The Russian men's hockey team lost their chance for an Olympic medal on Wednesday with a 3-1 loss to Finland.
The Russian team was met with whistles of disapproval from the Russian home crowd. The Internet, also, was quick to react to this stunning loss, as it is wont to do.
Here's a smattering of what was culled from the Twitterverse.
#Sochi2014 Bear is inconsolable after Russia's loss to Finland in the #IceHockey... :-( pic.twitter.com/8nOAw3Cqdr
— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) February 19, 2014
#Russia to #Lipnitskaya: You can do this, right? #Sochi2014 #hockeyhangover
— Nick McCarvel (@NickMcCarvel) February 19, 2014
Russia has lost 1:3 to Finland. Russia will not medal. This is our office right now. #hockey #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/oSfkjBLXG2
— The Moscow News (@themoscownews) February 19, 2014
Live look-in at Russian hockey team after today's game... pic.twitter.com/w620580PXF
— Happy Gilmore (@_Happy_Gilmore) February 19, 2014
@PeytonsHead "If they die, they die" - Ivan Drago
— Larry Bird (@FauxLarryJBird) February 19, 2014
We are all Finland! #olympics
— Nick Goetsch (@Gootchers) February 19, 2014
