U.S. burned by goal through net

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therealdeal Hockey found this 5/12/2008 on mirtle.blogspot.com [flag]
A controversial goal by Ville Koistinen sparked a huge comeback as Team Finland rallied with three unanswered goals in the third period to edge the United States 3-2 in the qualifying round at the 2008 IIHF World Championship. — TSN.caI'll say it was controversial — the puck went through the side of the net. USA coach John Tortorella looked like he was about to blow his stack afterwards. "I'm [link]

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Team Canada World Hockey Championships 2008 - Finland vs. Canada Pregame
Published 5/12/2008 by therealdeal (noreply@blogger.com) at therealdeal Hockey
... consistent teams in this tourny and has followed Canada's footsteps. They beat Germany by 3, Norway by 1, Slovakia by 1, Latvia by 1 and Team USA by 1. Sound familiar? This is Canada's last game before the elimination round. TSN at 1:20, or at TSN.ca. Additionally, Mirtle has had a couple of interesting thoughts about the tournament and I keep meaning to link them. Read them here, here, here and here. ...

Team USA gets screwed, gets angry and gets violent
Published 5/12/2008 at Puck Daddy
... game of the tournament. Adam Burish was ejected for butt-ending a Finland player with his stick. Olli Jokinen hit Tim Gleason from behind in the first period, and will miss today's game against Canada, as will Salmela for his postgame fight. Backes will miss the U.S. game against Norway today because of the brawl, but will be back for the start of the quarterfinals on Wednesday.  More on the phantom goal from Schultz at FanHouse, Mirtle at Mirtle, and in a rollicking discussion over a dozen pages at the HF Boards. ...

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