FINLAND BEATS SWEDEN IN SHOOTOUT TO WIN CHANNEL ONE CUP

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=303091

"It was very important for us to win this tournament," Finland coach Jukka Jalonen said. "We also watched our best players."



ready or not, here we come



btw1: comment of the week below this article on tsn.ca from a fan from team canada:
"I don't think it is very fair thet other teams have their rosters playing tournaments before the Olympics starts"
you know what: get on with it!


btw2: possible Finnland roster for Vancouver (as seen in a Finnish newspaper):

Forwards:

Valtteri Filppula - Mikko Koivu - Tuomo Ruutu

Jere Lehtinen - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selänne

Jussi Jokinen - Olli Jokinen - Niklas Hagman

Ville Peltonen - Niko Kapanen - Antti Miettinen

13. hyökkääjä: Jarkko Ruutu

Defenders:

Sami Salo - Joni Pitkänen

Toni Lydman - Kimmo Timonen

Lasse Kukkonen - Sami Lepistö

7. puolustaja: Ossi Väänänen

Goaltenders:

Miikka Kiprusoff, Niklas Bäckström, Antero Niittymäki

I hope Jalonen will not go like this (btw. Jalonen got his contract extended, good news IMO).

I`d vote heavily against Ruutu as extra skater! Make Peltonen the 13th guy. Not Jakke. What the fuck.
(btw: in a vote in the newspaper, 61 % voted for Pyörälä to stay home. N. Kapanen, Ruutu an Peltonen only got 9 % -16 % of the anti-votes.)

And add Nummelin instead of Lydman or Väänänen. Nevermind if he`s missing now because of injury. He`s our most dangerous d-man. Best shot from the blueline and awesome in shootouts (6/7 in the 06/07 season in the nhl).

And by the way, who or what is "Kiprusoff"?