Finnish captain Karolina Rantamaki's goal at 2:49 of overtime sends Finland home from the 2011 World's with a bronze medal. The Overtime win comes at the expense of another valiant third period comeback by Russia.
Minnamari Tuominen gave Finland a 1-0 lead at the 14:15 mark of the first with an unassisted goal. just 1:18 into the second Tuominen added her second goal of the game extending the Fins lead to 2-0. Despite being down 2-0 Russia out shot Finland in the second period 14-11. In the third Period Inna Dyubanok cut the Finnish lead to a single goal midway through the final frame. Russia capitalized just under three minutes later on the power play as Marina Sergina knocked in a feed from Alexandra Kapustina tying the game at two a piece. As the last six minutes of the game wore down neither team was able to grab an advantage setting up the overtime frame.
With the win Finland equals their Bronze Medal finish at the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2009 World's while Russia improves on a sixth place Olympic finish and fifth place 2009 World's ranking.
Box Score (IIHF)
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