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Ottawa Senators Centre Helps Propel Team USA Into Sunday's World Final After losing in the first round of the NHL playoffs, Ottawa Senators centre Shane Pinto is carving out a nice silver lining for himself at the World Hockey Championships. The 24-year-old centre had a goal and two assists to lead Team USA to a 6-2 victory over Sweden on Saturday. That guarantees he'll be coming home with at least a silver medal. 0:37 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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Ottawa Senators Centre Helps Propel Team USA Into Sunday's World Final After losing in the first round of the NHL playoffs, Ottawa Senators centre Shane Pinto is carving out a nice silver lining for himself at the World Hockey Championships. The 24-year-old centre had a goal and two assists to lead Team USA to a 6-2 victory over Sweden on Saturday. That guarantees he'll be coming home with at least a silver medal. 0:37 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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25-05-2025
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Ottawa Senators Centre Helps Propel Team USA Into Sunday's World Final
After losing in the first round of the NHL playoffs, Ottawa Senators centre Shane Pinto is carving out a nice silver lining for himself at the World Hockey Championships. The 24-year-old centre had a goal and two assists to lead Team USA to a 6-2 victory over Sweden on Saturday. That guarantees he'll be coming home with at least a silver medal. The Americans dominated early, building up a 4-0 lead. Sweden got to within two goals in the third period before the U.S. slammed the door shut, including Pinto's empty-netter to ice it. Sens Headlines:Will The Ottawa Senators Sign Shane Pinto To An Extension This Summer?Senators Prospect Parts Ways With Organization And Signs Back Home In SwedenSummer Breakups: Senators GM Steve Staios Prepares For Another Rebalancing Act Pinto was not only one of the best players on the ice in the semifinal, he also has 10 points in seven games in the tournament. He admits they let their foot off the gas a little on Saturday. "We were playing a little too timid,' Pinto told 'We were up 4-0, so we were kind of just trying to let the time pass. But that's not how you have to play to win. [After the timeout], we got our legs going and I thought we played much better.' Pinto and the Americans have already clinched the silver medal, which is the best they've done in the tournament since winning gold at the 1960 Olympics. That was back when the Winter Games doubled as the World Championship. By 1968, the two events returned to being stand-alone events. This will be their first appearance in a final at a stand-alone Worlds. Prior to 1992, the event was a round-robin with no playoffs. Sens Nation Podcast: Predicting who will eventually emerge as the long-term second-line centre next season. For Sweden, they'll be the heavy favourite against Denmark in Sunday's bronze medal game. A few eyebrows were raised when they opted not to bring Sens goalie Linus Ullmark, who says he wanted to play. The Swedes locked in two spots for Samuel Ersson and Arvid Söderblom, but held one spot for a goalie who might be eliminated in the first round of the NHL playoffs. They chose Jakob Markström, and Markström admits he wasn't at his best in Saturday's semifinal. Team Sweden Not Apologizing For Linus Ullmark Being Left Off Roster (Nor Should They) After failing to reach the final at February's inaugural Four Nations Face-Off, Team Sweden head coach Sam Hallam will get another chance at international glory at this month's World Hockey Championship. 'It's disappointing that I couldn't play at a level that was needed. There were a couple of loose pucks I could've held on to, I have to be better in an important game like this, that would've given us a better chance to win,' Markström said. The Americans will face Switzerland in Sunday's final at Avicii Arena in Sweden. After Denmark shocked Canada – eliminating them in the quarterfinal in one of the biggest upsets in hockey history – the Swiss destroyed the Danes in the semifinals, 7-0. Steve WarneThe Hockey News Ottawa
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20-05-2025
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Juuso Parssinen of Rangers scores fancy goal for Finland at World Championships
Juuso Parssinen continues to make a positive impression and play a big role for Finland at the 2025 World Hockey Championships. The New York Rangers forward added to his impressive play at the tournament Saturday when he scored a highlight-reel goal off the rush in a 2-1 win against Latvia. Parssinen made a slick between the legs play at high speed approaching the Latvia net early in the second period. He appeared to be trying to pass to an onrushing teammate, but caught a break when the puck hit the skate of a Latvian defenseman and deflected into the net to give Finland a 1-0 lead at 7:37 of the second period. That was Parsinnen's only shot on goal Saturday, but he made it count. He also won six of 10 face-offs and logged an even 10 minutes TOI. Advertisement The 24-year-old now has four points (three goals, one assist) in five games for Finland, which has won four of five. Parssinen's first two goals in the tournament were game-winners, and he's plus-6 