If the Canadian hockey team had been more lucky in the final of the World Cup in Tampere, there would be no such article about the Finnish hockey phenomenon. But that did not happen. Big things are made up of small details, you just have to be able to see them. In recent years, the Finnish national hockey team has been associated with victory. Wherever it participates.
The final match could have been different, as long as the main referees of the game made other decisions in the controversial episodes. But it happened as it happened. In extra time, 4: 3 victory for Finland, which triumphed in front of its audience for the first time in the world championships.
Canada – Finland met for the third time in a row in the World Cup gold. Twice the cup was lifted over their heads by Finns, once (last year in Riga) by Canadians. A new hockey classic, as the Russia-Canada meeting was once called, has emerged. In a year’s time, Russia, like Belarus, will not participate in Riga.