Finland's OT winner disallowed in gold-medal game at women's worlds
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Finland scores in OT but the goal is disallowed after a review that took just short of an eternity pic.twitter.com/UbYCCdZVZX
— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) April 14, 2019
Team Finland was victimized by a controversial call in the final of the Women's World Championship on Sunday.
The Finns thought they'd buried the winner against the United States in overtime, but officials handed U.S. goaltender Alex Rigsby a minor penalty for tripping, and what would have been the golden goal was disallowed.
A lengthy review came after the Finnish players had already celebrated.
🇫🇮After video review there was no goal. Back to business and overtime. #WomensWorlds pic.twitter.com/VLFpY98yVC
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 14, 2019
The U.S. ultimately prevailed 2-1 in a shootout.