Pekka Rinne proved unbeatable once again as Finland cruised to a 4-0 win over struggling Slovenia in Thursday night's game in Ostrava.
Finland posted its third win in a row to banish the spectre of its opening-day loss to the USA and pile on the pressure for struggling Slovenia.
Goalie Pekka Rinne delivered a third successive shut-out in Thursday evening’s game, and Suomi has now played more than 190 minutes of hockey since the puck flew past the Nashville Predators’ goalie early in the third period of that 5-1 drubbing against the Americans.
It wasn’t, perhaps, the giant Finn’s busiest engagement between the piping: Slovenia mustered barely a dozen shots on his net and after one smart stop early on to deny Jan Urbas he found his concentration tested more than his reflexes until a belated rally early in the third.