Teemu Selanne raises serious allegations against Canada and Olympic referees
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Mike Armenti
Feb 20, 2026 (3:26 PM)
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Teemu Selanne is completely unhinged after head coach Antti Pennanen watched Finland fall to Canada in a bitterly controversial Olympic semifinal.
"The Finnish Flash" took to his social media accounts Friday afternoon to absolutely torch the on-ice officiating following the heartbreaking Olympic defeat.
He certainly did not mince words when addressing the frustrated fans watching the high-stakes tournament unfold.
Selanne boldly declared that beating the greatest hockey country in the world and Canadian referees on the very same night is simply an impossible task.
The immense frustration from the iconic sniper stems directly from a devastating late penalty call that shifted the entire momentum of the semifinal matchup.
Is Selanne insinuating that there was some form of collusion between Team Canada and the referees? It would appear so.
With exactly 90 seconds left on the clock in a painfully tense third period, the officials whistled the Finns for a highly debated infraction.
Taking a skater off the ice at that specific juncture essentially erased any realistic chance of a dramatic last-minute push to tie the hockey game.
A Brutal Finish
Selanne openly categorized the late penalty call as absolutely embarrassing for the sport of hockey on the grandest international stage.
He firmly capped off his uncharacteristic public vent session by angrily labeling the entire late-game sequence a complete joke.
It's undeniably rare to see the historically cheerful Hall of Fame winger this irate and aggressively vocal in a public forum.
National pride and the ultimate chase for Olympic glory simply crank the emotional stakes up to an entirely different stratosphere for these legends.
Passionate hockey fans back in Helsinki are currently echoing his exact sentiments across every major platform and message board right now.
The exact timing of the whistle leaves a remarkably sour taste for the hardworking European squad that battled so hard for three full periods.
Handing a star-studded Canadian roster a man advantage in the dying moments of an elimination game is a surefire recipe for a quick exit.
Canada now officially advances to play for gold on Sunday while Finland must somehow regroup in the locker room to fight for a bronze medal.
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