Sami Salo unleashes his patented howitzer

Torino 2006 Olympics quarterfinal, Finland vs. USA.

Sami Salo's SHG (3-on-4) against team USA. It would have went past Rick DiPietro even without the help of Mathieu Schneider's stick. If DiPietro had blocked it, it would have went right through him ;D

This is not the first time we've seen such a bullet by Salo, and it certainly won't be the last. Too bad he was injured during this game and thus couldn't be there for Finland, which should have and would have won gold without seven key players injured.

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[CaptainMazda]

This was a dreamteam. Watching these highlights brings a tear to my eye. Selanne will be gone soon along with Numminen. Salo is planning to retire at 36 in 4 years. Go Finland Go!

[Etukumi]

It's hardly a dream team when seven or eight players are injury replacements. Especially when one of the injured players is a Vezina trophy winner and the best hockey player in the world according to The Hockey News (at the time, that is).

[CaptainMazda]

Erm, compare Finland's perfect record in the 2006 Olympics going into the final against their 2002 elimination and 1998 bronze. You also missed my point. I know Kiprusoff is the greatest in the world and they missed him, but Niittymaki and Norrena played outstanding. I'm commenting on the future absences of Selanne, Numminen, and Kapanen.

[Etukumi]

1998? An awesome team that Pavel Bure unfortunately shat on with his five semi-final goals. Played the wrong goalie until the bronze game IMHO.

2002? A 1-2 QF loss against the biggest hockey country in the world is not exactly anything to be ashamed of. Especially when we didn't have Koivu.

[Etukumi]

2006? Kiprusoff, Lehtonen, Väänänen, Pitkänen, T. Ruutu, S. Kapanen missing. Even Sami Salo got injured in the QF. It's not that I don't respect the team of injury replacements that beat Russia 4-0, it's just that my "dream team" would have easily done better :P

[FuckinGunner]

Haha! Never beats the finnish legendary commentator Antero Mertaranta. I don't know how he does it but it always feels like he breaks records in how many words can you say in one minute. Hilarious!

[Oll112]

SS ruoska laulaa

[DarkGamerProject]

munki sukunimi salo:)

[JiiHate]

@CaptainMazda But he didn't.

[moosartti]

@HockeyGamer94 älä viiti harmi ku pleikkari ja pelit ollu kaatopaikalla jo piakkoin kymmenen vuotta :(

[HockeyGamer94]

tekis mieli pelata nhl 2000..

[Kaksisekuntiaaikaa]

@Etukumi Ei "dream team" -kokoonpano automaattisesti tarkoita parempaa menestystä, kuten on nähty moneen kertaan Kanadan ja Venäjän osalta. Vancouveriinhan lähti lähestulkoon kaikki Suomen parhaat (- J. Jokinen). Leijonat pelasivat huonosti ja pronssi oli positiivinen yllätys. Torinon ryhmästä jokunen tähti jäi uupumaan, mutta dream teamin joukkueesta teki se tapa jolla se pelasi. On mahdollista, että Kipperin ollessa maalissa Suomi ei olisikaan menestynyt niin hyvin ymsyms...

[Hermesfani]

There are howitzers. There are insane howitzers. Then last but definitely not least, there are Sami Salo's howitzers.

[vpndudes]

@Etukumi Do you expect Salo to NOT get injured?

[TheQneb]

@Etukumi This was still the best tournament from Finland ever. We were better than anyone, but we ofcourse went to lost for sweden, played a bad game in wrong place. But finland owned star-filled Canada and Russia with shutout. at quarters and semifinals. Tells you someting. I call this dreamteam too..

[Slippar247]

heti amerikkalais selostaja keksimässä selityksiä miksi ei ollu hieno maali =D

[Slippar247]

mukava nähdä venäläisten kannattavan suomea :)