Easy for Finland
14 Feb 2014 | Davide Tuniz from Sochi
In an easy night Selanne set a new record as Finland crushed Norway
Selanne is on the ice: this is the main news
for fans when Norway and Finland takes the ice at the Shayba arena. As
anticipated by Finnish staff, it was a minor injury suffered by the team
captain. Not in the line up, instead, Norwegian Mats Trygg, injured in first
game against Canada. Coach Westerlund chooses Kari Lehtonen in the net, giving
ice time also for Sakari Salminen and Juuso Heitanen, scratched in the first
game. Jarkko Immonen and Juhamatti Aaltonen , along with Tuukka Rask, are the
not dressed players. Norway want to confirm the good impression left after
debut with Canada.

Selanne celebrating his record-goal
Game ignites very soon and after 6 minutes
Finland is leading by 2 goals: Teemu Selanne finds the net with a precise shot becaming
the oldest player to score in the Olympic Winter Games at 43 years, 7 months and 11 days, and one minute after Lauri
Korpikoski solves a confusing attack in the front of Haugen cage. Norway takes
some time to re-organize the lines and has some good chances, but at 17:21 an
apparently harmless shot by Lehtera is imperceptibly deflected by a stick
leaving no chances for Haugen. With 3 goals in the first period, coach Johansen
replaces insecure Haugen with Lars Volden. Norway has a good start in the
second, with a better position on the ice and creates chances with his classy
first line, but the main difference between a good team and a great one is the
killing instinct: if Norway keeps the puck and tries for majority of time,
Finland needs two shots to score: after some minutes of Norwegian pressure,
Finland scores fourth goal with Lauri Korpikoski deflecting a shot by Olli
Maatta. The skill again on ice for Finland’s fifth goal scored by Olli Jokinen
finalizing a pass by Sami Salo: before to shot Jokinen pretends to pass for
Ruutu, puzzling Norwegian defender. With Finland leading 5-0 game becomes less
competed. Norway starts third period with a double men advantage, out Selanne
and Ruutu, and manages to score with Per-Age Skroder. At 58 Finland leaves its
mark in the period with a nice counter-attack finalized by Olli Maatta, served
by Kontiola

in the mixed zone, questioned about the record, Selanne jokes: "Having that record makes me feel very old, but I'm just happy that the older guys can still rock. It was awesome. It was fun for me and it's fun to still be around and still feel so good."
Not so happy Norwegian goalie Lars Haugen; he simply whispers: "It was terrible."
Norway's lone goal scorer Per-Age Skroder "The 3-0 start wasn't great. We had a good
team talk beforehand about being effective in the first period, but we just
weren't. Finland are a good team and we knew that,
but they were just too strong in front of goal and had a few lucky bounces in
front of the net in the first period."