I’m so stoked, Finland won the Championship finals against Sweden 6 - 1. Yay! Did anyone else watch the game, is anyone interested at all? It was really weird, watched it in a pub. A lot of folks showed intrest towards snuff. I offered several tasters and gifted couple of tins. Now It’s five in the morning and I’m having some Sharrow’s Irish High toast and some domestic lager. I’m extatic. And late for work tomorrow. But so is everyone else. Best regards jari http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/05/15/finland-crushes-sweden-for-world-gold/
Honestly, as a Canadian, I am pretty happy to be seeing the Canucks making it so far this time!
I got a text about this last night from a Finnish friend and checked the highlights online. Well done, Finland winning Sweden in final! It’s like Ireland beating England.
I follow ice hockey a little bit, like Winter Olympics and NHL Stanley Cup but this year totally forgot the World Championship, there are some sports bars in Dublin which show hockey matches, normally I’d gone there.
I was in Dublin with my girlfriend sometime in the early 90’s and we were passing a sports bar/pub when I noticed a sign in the front: “Today - Football; Finland-England”. Now, I’m not a big football fan and neither was my girlfriend, but somehow we couldn’t pass this opportunity. In we went. I don’t even remember the final numbers (1-1?) but I do recall that Finland scored first. When the locals learned that we were Finns there was no end with rounds of drinks. Great night!
I don’t know that much about Ice Hockey, I only watch it at the Winter Olympics, but my friend’s girlfriend is a big Sheffield Steelers fan, (English domestic team), and follows them all over the country. I think there are only about a dozen pro teams here, but all the games get good crowds and it’s popularity is increasing. Stefan
Belfast Giants are doing well in the British league and ice hockey is secular sport in the north of Ireland, which is a good thing. Game is such great fun to watch!
@Allan that’s good to hear, thank God the Irish can be united in sport rather that using it for sectarian purposes. I might nip into Sheffield and watch the Steelers one day, apparently it is a great atmosphere, and a good day out. I watch football regularly, and now cricket now the season is starting. Why not make it Ice Hockey too? I’ve got to try it. Stefan
Im not too big of a hockey fan, but I hope the Canucks win the cup!
Yeah, it has bloody been 16 years, 'bout time! Glad I wasn’t at my folks watching it tho, would prolly have come out of it with ruptured eardrums. Some people are just a tad fanatical about hockey. On that note: IHANAA, LEIJONAT IHANAA!
Go boys go!!
I’m cheering for Canucks this time, hope they win the cup.
GO CANUCKS!!!
YES! Canuck fans 
@MikeMoose Well, technically a Habs fan. But when you’re down to the last Canadian team, you gotta stick with your country!!
Go SMASHVILLE PREDATORS!!!
As a Ranger fan I feel for you @nightcap. First round losses. I’m not a habs hater at all. But I am a Bruins hater from the days when they had Orr and Espo and Cheevers and we had a good team, too with Park and Gilbert and our goalies. Also very sorry to have seen the Preds go down, @transistor . Then the Sharks bit it, and the Bolts. So, go Canucks!!! I friggin’ love the NHL playoffs as much as the NCAA basketball tournament.
Sedin brothers of Canucks are in their thirties! So times go by…
@least_weasel Oh really? Shucks- I haven’t been keeping up with them… they’re just local so…
Oops…Boston coming back… (Panthers fan and season ticket holder here) there is no other sport with the intensity of Stanley Cup Playoffs. Not a Canuck fan or a Boston fan, but the intensity of the Stanley Cup Finals is unmatched. LOL and as far as HABS…the most obnoxious fans in the NHL…lol they get drunk down here in Florida and puke in the stands…I still cannot believe it. I have Panthers/Canadians tickets for next season down here in south florida, Lexus Club level, row 1, if anyone interested. I will not go to that one next season! lol.