Mikko Rantanen, who scored Finland’s first goal, speaking after the game about the challenge of defending against Canada for so long: “They were pushing hard, Juuse Saros was making big saves, and we were defending hard, but I think they got us in the second. We had to defend so much we didn’t have the legs to go play some offense.
“We had a couple of looks in the third, but they were pushing hard, and obviously their power play made a difference as well.
“We tried, but when you defend for 25 to 30 seconds in your defensive zone, there’s not one guy in the world who can go on offense after that. They were just coming at us. The third period was tighter, but they were still pushing hard and found a way.
“I’m proud of every guy, how we battled and defended really hard. I’m just proud of every guy, but the defeat doesn’t make us happy now at all.”