so far. His goal Saturday is quickly becoming a go-to highlight on social media. But that's nothing new for Parssinen. He blew it up a couple years ago when he scored this between-the-legs beauty for the Nashville Predators in overtime against the Minnesota Wild. Related: 'Stock has definitely risen' on potential Rangers free-agent target Adam Gaudette Rangers intrigued with what they have in Juuso Parssinen Danny Wild-Imagn Images This is the potential the Rangers see in Parssinen, whom they acquired from the Colorado Avalanche on March 1 in the Ryan Lindgren trade. It's, in part, what led the Rangers to sign Parssinen to a two-year, $2.5 million contract a couple weeks ago. Advertisement Parssinen was actually scratched for more games (12) than he played (11) with the Rangers after the trade. When he was in the lineup, Parssinen skated in the bottom six, both at center and on the wing. He won 40.3 percent of his face-offs in limited opportunity. The Rangers had only a 28.57 percent expected goals share when Parssinen was on the ice 5v5, per Natural Stat Trick, and were out-chanced by a whopping 77-21 margin with him on the ice. But Parssinen came alive offensively late in the season, with five points (two goals, three assists) in his final three games. And he's carried that momentum into the World Championships. Can he bring it consistently? That's always been the question for the talented forward, who offers versatility with the ability to play center or on the wing. Even at the Worlds, it hasn't been all good. Parssinen was demolished at the face-off dot prior to Saturday's much better showing. Next season will give the Rangers a better idea if they have an extra depth forward on their hands or an emerging young talent ready to take the next step. Advertisement Related Headlines
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13-05-2025
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Rangers' Juuso Parssinen scores overtime winner, helps Finland avoid upset at Word Championships
Juuso Parssinen finished the 2024-25 season strong for the New York Rangers, and that's carried over into his play at the 2025 World Hockey Championships. Parssinen scored a beauty in overtime to lift Finland past France 4-3 in preliminary-round play Sunday in Stockholm. His goal capped a furious comeback, as Finland avoided what would have been a stunning upset defeat at the hands of France. Advertisement Eeli Tolvanen scored twice 1:05 apart late in the third period to rally Finland from a 3-1 deficit. Each of his goals — at 18:27 and 19:32 — were scored after Finland pulled goalie Emil Larmi for an extra attacker. That set the stage for Parssinen's heroics. The Rangers center accepted a feed from Tolvanen, scooted to the net, and slid a backhand shot between the pads of goalie Antoine Keller just 1:24 into overtime to lift Finland to their second win in as many games at the Worlds. It was the second consecutive game-winner at the tournament for Parssinen. His first wasn't nearly as exciting. He scored Finland's second goal, 7:06 into the first period of an eventual 2-1 win over Austria. Advertisement Playing on Finland's third line, Parssinen tied for second on the team with four shots on goal Sunday, won 8 of 14 face-offs and logged 13:16 TOI. 'France played a great game,' Parssinen said. 'They defended well, everybody can skate and battle these days and the games get tough if you don't bury your chances.' Parssinen will face his Rangers teammate Mika Zibanejad on Monday when rivals Finland and Sweden clash. Zibanejad has three goals including a game-winner, in two games for Sweden, which won each of its first two games at the Worlds. The 24-year-old, who was acquired from the Colorado Avalanche on March 1 as part of the Ryan Lindgren trade, finished strong for the Rangers with five points (two goals, three assists) in his final three games of the season — a three-point outing against the Islanders on April 10 and two points vs. the Florida Panthers four days later. Advertisement Parssinen signed a two-year contract with the Rangers two weeks ago. He could've been a restricted free agent after he totaled 16 points (six goals, 10 assists) in 48 games for the Nashville Predators, Avalanche and Rangers this season. Related: Why Rangers long offseason might be blessing in disguise for Adam Fox Rangers forward prospect Adam Sykora earns first points at World Championships Credit: Hartford Wolf Pack Elsewhere at the World Championships, Rangers forward prospect Adam Sykora helped Slovakia defeat Slovenia 3-1 on Sunday. He picked up an assist on their first goal of the game, by Sebastian Cederle at 8:20 of the first period. It was Sykora's first point of the tournament. Advertisement The 20-year-old had two shots on goal in 14:09 TOI. This past season was his second as a pro in North America. Sykora notched career highs across the board with nine goals, 21 assists and 30 points 71 games with Hartford of the American Hockey League. He finished fifth on Hartford in scoring and fourth in assists. Will Cuylle remains without a point for Canada, which routed Latvia 7-1 on Sunday. Cuylle, a 20-goal scorer for the Rangers this season, logged 10:23 TOI but didn't record a shot on goal. Rangers goalie prospect Dylan Garand backed up Marc-Andre Fleury in the easy win. Garand started and earned a shutout in Canada's opener, a 4-0 win against Slovenia.
