Russia-Finland notes, quotes, tweets

FINLAND 3, RUSSIA 1
-Re-watch the game here

BULLET POINTS: After Ilya Kovalchuk electrified the home crowd with a power play goal 7:51 in, Juhamatti Aaltonen equalized for Finland less than 90 seconds later and Teemu Selanne scored the game-winner with 2:22 remaining in the first period during a 3-1 victory over Russia. Mikael Grandlund’s power play goal early in the second period was an insurance tally that helped to ensure that the Russians would not medal in a tournament they hosted. Russia out-shot Finland 38-22, with Tuukka Rask stopping all 14 third period shots as part of his 37 overall saves. Semyon Varlamov stopped 12-of-15 shots through 26:42 for Russia before he was replaced by Sergei Bobrovsky, who stopped all seven shots he faced.

VOYNOV: Slava Voynov took four shots but did not record a point and logged a minus-1 rating over 18:09 of ice time. He was unable to slow Mikael Granlund down during a rush into the Russian end late in the first period on a play that resulted with Selanne finishing off Granlund’s feed on a 2-on-1. In five games, Voynov was held scoreless, took seven shots and logged a plus-2 rating. His 89:00 of total ice time in the tournament ranked second to Andrei Markov’s 93:51 amongst Russian defensemen.

THEIR WORDS: “I just feel empty. Nothing. We’re all disappointed and empty inside,” said Sergei Bobrovsky, as reported by Corey Masisak of NHL.com.

Also from Masisak’s recap: “To be honest I am a little bit sad for them,” Teemu Selanne said. “They had a big dream to win the gold medal here and it doesn’t work. It is kind of disappointing in many ways because that would be a great story. It is proving to the hockey world that you never know. The gap is so small with these teams.”

NEXT GAME: Russia eliminated; Finland vs Sweden semifinal, Friday, February 21, time TBD

My latest following the Russian loss: Russian coach calls out Alex Ovechkin after Olympic elimination http://t.co/FAZkajR1up

— Dmitry Chesnokov (@dchesnokov) February 19, 2014

Voinov with an inexcusable turnover. Even our good defensemen are a disaster waiting to happen.

— Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) February 19, 2014

 

New record for oldest player to score in the Olympics: Teemu Selanne, 43 years, 261 days. Old record: Teemu Selanne, 43 years, 256 days.

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) February 19, 2014

Malkin had to tell Bilyaletdinov to get Bobrovsky off the ice. Malkin had to tell the coach. I repeat, Malkin had to tell the coach.

— Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) February 19, 2014

 

Russia woke up about 33 minutes into the game

— Арпон Басу (@ArponBasu) February 19, 2014

Just showed Anisimov on the bench who uttered (reading his lips) “Embarrassment.” #iamsad #GoodByeSochi

— Dmitry Chesnokov (@dchesnokov) February 19, 2014