> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Tuesday’s FTB: Hirvonen Heartbreak in Edmonton - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/tuesdays-leafs-links-roni-hirvonen-heartbreak-in-edmonton-team-finland-loses-to-usa/ - Published: 2021-01-05T12:31:26.000Z - Updated: 2021-01-05T12:31:26.000Z - Description: Roni Hirvonen did what he does, but ultimately the USA stomped on the Finnish hopes of ... being stomped by Canada today - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50 Okay, 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 shouldn’t have been put in. He’s played three KHL games this year against carefully chosen weak candidates and was not up to that task. Finland fell to the USA 4-3, and it was painful. Or so I hear. First Kasper Simontaival scored in the third period to make it 3-2 USA and then Roni Hirvonen did this: > 🚨🇫🇮 TIE GAME! [@leijonat](https://twitter.com/leijonat?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) come back in the 3rd and it's tied 3-3 with 3:43 to go! [#WorldJuniors](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldJuniors?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/Khw1jEn3hh](https://t.co/Khw1jEn3hh?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) [January 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/IIHFHockey/status/1346317882762915840?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) But then the USA did this: > 1:16 to go and [@Arthur\_Kaliyev](https://twitter.com/Arthur%5FKaliyev?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) helps [@usahockey](https://twitter.com/usahockey?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) take the lead! [#WorldJuniors](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldJuniors?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/fxrZRtiO99](https://t.co/fxrZRtiO99?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) [January 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/IIHFHockey/status/1346318864586395648?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > Team Finland’s top three players of the tournament: > \- Ville Heinola (WPG) > \- Anton Lundell (FLA) > \- Mikko Kokkonen (TOR) > > — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) [January 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/1346320498301435904?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Interesting choice there. My take after two periods was that Kokkonen had played his best game of the tournament, particularly defensively. Not sure I’d have had him on that list. Heinola was great, though. It will be weird when he turns back into a Jet and we hate him. Of speaking of. I was supposed to title this post Calgary Flames Day at PPP. Today we hate on the Flames all day long, so get ready for that. ### Things we wrote [Nick Robertson, the CHL Transfer Agreement and You - Pension Plan Puppets](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/nick-robertson-the-chl-transfer-agreement-and-you-maple-leafs/) It’s not the CBA this time, I swear. [Why We Hate The Vancouver Canucks - Pension Plan Puppets](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/why-we-hate-the-vancouver-canucks-toronto-pettersson-hughes-benning/) Hey there, B.C. [Know your Enemy, Maple Leafs: The Vancouver Canucks - Pension Plan Puppets](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/know-your-enemy-the-vancouver-canucks-toronto-maple-leafs-season-preveiw/) The Leafs play the Canucks nine times this year, and we’re going to know them whether we want to or not. ### Today’s Games at the WJC Finland vs Russia for bronze at 5:30 pm (for real, not just how TSN lists the time) Canada vs USA (go Canada, go, I suppose) at 9:30 pm (not whatever padded time TSN does list) And that’s it. When the medals are handed out in the middle of the night eastern time, we’re done for another year and things go back to abnormal. ### Twitter Things > YES. HE. DID. 👀[@jwalks96](https://twitter.com/jwalks96?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) with the MICHIGAN! [#SCTop10](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCTop10?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/84tsExHpBE](https://t.co/84tsExHpBE?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Sun Devil Hockey (@SunDevilHockey) [January 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/SunDevilHockey/status/1346277696729333765?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > This could be beneficial for teams like WPG/TOR/MTL, which operate AHL teams in their home city and will presumably have to adopt NHL-level protocols in order to gain government approval to keep running their affiliates there. > > — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) [January 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1346247152587177984?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > One would think that means shorter quarantine periods for recalls at home involving WPG/TOR/MTL than those in situations where a player is required to join his NHL team by taking a commercial flight, for example. That carries a seven-day quarantine under NHL/NHLPA protocols. > > — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) [January 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1346247153459585024?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) There are three AHL teams that opted out of playing: > (continued) > "As an independently owned franchise, our foremost obligation is to ensure that our team is financially viable for the long term, something that is not possible without gameday revenue." > > — PATRICK WILLIAMS (@pwilliamsNHL) [January 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/pwilliamsNHL/status/1346233660547194882?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > Charlotte owner and CEO Michael Kahn in a written statement: "There are several travel, safety and player supply challenges to consider." > > (continued) > > — PATRICK WILLIAMS (@pwilliamsNHL) [January 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/pwilliamsNHL/status/1346232926762053633?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > Milwaukee owner Harris Turer will keep his staff employed going forward. > > "My staff and their families are my priority." > > — PATRICK WILLIAMS (@pwilliamsNHL) [January 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/pwilliamsNHL/status/1346226453428449286?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > 28 teams will be participating in [@TheAHL](https://twitter.com/TheAHL?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)'s 2020-21 season, which opens Feb. 5 > > Details: [https://t.co/cTZlyOTMK9](https://t.co/cTZlyOTMK9?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/jiJ310QxuW](https://t.co/jiJ310QxuW?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — AHL Communications (@AHLPR) [January 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/AHLPR/status/1346214826578567168?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) ### Maple Leafs And that’s Tuesday’s FTB, hope it was everything you ever wanted. Now, try to hate the Flames today!