Finland can&#39;t stop hockey power from claiming title of world&#39;s ...
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There were about 40 seconds left. The Finns had pulled their goaltender. Coach Pat Quinn had to put out someone to protect Canada&#39;s one-goal lead in the final of the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday night.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen snatched back the women&#39;s World Cup lead with her third victory of the Alpine ski season on Sunday but played down her chances of winning the overall title.
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STOCKHOLM (CP) - Only a few months have passed, but Miikka Kiprusoff couldn&#39;t feel any further removed from Calgary&#39;s tremendous playoff run to the Stanley Cup final.
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Saku Koivu scored the winner with less  than four minutes to go, giving Finland a surprise 2-1 victory  over the United States in the semi-finals of the World Cup of  Hockey at St Paul, Minnesota on Friday.
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GRAND FORKS, ND - Given the line of questioning yesterday, one couldn&#39;t be blamed for thinking Canada had lost its opener at the 2005 World Junior Hockey Championship.
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FINLAND&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen captured her second victory in three days today, adding a women&#39;s World Cup slalom to the giant slalom she won on Friday.
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TORONTO (CP) - The ever-superstitious Wayne Gretzky hopes Team Canada can wear white jerseys for Tuesday night&#39;s World Cup final against Finland.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy struck twice as Holland got their World Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a 3-1 win over Group One leaders Finland.
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The scoop: Finally! For the first time in this championships, the team that scored first did NOT win the game. Nursing a 1-0 lead starting the third period, the USA surrendered two third-period goals and lost
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Finland scored twice in the third period Friday to advance to the finals of the World Cup of Ice Hockey with a 2-1 upset over defending champion the United States.
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Finland didn't get its long-awaited revenge on Sweden, but a 4-4 tie was good enough to win the European Pool at the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday in Helsinki.
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Canada has that seven-year itch. It&#39;s been that long since Canada won gold at the World Junior hockey Championship, something the team hopes to rectify starting Saturday in the opening game against Slovakia (4 pm et on TSN) in North Dakota.
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TORONTO Midway through the third period, with the outcome of the World Cup of Hockey still in doubt, the public-address system played a clap-along song with a chorus about &quot;the good old hockey game.
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Finland and Sweden drew 4-4 draw in a  pulsating World Cup ice hockey match on Saturday that put the  Finns one step closer to a semi-final berth.
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Gretzky, executive director of Team Canada, says each player should treat tonight&#39;s World Cup of Hockey championship game against Finland as &quot;one of the greatest nights of their life.
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St. Paul, MN (Sports Network) - A berth in the World Cup final will be on the line tonight when the United States and Finland clash in the first semifinal at Xcel Energy Center.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen was heading for her second win in two days after leading the opening leg of the first World Cup slalom of the season on Saturday.