In the men's hockey semifinals of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Finland defeated Slovakia 2-0 to become the first final team. In the previous Group C group stage, Finland had a 6-2 victory over Slovakia, and in this battle, Finland doubled their opponents.
In the world rankings, Finland is 7 places higher than Slovakia. This year's Beijing Winter Olympics, Slovakia is known as the dark horse, 1/4 final, they eliminated the powerful American team through a penalty shootout. The Finnish men's ice hockey team is the uncrowned king in the history of the Winter Olympics, winning medals 6 times and runners-up 2 times, just never tasting the taste of champions! At this Year's Beijing Winter Olympics, the Finnish team is well-organized, with Marcus Grande, Sakkari Manning and Tham Hardikarnen, Marcus Grandeund was once the top scorer of the NHL Vancouver Plus team!
Following the group stage, Finland and Slovakia met again. In the first quarter, Finland seized the opportunity and made consecutive re-shots in front of goal, which were finally scored by Sakkari Maninin. In the second quarter, Slovakia gained the upper hand and besieged the Finnish team at one point. However, Finland defended well, never conceding a goal, maintaining a 1-0 advantage. In the first two quarters, although there was only one goal, the scene was quite exciting, and the two teams each played a good goal.
In the last quarter, the younger Slovakia launched a crazy counterattack, and physically, they had the advantage! The Finnish manager was very nervous, with a 1-goal advantage and the opponent Slovakia could tie the score at any time. For the most part, Slovakia controlled the ball, while Finland used counter-attack opportunities to threaten their opponents, and both teams got a certain chance, but the score was still not rewritten. In the final moments, Finland scored another goal to kill the match 2-0.
In the end, the Finnish men's ice hockey team eliminated the Slovak ice hockey team 2-0, and the team reached the final of the Olympic Games for the third time in its history, and the whole team celebrated, which was a hard-won and bitter victory. In the final, Finland will compete with the winners of Russia and Sweden for the gold medal.