Finland beats Canada in OT for gold at men’s hockey worlds

TEMPERE — Sakari Manninen scored in overtime to lift host Finland to a 4-3 win over Canada in a wild gold-medal game at the men’s world hockey championships on Sunday.

Finland also received two goals from Mikael Granlund and another from Joel Armia. Dylan Cozens, Zach Whitecloud and Max Comtois scored for Canada, while Matt Barzal chipped in with three assists.

The host Finns held a 3-1 lead late in the third before the Canadians struck for two goals with their goaltender pulled.

Whitecloud scored with 2:12 remaining to put Canada to within one goal before Comtois forced three-on-three overtime with the tying goal with 84 seconds remaining in regulation.

Manninen's winner was scored on the power play six minutes into the extra frame after Canadian captain Thomas Chabot was whistled for a hooking minor.

With the 4-on-3 advantage, Manninen was able to sneak into the right circle with all Canadian eyes on Granlund who had the puck at left point. Recognzing this, Granlund fired a quick pass to the unmarked Manninen who unleashed a howitzer one-timer to clinch the world title.

The Canadian side wasn't too pleased with the call and took exception to the way things ended.

"It sucks," Canadian forward Pierre-Luc Dubois told the TSN broadcast after the game. "I mean, you work so hard and for it to be decided like that it sucks. We know when we come into these tournaments it's different rules but that's not the point. It's frustrating.

"You don't even know the rulebook anymore."

"I think it's pretty obvious that the guy threw himself, but at the end of the day my stick was in there and I put myself in that position, so it's a hockey call and things happen quick," added Chabot. "But I think everyone can agree that it was a bit of a