( CNN ) -- The U.S. men 's hockey team lost any dream of an Olympic medal Saturday when Finland crushed them 5-0 in the consolation game for the bronze medal in the Sochi Games . The loss was a major American disappointment in one of the Olympics ' marquee events , especially after the Americans earlier beat the Russians . Finland broke open the scoreless game in the second period , by scoring two successive goals in the opening minutes , embarrassing the Americans , who seemed uninspired . By the third period , the game was a blowout as the U.S. team was unable to find the goal . The Americans appeared Saturday to still be reeling from their loss this week to Canada , 1-0 , which meant that the Americans would be relegated to playing for the bronze medal and the Canadian team advancing to Sunday 's game for the gold . Americans entered the Olympics with high hopes -- and a quest to redeem themselves after their performance in the last Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 when they lost the gold-medal game to Canada 3-2 in overtime and went home with a silver medal . In the Sochi Games , the U.S. team demonstrated early prowess when they beat the Czech Republic 5-2 and then archrival Russia 3-2 . But the U.S. team then lost to Canada , which will play Sweden on Sunday . And then the Americans were shutout Saturday . The Fins seemed to score at will in the third period , racking up three goals . At least the U.S. women fared better in the Sochi Games . This week they took a silver medal after they lost the gold medal game to Canada in overtime , 3-2 . The Olympics ' hockey game has emerged as a sort of a world championship because many of hockey 's top pros play in the Winter Games for their respective countries . As so , the Finnish team was loaded with National Hockey League talent , as was the American team . The Finnish team featured NHL players such as Anaheim 's Teemu Selanne , Boston 's Tuukka Rask and Dallas ' Kari Lehtonen . The Fins were a formidable team entering the bronze medal game because their two losses came to the two finalists who will be playing in Sunday 's gold medal game -- Canada and Sweden -- and because they knocked Russia out of the Games .
Finland shuts out the Czech by scoring two goals in 3rd period , two in 3rd period . The Canada team seemed to be reeling from an earlier loss to Canada . Sweden and Sweden will play for the gold .