"Taivas varjele!" (English: "''Good heavens!''") is a

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recording by Finnish Hockey Mafia featuring Finnish sports broadcaster and

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Antero Mertaranta Lauri Antero Johannes Mertaranta (born 17 January 1956 in Hyvinkää, Finland) is a prominent Finnish sportscaster and TV personality and former elementary school teacher. Antero Mertaranta is best known for his energetic announcing in IIHF Worl ...

. The hit recording remixing portions of his broadcast comments he made live during the Russia - Finland ice hockey game on May 13, 2011 in a song. Mertaranta's comments came after the Finnish national ice hockey team's 19-year-old Finnish player Mikael Granlund scored the game's initial goal giving a crucial first goal to give his country an eventual 3–0 win in the game Finland–Russia in the semi-final of the

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. When Granlund was behind the goal area, he managed to anchor the puck on his stick blade, lifted it off the ice, and threw the puck into the goal, which is known as a Michigan goal. The title of the song "Taivas varjele!" quotes the Finnish expression used by Mertaranta in response to Granlund's goal during his commentary of the game.

Chart performance

Finnish Hockey Mafia remixed the comments immediately adding musical sections to it. The resulting single was released after the game on

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and became a great hit in the

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. It went in straight at #2 on its week of release."Taivas Varjele!" page on FinishCharts website
/ref> The following week it was still in the charts at #3 before slipping to #5 in its third week of release. It was also the top downloaded track the week of its release in Finland.

References

External links

Finnish Hockey Mafia YouTube page
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