Finland Sends Switzerland Packing in Men’s Olympic Hockey Quarterfinal

Finland showed its muscle in a 5-1 victory more than Switzerland to advance to the men’s Olympic hockey semifinals.
The Finns will meet with Slovakia in the semifinal, marking a rematch of the team’s 6-2 get in excess of the Slovaks early in the event. Finland has gained a medal in 6 of the earlier 9 Olympics, but has hardly ever received gold. They final received bronze at the 2014 Winter season Online games in Sochi.
Two plans two minutes aside by the Finns seriously set the tone for the relaxation of the sport. Miro Aaltonen scored at 8:37 following getting in entrance of Reto Berra, who would react to a shot from Niklas Friman and fall down. Aaltonen knocked in the next opportunity previous the former NHL goalie to make it 1-.
Shortly just after, Mikko Lehtonen’s shot hit off Santeri Alatalo’s arm in advance of bouncing off Berra’s head and in for the 2- goal – an unfortunate condition for a Swiss workforce that showed some muscle early.
However for Switzerland, things went from undesirable to worse early in the second. Marko Anttila manufactured it 3:08 after scoring on Berra glove facet, chasing him from the internet in favor of Leonardo Genoni in hopes of shaking issues up to close the activity.
And for a little little bit, it labored. Andres Ambuhl scored at 17:49 on the energy perform to make it 3-1 in what could most likely be his final Olympic intention after five tournaments. Switzerland pulled Genoni with 5 minutes remaining to check out and spark a comeback hard work, but Iiro Pakarinen and Teemu Hartikainen each scored empty-netters to seal the deal.