The 2022 Winter Olympics saw the semifinal round of the men’s ice hockey tournament come to a dramatic conclusion on Friday morning after two nail-biters determined that Finland and the Russian Olympic Committee will square off in the Gold Medal game on Saturday night.
Finland sealed a 2-0 victory over Slovakia on Friday night in what was a tight battle. Finland’s early 1-0 lead came from a goal by Sakari Manninen 4:02 into the game and proved to be the game-winner. With seconds remaining, Harri Pesonen secured the victory for Finland with an empty-net goal.
While Finland’s game was nothing short of exciting, ROC followed that bout up by coming away with a win against Sweden in a 2-1 shootout thriller.