MILAN (AP) \u2014 Finland won the bronze medal in men\u2019s hockey at the Olympics for a third consecutive time with NHL players participating, beating Slovakia 6-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Erik Haula scored two goals and Joel Armia had a goal and two assists for Finland, which also got bronze in Sochi in 2014 and in Vancouver in 2010, and left Turin in 2006 with silver.<\/p>\n
The Finns scored four times in the third period, bouncing back after blowing a two-goal lead in a 3-2 loss to high-powered Canada<\/a> in the semifinals on Nathan MacKinnon\u2019s goal with 35.2 seconds left.<\/p>\n They again jumped ahead 2-0 and after Slovakia cut it to one, Roope Hintz<\/a> and Kaapo Kakko scored 42 seconds apart in the third period as the Finns broke open the game. They finished off their four-goal outburst with two empty-net scores.<\/p>\n Sports Roundup<\/p>\n Even getting to this point was an impressive feat because they did so without top player Aleksander Barkov<\/a>, who is recovering from surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right knee from an injury at Florida Panthers training camp<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n Finland was also without Mikko Rantanen,<\/a> who sustained a lower-body injury in Friday\u2019s game against Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n