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Golden glory for Russia!

Syomin pots pair as Russians claim first title since ‘09

The Russian national team rejoices after beating Slovakia in the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship gold medal game. Photo: Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images

HELSINKI – It’s just like old times: Russia is back on top of the hockey world. Unbeaten from wire to wire, Russia got a dominating performance from its NHL superstars to defeat underdog Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday’s gold medal game.

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Czechs take bronze Krejci scores game winner, Czechs beat Finland 3-2
All's well that ends well. The Czech Republic ended their tournament in a win over Finland, 3-2, and won the bronze medals. Photo: Jeff Vinnick / HHOF-IIHF Images	HELSINKI – Three first period goals were enough for the Czechs to beat Finland 3-2, and win IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship bronze. more...

Miro-cle Slovaks win, 3-1 Satan simply sensational scoring shorty to send Slovaks to gold
Slovak forward Miroslav Satan scores the game winning goal on Czech goalie Jakub Kovar to advance to the gold medal game. Photo: Jeff Vinnick / HHOF-IIHF Images	HELSINKI – Miroslav Satan's second goal of the game, a beautiful short-handed marker early in the third, broke a 1-1 tie and led Slovakia to a 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic to give his team a place in the gold-medal game tomorrow. more...

Malkin’s hat trick dooms Finns “Home ice curse” lives as defending champs fail in Helsinki
Russia's Yevgeni Malkin celebrates his hat trick goal in the semi-final against Finland. Photo: Jeff Vinnick / HHOF-IIHF Images	HELSINKI – If Yevgeni Malkin isn’t the world’s best player right now, he’s sure close. The towering centre scored a semi-final hat trick to lift Russia over Finland 6-2 and into the gold medal game. more...

Jesse can! Joensuu scores winner with nine seconds left, hosts to semis
HELSINKI – Jesse Joensuu scored his second goal of the night with nine seconds remaining in the game as Finland beat Team USA 3-2 to advance to the semi-final against Russia. more...

One down for Russia Yemelin’s floater dooms Norway as Russians advance
STOCKHOLM – It wasn’t easy for top-seeded Russia versus Norway, but Zinetula Bilyaletdinov’s team finally put away the underdogs with a 5-2 victory to advance to Saturday’s semi-finals. Alexei Yemelin got the winner early in a three-goal third period for Russia. more...

Slovaks score late, win 4-3 Getzlaf major leads to Handzus's goal, Slovakia to semis
HELSINKI – Michal Handzus scored with 2:28 left in regulation to break a 3-3 tie and take Slovakia to the semi-finals. The goal came on a five-minute power play after a knee-on-knee hit by Canada's Ryan Getzlaf on Juraj Mikus, who had to be helped off the ice. more...

Sweden blanks Latvia 4-0 Bäckström starts with win, quarter-finals: RUS-NOR, SWE-CZE
STOCKHOLM – Sweden completed Preliminary Round play with a solid 4-0 win over Latvia in the evening tilt of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship at Globe Arena. more...