IT is historical achievement for my country FINLAND in ICEHOCKEY MEN a COUNTRY one should FEAR to meet!!! Well not necessary in group games though we change goalkeepers in group games to let them rest more and example towards Sweden in last group game did not have our NUMBER 1 ELITE goalkeeper this latest... year..
Year 2019.... Media laughed at FINLAND ICHOCKEY team... almost no NHL players.... What they did not understand our ELITE COACH and that he then picked up players from: A. KHL Russian league that can match NHL salaries. B. FINLAND won GOLD among youth 20 or younger some young ELITE players. C. Other talented players from Finnish and Swedish league and possible other...
THE POWER of FINLAND 2019-2022! MEN ICEHOCKEY!! 2019 FINLAND GOLD! CANADA SILVER! RUSSIA BRONZE! CZECH REPUBLIC 4th. 2020 not played COVID 19! 2021 CANADA GOLD! FINLAND SILVER! USA BRONZE! GERMANY 4th. 2022 OLYMPIC GAMES FINLAND GOLD! RUSSIA SILVER! SLOVAKIA BRONZE! SWEDEN 4th. 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINLAND GOLD! CANADA SILVER! CZECH REPUBLIC BRONZE! USA 4th.
IN OLYMPIC GAMES 2022 FINLAND won all games on normal time!! I do ADMIT that in Olympic games 2022 some teams got considerably less NHL players.... that said FINLAND UNSTOPPABLE in OLYMPICS 2022 everyone lost vs FINLAND on normal time no overtime needed!!!
IN WORLD CHAMPION SHIP that was played in FINLAND.... now you would think that it is easy at home? FINLAND has not even never got medal when playing at home before... which is bad result that was before 2022!!!
CZECH REPUBLIC after FINLAND had won GOLD in OLYMPIC games called another FINLAND coach... who said he would take CZECH REPUBLIC back to medals!! This is rare because typically CZECH REPUBLIC tend to use own country coaches.
Well congratulations also to BRONZE countries it is not only about winning.
FINLAND performance in WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022... now this time also FINLAND got NHL Stars!! 'The only game FINLAND lost was a group game vs SWEDEN that won FINLAND on penalty shots after even normal time and overtime. That said FINLAND had NOT all their NHL stars yet arrived to this game and even more important we did not play with our NUMBER 1 ELITE GOALKEEPER that was chosen to whole tournament best GOALKEEPER! FINLAND did also win their group.
OUR NUMBER 1 GOALKEEPER was playing in QUARTERFINALS, SEMINFINAL and GOLD GAME! MEDIA had some annoying guestions...to FINNS like why did you not go and loose the last group game so you would get easier opponent then SLOVAKIA? A FINN player said... SLOVAKIA is good, but we fear nobody and then he laughed!!
SLOVAKIA media before the game described FINLAND as worst nightmare country to meet in quarterfinals.
SLOVAKIA did play well in quarterfinals, but FINLAND won 4-2 SLOVAKIA in quarterfinals WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022:
FINLAND played vs USA in semifinals. USA played well, but FINLAND won 4-3 USA in semifinals.
GOLD GAME WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP 2022 FINLAND vs CANADA a very even game ended 3-3 even on normal time. On overtime FINLAND won so it ended 4-3 FINLAND GOLD! CANADA SILVER! CZECH REPUBLIC BRONZE! USA 4th.
What do I see in FINLAND ELITE COACH and ELITE players in ICEHOCKEY!! I see STARS!!
A Sweden expert wrote in year 2022 that currently FINLAND is worlds best ICEHOCKEY team in the WORLD!!! Well I agree on that!!!
THE POWER of FINLAND 2019-2022! MEN ICEHOCKEY!! 2019 FINLAND GOLD! CANADA SILVER! RUSSIA BRONZE! CZECH REPUBLIC 4th. 2020 not played COVID 19! 2021 CANADA GOLD! FINLAND SILVER! USA BRONZE! GERMANY 4th. 2022 OLYMPIC GAMES FINLAND GOLD! RUSSIA SILVER! SLOVAKIA BRONZE! SWEDEN 4th. 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINLAND GOLD! CANADA SILVER! CZECH REPUBLIC BRONZE! USA 4th.
