Finland claimed a 2-0 win over Slovakia on Friday and a spot in the men's ice hockey final at the Beijing Games helped by Sakari Manninen's first period goal and Harri Sateri's shutout netminding.
Finland now await the winners of the second semi-final later on Friday between defending gold medallists the Russian Olympic Committee and Sweden.
But Manninen made one of Finland's seven shots count by pouncing on a rebound and lifting it over sprawling netminder Patrik Rybar for a 1-0 lead. The game's only other goal came with 39 seconds remaining with Pesonen scoring into an empty net after Slovakia pulled their netminder for an extra-attacker in a bid to draw level.
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