What a difference a few days makes at the World Hockey Championships.
Finland — just a few days removed from a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of the Americans — stunned the U.S. 3-2 in quarterfinal action from Helsinki.
The Finns trailed 2-1 with seven minutes left before Minnesota forward Mikko Koivu tied it up. That paved the way for Jesse Joensuu — a former New York Islander — to score the game winner with just nine seconds left, much to the delight of a partisan home crowd.
The U.S. goalscorers were Anaheim’s Kyle Palmieri and Bobby Ryan.
Highlights:
Finland will now meet Russia in one of Saturday’s semifinals. Slovakia will face the Czech Republic in the other.
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- lordfletcher - May 17, 2012 at 6:48 PM
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Nice the video didn’t play but the advertisement sure did. weird.
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- itsallniceonice - May 17, 2012 at 7:02 PM
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Killer giving up GWG with 9 seconds to go. The future is bright though, especially if Hockey East and other NCAA strongholds keep churning out top level talent.
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- bcisleman - May 17, 2012 at 8:02 PM
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FYI, Joensuu is STILL an Islander property. If he decides to come back to the NHL, Isles have first dibs.
http://www.lighthousehockey.com/2012/4/29/2987651/whats-the-deal-with-jesse-joensuu
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