Russia claim ice hockey world bronze after Finland scare

Russia survived a late fightback by Finland to seal a 5-3 win on Sunday to claim bronze medals at the ice hockey world championship.
Having lost 4-2 to Canada in the semi-finals, Russia raced into a 4-0 lead in the bronze-medal match with Nikita Gusev (twice), Vladimir Tkachyov and Bogdan Kiselevich all scoring.
But Finland rallied with three unanswered goals through Mikko Rantanen, Mikko Lehtonen and Veli-Matti Savinainen to pull it back to 4-3 early in the third quarter.
Nikita Kucherov settled Russian nerves though with the team's fifth goal to secure third place.
Defending champions Canada are chasing a third straight world title -- and their 27th overall -- in Sunday's final against Sweden.

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