training_day sanoi:
Jos en väärin muista niin Venäjä voitti silloin 5-0 tai 5-1 ja Bure teki Venäjän kaikki maalit... Taisi neljä maalia tulla läpiajoista
http://www.canoe.ca/NaganoResultsHockey/mfeb20_fin_rus.html
Friday, February 20, 1998
Russia 7, Finland 4
Russians Bure Finland
Summary
NAGANO, Japan (AP) -- Pavel Bure put on a shootout of his own and restored some nostalgia to the new-look Olympic hockey tournament by thrusting Russia into the gold-medal game.
Bure scored five goals today in a variety of ways -- breakaways, rebounds and into an empty net -- to carry Russia past Finland 7-4 and into the championship against the Czech Republic.
"Tonight was the night of Pavel Bure. ... It would take me a while to figure out Pavel Bure, the phenomenon," Russian coach Vladimir Yurvinov said.
Bure, a star with the Vancouver Canucks, dominated the game from the outset.
He scored three goals in the opening 21 minutes to stake the Russians to a 3-0 lead. After the Finns rallied to tie the game twice, Andrei Kovalenko put Russia ahead 5-4 before Bure scored with 4:02 remaining and capped his incredible performance with an empty-netter with 5 seconds to go.
"I'm very happy with the way the team played. It was 3-0 then 3-3, but instead of being discouraged we pulled ourselves together," Bure said. "This was our best game so far."
And it was Bure's finest effort in a tournament in which he has led Russia back to prominence. NHL players have joined the Olympics for the first time here in Nagano, although it seems just like old times with Russia playing for the championship.
Russia was the major republic in the former Soviet Union, which won 10 gold medals in 12 Olympics from 1956-1992, the last coming under the name of the Unified Team. In 1994 the Russians finished fourth, but now they're again in position to play for the gold.
Russia will next play a Czech team that upset Canada 2-1 today in a shootout.
This game was a shootout, too, but it had nothing to do with overtime.
Finland's Jarmo Myllys and Russian goalie Mikhail Shtalenkov, who won't be mistaken for Dominik Hasek and Patrick Roy, couldn't contend with Bure and NHL-leading scorer Teemu Selanne.
Selanne had a goal and an assist for the Finns, who had no problem on the offensive end -- they outshot Russia 32-21 -- yet couldn't overcome a series of miscues that led to breakaways by Bure.
"We had all the chances, but made too many mistakes and had some bad luck," Finland coach Hannu Aravirta said.
"We knew Pavel Bure was very dangerous, and you may ask why we didn't have a man cover him all the time. Well, our mistakes were with the puck and you don't cover a player when you have the puck."
Bure gave Russia a 1-0 lead in the first period with an exceptional bit of persistence. After Myllys blocked Bure's initial shot from the right side of the net, the right wing weaved closer and bounced another shot off the goaltender before scoring on his third try.
Bure's next two goals came on breakaways against Myllys, a 32-year-old who went 4-27-1 before being bounced from the NHL in 1992. Bure scored after accepting a lead pass from Dmitri Mironov at 17:28 and completed his hat trick with 59 seconds gone in the second period.
"I still have to improve on breakaways, but tonight was my night," Bure said.
Finland battled back, getting goals from Raimo Helminen and Kimmo Rintanen to close to 3-2 at 4:59 of the period. The Finns tied it at 14:07 when Selanne scored from the left side of the crease with two Russians in the penalty box.
Russia regained the lead at 17:26 on a goal by Alexei Zhamnov, but Saku Koivu made it 4-4 early in the third period, scoring from the left circle after Shtalenkov failed to control a soft shot by Selanne.
Russia went ahead for good with 13:28 left. Sergei Fedorov won a faceoff in the Finland zone and the puck hit the skate of Kovalenko, who tipped it with his stick past Myllys.
Summary
First Period
1. Russia, P.Bure (Zhamnov) 9:51 (pp)
2, Russia, P.Bure (D.Mironov) 17:28
Penalties -- Niinimaa Fin (tripping) 9:05, B.Mironov Rus (tripping) 10:26, Niinimaa Fin (holding) 13:34, Titov Rus (hooking) 18:54.
Second Period
3. Russia, P.Bure, 0:59
4. Finland, Helminen (Lind) 3:28
5. Finland, Rintanen (Kurri, Timonen) 4:59
6. Finland, Selanne (Koivu, Kurri) 14:07 (pp)
7. Russia, Zhamnov (Zhitnik) 17:26 (pp)
Penalties -- Krivokrasov Rus (high-sticking) 6:37, Zhitnik Rus (holding) 12:08, B.Mironov Rus (cross-checking) 13:53, Lind Fin (holding) 16:24.
Third Period
8. Finland, Koivu (Selanne) 5:15
9. Russia, Kovalenko (Fedorov) 6:33
10. Russia, P.Bure, 15:58
11. Russia, P.Bure (Yashin, B.Mironov) 19:55 (en)
Penalty -- Gusarov Rus (elbowing) 12:01.
Shots on goal by
Russia 8 4 9--21
Finland 9 15 8--32
Goal -- Russia: Shtalenkov; Finland: Myllys.
Referees -- Kerry Fraser, Kenneth Sartison, Gerard Gauthier.
Attendance -- 9,640.