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Ice Hockey: Russia beat Finns in comeback thriller
Published 08 February, 2009, 02:02
Russia staged an amazing comeback to beat Finland in a penalty shootout in the third leg of Euro Hockey Tour, which is underway in Stockholm.
Seemingly distressed by their first defeat in the competition after losing 4-3 to the hosts on Thursday, Vyacheslav Bykov's men got off to the worst conceivable start.
After a scoreless first period, the defending champions found themselves four goals down midway through the second.
But Russia were able to get their act together as Maksim Rybin, who was named Russia's best player for the second straight game, launched the fightback two minutes before the second break.
In the third period Russia forced overtime and then penalties to snatch a morale-boosting 5-4 win.
In the other game of the day Sweden beat the Czech Republic 6-4. Sweden now lead the home leg with 6 points, leaving Russia out of contention for the Swedish Cup.
