Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne will be in net tonight when the Predators take on the Colorado Avalanche and try to stop a four-game losing streak. If the season ended today, Nashville wouldn’t make the playoffs and they will turn to Rinne tonight to stop the bleeding. January 6, 2009, 3:29pm Rinne to start against ColoradoBy
Month: January 2009
Juha Metsola finishes the World Juniors off strong, stopping 25 shots in a 3-1 win over Germany
Finland completed its World Juniors play with a 3-1 win over Germany today. Juha Metsola had 25 saves, finishing a very strong tournament in which he won 3 of 4 decisions and posted a 1.47 goals against average to go along with a .939 save percentage. Niclas Lucenius, a 2007 Atlanta Thrashers draft pick, had
Juha Metsola continues his strong play with 20 saves in a 7-1 win over Kazakhstan at the World Juniors
Goaltender Juha Metsola started his third consecutive game tonight over starting goaltender Harri Sateri and the results were again good ones for the Finnish team at the Word Juniors. Finland dominated Kazakhstan the entire evening, scoring 3 goals in the 1st period and never looked back. Metsola turned aside 20 of 21 shots he faced