cdokakis Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Sweden picked up the final gold of the Turin Games in the ice hockey final after a thrilling 3-2 win over Finland. Finland took the lead in the first period courtesy of Kimmo Timonen before the Swedes took control in the second period of the tie. First Henrik Zetteberg equalised and then Niklas Kronwall put Sweden ahead. Finland, though, hit back in the final second of the period through Ville Peltonen, only for the Finns to be denied by Nicklas Lidstrom's winner. His goal came just eight seconds into the final period and, despite a raft of Finnish shots on goal, Sweden held firm for their first gold since beating Canada at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer. It was Finland's first defeat of the Games - they had won all seven of their previous matches on the ice. On Saturday, the Czech Republic picked up the bronze after a comfortable 3-0 win over Russia. BBC Sport I saw the game and I must say that Sweden had this game in their pocket after the 1-1 equalizer. A wonderful game where both the old NHL stars and the stars from Elitserien played very well and the Swedish team really deserved this gold medal. Heja Sverige! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rablet Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 (edited) Yay! So great! EDIT: We were lucky in the end though. They had some really good chances to score in the last minute. Creds to Finland for an amazing tournament! Edited February 26, 2006 by Rabbai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macro Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I haven't seen it yet but congrats to Sweden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waddle5000 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 alright go Sundin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLdFuSi0n Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettor Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Go Sweden! I nearly had a heart attack in the final minutes of the game. By the way, Lidstroms goal is just awsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcw Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Go Sweden! The dominating nation in Hockey ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I was rooting for Sweden the whole time! :D Go Mats Sundin! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 All three goals by Red Wings! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted February 27, 2006 Veteran Share Posted February 27, 2006 hell of a game. exciting down to the very last second. well played game by both ends, very competitive. glad i woke up to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldaccount1 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 That's awesome--I just read this in the headlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Flex Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I'm disappointed, but a silver is still great. The Finns didn't have the talent of other teams, especially in net, but their teamwork (and Niittymaki's performance) really paid off. I watched into the second, but I stopped watching because a moving truck crashed into a house in the vincinity of my residence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuz Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 i neva seen ice kcokey on tv b4 but afta watchin it on tv from turion it is a hectic an violent at time sport....it is very enoyable .......its cool that swedes won...i lyk there yellow uniform :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 lol @ canada :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Yay! :) This win was one gold medal among a number that actually made this winter olympics the best ever for Sweden. :) In total 7 golds, ranking us at 6th place, only below large winter olympics nations with a far higher population than ours. :) Great for Sundin, Lidstr?m, and probably many more who this was their last chance to win something in the Olympics.:DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qdave Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 i think it was on eof the best hockey game i have ever seen ( and i didnt see much...only on olympic events). but it was damn exciting. the last few mins were so tense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Flex Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 It was refreshing to actually see great hockey again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsgoal31 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 All 3 goals scored by my Wings! Too bad the 5 Swedish Wings are partying in Sweden instead of coming home in time to play tonight..I guess they deserved it though. Hopefully the Wings can pull out a win tonight anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsgoal31 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Guh..neowin hiccuped. DP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluepride35 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Once I realized the U.S. had no chance I was pulling for Sweden solely based on the fact that Hanrik Lundqvist was their goalie. He's the Rangers' goalie and I have a biased toward goalies being my favorite players (Richter is my all-time favorite). That save he made in the last minute was incredible. Considering the stakes, one of the most clutch saves I've ever seen. Great game and I'm glad for the Swedes. But now let's get back to some NHL! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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