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The Czech Republic captured the bronze medal at the 2012 World Championship on Sunday with a 3-2 victory over host Finland.
Petr Prucha, Jiri Novotny and David Krejci scored first-period goals for the Czechs and Jakub Stepanek did just enough with 34 saves to lift the Czechs to a second straight bronze medal. The Czechs also won a medal for the third consecutive year, taking gold in 2010.Mika Pyorala and Jussi Jokinen both scored for Finland, which outshot the Czechs 14-1 in the third period and came up just short in a bid for a repeat medal. The Finns won last year's gold in Bratislava. Petri Vehanen made 25 saves in defeat.Krejci's third goal of the tournament gave the Czechs a 3-1 lead in the final minute of the first period. After a scoreless second, Jokinen pulled the Finns within one on a power play just past the nine-minute mark of the third.That was all Stepanek yielded, however, despite the shot disparity in the closing period.Russia and Slovakia will play for this year's gold ...England returns to the European Championship after missing out on the 2008 tournament, and the Three Lions do so with plenty of questions to answer.Chief among them ...
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Jimmy Howard made 18 saves and the United States took down Finland, 5-0, on Sunday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals at the 2012 World Championship.Max Paciorett...
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