game, scoreless after two. I'd have to give Canada the edge, but the U.S. has had some great opportunities as well. The way both goaltenders are playing it looks like the first goal could be the game winner.
 
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D2D said:
Great final game, scoreless after two. I'd have to give Canada the edge, but the U.S. has had some great opportunities as well. The way both goaltenders are playing it looks like the first goal could be the game winner.
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Rigsby with 21 saves, Maschmeyer with 14 (including a great stop on Carpenter).
 
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