Canada was threatened with embarrassment, but then discovered a quarantined star and played for gold – Denník N

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Good day,

the extraordinary world hockey championships will finally have quite ordinary finals, in which, as two years ago, Canada and Finland will meet.

The Canadians beat the USA 4: 2 with a very good performance. The Finns barely dazzled when they won 2: 1 over Germany, but so are the Finns – they barely dazzle and get to the finals.

The semi-final day has two great heroes who are candidates for the award for the most useful player of the tournament – Canadian striker Andrew Mangiapane and Finnish goalkeeper Juho Olkinuora.

Mangiapane’s hockey story is as unlikely as Canada’s journey to the finals. Olkinuora is again a similar phenomenon in the Finnish gate as Kevin Lankinen two years ago.

American hockey players missed forward Matthew Beniers and defender Matt Roy in the semifinals against Canada due to injuries, but Captain Brian Boyle took over, who was not penalized by the tournament directorate for his quarterly final stabbing in the weaknesses of Miloš Roman.

Boyle, who by his intervention angry Craig Ramsay, but he didn’t show much in the semifinals, except for a two-minute elimination for an elbow foul.

The American captain was on the ice even in the final seconds, when his team did not manage the game without the goalkeeper and he scored a goal in the empty goal at 2: 4, which finally decided the Canadian advance.

Canada will play for gold, although the tournament began in the group with losses by Latvia 0: 2, USA 1: 5 and Germany 1: 3. She reached the quarterfinals with only 10 points and with great luck – it was enough for Kazakhstan to beat Norway and would be out of the game before the final day of the groups.

The Canadians then had to rely on the fact that the final match of the group Germany – Latvia would not end in a draw after 60 minutes.

If that happened, the Canadians would no longer be at the World Cup today. Instead, however, we watch them unexpectedly reverse the course of the tournament and be able to win their 27th title on Sunday, which would match Russia (including Soviet titles) in the historical record.

How did the Canadians do after the disastrous start of the World Cup?

Two men have a great deal to contribute to the change of the Canadian game: