Tuesday’s FTB: Hirvonen Heartbreak in Edmonton

Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty ImagesOkay, full confession before we get on with this post. I bailed on the Finland - USA game after the second period. In my world, there never was hope, and there never was a heartbreak. See how that works?

In the first semifinal yesterday, Canada, Canada-ed Russia to a tune of 5-0. It was one of those goalie shits the bed while his team is also bad, the other team is excellent and the internet blames the goalie deals. I had traumatic flashbacks.

Mikhail Abramov was really good, got a goal on the power play that was called back for a dumb offside challenge. Rodion Amirov was as good as most Russians managed, Askarov was very bad, and no, Artur Akhtyamov…