TCL

Here’s a recap of what happened on Day 14 of the 2012 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Helsinki.

Semifinal Game #1: Russia vs. Finland

7:28 into the game, Finland’s Janne Niskala puts his countrymen up 1-0. At 15:33, Evgeni Malkin ties the game up for Russia. With 54 seconds to go in the period, he scores again as Russia takes a 2-1 lead. Almost halfway through the second period, Alex Ovechkin makes it 3-1, and at 17:46, Malkin gets a hat trick to put the Russians up 4-1. Denis Kokarev would make it 5-1 65 seconds into the third, while Sergei Shirokov would make this a 6-1 rout at 8:41. Mikael Granlund, who was a hero in last year’s semifinal vs. Russia by ...

Here’s a recap of what happened on Day 12 of the 2012 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Helsinki and Stockholm.

Game 51: Canada vs. Belarus (Helsinki)

Ryan O’Reilly would strike first for Canada at 2:16 of the first, giving them the 1-0 lead. Late in the first, at 14:25, Sergei Kostitsyn would tie the game up 1-1. 9:10 into the second, Corey Perry would make it 2-1 Canada, and later on, at 12:46, Ryan Getzlaf makes it 3-1. Less than a minute later, Andrei Kostitsyn would receive a boarding major and game misconduct, giving Canada the 5-minute advantage, on which they scored at 14:11, the goal by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, but it results in a scrum behind the Belarus goa...

Here’s a recap of what happened on Day 10 of the 2012 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Helsinki and Stockholm.

Game 43: Finland vs. United States (Helsinki)

Max Pacioretty would get the ball rolling, putting the U.S. up 1-0 at 16:19 of the first. Kyle Palmieri would make it 2-0 at 15:33 of the second. Justin Faulk would make it 3-0 on the powerplay at 17:56. Chris Butler would make it 4-0 at 2:12 of the third, and Bobby Ryan would make it 5-0 at 4:08. Finland’s Anssi Salmela would receive a boarding major and game misconduct (game misconducts count as 20 penalty minutes in IIHF competition), but the Americans would fail to score on the major powerplay. Americans ...

Here’s a recap of what happened on Day 8 of the 2012 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Helsinki and Stockholm.

Game 33: Kazakhstan vs. United States (Helsinki)

J.T. Brown gets the party started for the United States at 14:12 of the second period, putting them up 1-0. Kazakhstan’s Konstantin Pushkaryov would respond with 1:43 to go in the period, tying the game up 1-1. 4:58 into the third, Justin Faulk would put the Americans up 2-1. With close to 4 minutes to go in regulation, Talgat Zhailauov would tie things up at deuces. Overtime was needed. With 22 seconds to go in the extra period, Faulk would strike again, scoring the game winner, and beating Kazakhstan 3-2 ...