Koivu's tying goal helps leads Finland to last-second win over the U.S.

StarTribune Thursday 17th May, 2012

It seemed to me that Mikko Koivu never left the ice for Finland in today's quarterfinal match against the U.S. in the world championships in Helsinki, but the final ice time tally allegedly was 18:09 for the Wild/Finland captain. Regardless, he was everywhere, won 13 of 19 faceoffs, had three shots and scored the tying goal with 6:58 left after driving the net and having a centering feed deflect in off his skate. A fired-up Koivu was completely ...

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