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Finland beats U.S.; Canada, Sweden, Russia advance to semifinals

Associated Press

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Sami Lepisto's goal at 3:59 of overtime led Finland to a 3-2 victory over the United States on Wednesday night in the world hockey quarterfinals. Lepisto took a pass from Saku Koivu at the point and fired the puck through a crowd and underneath U.S. goalie Robert Esche for the win. Finland advanced to play Russia in the semifinals Friday at Quebec City. "It's hard to lose like this, especially the way we played the third period," U.S. coach John Tortorella said. "We lost a tied faceoff. Really ...

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