Finland, USA win World Championship openers

by Peter Raaymakers on Apr 25, 2009 3:26 PM EDT

Finland defeated Norway 5-0 and the United States defeated Latvia 4-2 on Saturday morning to begin the 2009 IIHF World Championships. Jarkko Ruutu, assistant captain for the Finnish team, had one assist and four penalty minutes in their victory. Neither Ryan Shannon nor Nick Foligno, both...