🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Three Nations Cup Group Round
Kurikan jäähalli, Kurikka 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 16 December 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:28 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Heaney, interference
19:46 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Campbell
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🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Finland 🇫🇮
Three Nations Cup Group Round
Kurikan jäähalli, Kurikka 🇫🇮
Wednesday, 16 December 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:28 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Heaney, interference
19:46 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Campbell
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🇸🇪 Sweden 4-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Česká Pojišťovna Cup
Zimní Stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín 🇨🇿
Friday, 04 September 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:41 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Huokko
07:33 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Koivisto
10:02 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tuomainen
10:02 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Wernblom
10:37 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Ahlberg (Koivisto, Tarvainen)
12:26 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tiilikainen
15:43 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Lindblom, double minor
15:43 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tuomainen
17:00 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ruutu
17:00 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Wernblom
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🇸🇪 Sweden 0-0 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Final, Game 2
Hallenstadion, Zürich 🇨🇭
Sunday, 17 May 1998
Sweden tied Olympic Bronze medalist Finland 0-0 yesterday in the second game of a two-leg final at the World Hockey Championship to win the title and gain revenge over its arch-rival.
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🇸🇪 Sweden 1-0 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Final, Game 1
Hallenstadion, Zürich 🇨🇭
Saturday, 16 May 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:13 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tuomainen, roughing
07:13 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Tornberg, roughing
07:13 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Timonen, holding
07:50 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Karalahti, cross checking
07:57 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Hävelid, holding
15:01 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Jönsson
17:32 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Tormanen, holding
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🇸🇪 Sweden 2-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Sweden Hockey Games
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sunday, 26 April 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:21 – 🇸🇪 PEN – Tornberg
10:46 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kiprusoff
12:12 – 🇸🇪 PP GOAL – Johnsson (Bremberg)
13:09 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Timonen
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🇨🇿 Czechia 3-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Sweden Hockey Games
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Tuesday, 21 April 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:12 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Procházka
09:42 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Beránek (Kacíř)
10:18 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Kallio
17:21 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Beránek
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🇷🇺 Russia 7-4 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Semifinal
Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Friday, 20 February 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
09:05 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Niinimaa, tripping
09:51 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – P. Bure (Zhamnov)
10:26 – 🇷🇺 PEN – B. Mironov, tripping
13:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Niinimaa, holding
17:33 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – P. Bure (D. Mironov)
18:54 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Titov, hooking
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🇷🇺 Russia 4-3 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Final Round
Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Sunday, 15 February 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:28 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Titov, cross checking
06:11 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne)
06:54 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kravchuk, boarding
07:04 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Lehtinen (Koivu, Selänne)
10:45 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Trefilov, roughing
13:06 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ylönen, hooking
13:36 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – P. Bure (Fyodorov, Kamenski)
13:58 – 🇷🇺 PEN – B. Mironov, cross checking
18:22 – 🇷🇺 PEN SHOT – Yashin missed
18:22 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kaspairitis, elbowing
18:22 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kovalenko, 10 min. misconduct
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🇨🇦 Canada 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
Olympic Preliminary Round
Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano 🇯🇵
Thursday, 12 February 1998
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:36 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Huotari, interference
08:08 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Drolet, tripping
11:14 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Nieminen, body checking
12:45 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Brisson (Sunohara)
15:12 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Ikonen, boarding
16:50 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Heaney (Drolet)
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🇫🇮 Finland 2-1 Russia 🇷🇺 (OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki 🇫🇮
Saturday, 03 January 1998
Finland achieved its first World Junior Championship Gold in 1987, but at that time the rankings were decided by playing in series.
The playoffs only entered the World Junior Championship program for the 1995-96 Games, and what would be more comfortable than to settle World Cup Gold at home in extra time of the final?
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🇨🇦 Canada 8-3 Finland 🇫🇮
Three Nations Cup Group Round
Quinte Sports Centre, Belleville 🇨🇦
Thursday, 18 December 1997
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:17 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Wickenheiser (Hefford)
05:34 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Fisk (Hänninen, Nieminen)
10:14 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Drolet (Nystrom, Goyette)
10:47 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Brisson, holding
13:51 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Goyette (Wilson, Kellar)
14:22 – 🇨🇦 PEN – McCormack
18:24 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Wickenheiser (Brisson, McCormack)
19:29 – 🇫🇮 GOAL – Vaarakallio
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🇨🇦 Canada 6-3 Finland 🇫🇮
Three Nations Cup Group Round
Nepean Sportsplex, Nepean 🇨🇦
Monday, 15 December 1997
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:59 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Salo, hooking
07:59 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Wickenheiser, cross checking / unsportsmanlike conduct double minor
11:07 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Nieminen (Fisk, Hänninen)
13:37 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Riipi, body checking
13:53 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Sunohara (Nystrom, Brisson)
15:25 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Campbell, cross checking
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🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮
Women’s World Championship Semifinal
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener 🇨🇦
Saturday, 05 April 1997
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:53 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Smith, body checking
07:00 – 🇫🇮 PP GOAL – Hänninen (Lehto, Nieminen)
10:58 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Hänninen, interference
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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Group Round
Albert-Schultz-Eishalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Tuesday, 23 April 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:36 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Lang (Reichel, Bělohlav)
09:16 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Vejvoda, holding
11:36 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Niinimaa, holding
13:52 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Jutila, holding
16:09 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Virta, roughing
16:09 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kučera, roughing
19:22 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Veber, tripping
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🇫🇮 Finland 1-1 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Group Round
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Sunday, 21 April 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:18 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Hoff, interference
08:56 – 🇳🇴 PEN – A. Olsen, interference
10:22 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Aaby, holding
10:43 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Nurminen, interference
16:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – team, too many players
18:59 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Nurminen, hooking
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🇨🇦 Canada 3-1 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Group Round
Matthews Arena, Boston 🇺🇸
Friday, 29 December 1995
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:05 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Baumgartner
07:05 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Elomo
16:45 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Riihijärvi
17:22 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Baumgartner (Iginla)
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🇫🇮 Finland 4-1 Sweden 🇸🇪
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sunday, 07 May 1995
Finally, Finland wins the IIHF World Championship for the first time. And the victory couldn’t have been sweeter. They won the Gold medal game against their fiercest rival Sweden, in Sweden and with a Swedish head coach. To really rub it in, the Finnish team celebrated the win in downtown Stockholm, this while also “stealing” the Swedish tune designated for a home-team victory.
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🇺🇸 United States 4-4 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Group Round
Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm 🇸🇪
Sunday, 30 April 1995
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:42 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Nummelin, hooking
07:10 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Spencer, cross checking
08:16 – 🇺🇸 SH GOAL – Bergland (Harkins, Morris)
10:10 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Harkins, roughing
10:47 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Nummelin, interference
15:00 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Hauer, boarding
18:20 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Harkins, elbowing
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🇨🇦 Canada 6-4 Finland 🇫🇮
World Junior Championship Group Round
Edmonton Coliseum, Edmonton 🇨🇦
Sunday, 01 January 1995
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:44 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Courville (Allison, Murray)
09:32 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Sova, interference
12:02 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Smyth, interference
15:34 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Karalahti, holding
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🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Finland 🇫🇮 (SO)
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Forum di Assago, Assago 🇮🇹
Sunday, 08 May 1994
It is inconceivable that Canada, a country virtually unbeatable for the first 30 years of IIHF history, all of a sudden could not win a Gold medal at the World Championship. But after the Trail Smoke Eaters won in 1961, year after year passed, and Canada failed to win Gold.
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