Finland prevails in OT to top Czechs and win bronze at the women’s ice hockey world championship

Finland prevails in OT to top Czechs and win bronze at the women’s ice hockey world championship

Finland has rallied from three goals down before prevailing in overtime to beat the Czech Republic 4-3 and claim the bronze at the women’s ice hockey world championship for the second straight year. Jenniina Nylund scored the winner 4:52 into…

A bitter end to an otherwise great tournament. The Czech women's hockey team finished fourth at their first home world championship. In the bronze medal match, they lost 3:4 after overtime to the Finnish team, despite leading by three goals. The final ended with the same result, in which the USA players narrowly lost to the Canadians.

Still in the 36th minute of Sunday's game, the Czechs led 3-0. But the Finns subsequently cut back, equalized in the third period and took the decision in overtime. The last period of the basic playing time was accompanied by frequent booing from the Budweiser audience. The home players received four minor penalties, while their opponents, despite several controversial moments, did not receive one. The discontent was fueled by the fact that it w…

Former SCSU forward Jenniina Nylund scores in OT to give Finland bronze medal

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, Czechia — Former St. Cloud State forward Jenniina Nylund gave Finland an unlikley 4-3 overtime win over Czechia in the bronze medal game of the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship on Sunday, April 20. Nylund scored at 4:52 of overtime for the game-winner to help finish off a comeback from a 3-0 deficit. Nylund, 25, played for the Huskies from 2018-23 and is playing pro hockey for Brynas IF in Sweden. Nylund, who is from Pietar…

The Finnish women's hockey team was out of sorts in the bronze medal match against the Czech Republic at the World Championships. The Czech Republic led 3–0, but Finland came back to win 4–3.

IIHF - Finns fight back to snatch bronze

That’s what you call a big Finnish. Down 0-3 midway through the 2025 Women’s World Championship bronze medal game, Finland roared back to tie it up with 93 seconds left to play. Then came another heartbreaker for Czechia as dreams of home ice hardware were crushed by Jenniina Nylund in the fifth minute of overtime. As she forced the winner in from close range, the effect of almost 6,000 raucous Czech fans suddenly falling silent was almost as p…