Slovakia, Sweden and Olympic
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Team Slovakia clinched Group B despite losing 5-3 to Sweden after Finland beat Italy 11-0. Here's how the tiebreaker process worked.
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Juraj Slafkovsky scores twice as Slovakia upsets Finland 4-1 to open the Milan Cortina Olympics
MILAN (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky had Slovakia's only two goals four years ago in the first men's hockey game at the Beijing Olympics, a convincing loss to Finland. Slafkovsky again scored twice in the tournament opener.
Slovakia upset Finland on Wednesday, setting the stage for what could be a wild tournament in an age of increasing international parity.
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In fact, it was Slovakia's third goal, by Dalibor Dvorsky with 39 seconds left in the third period that led to the wild celebration after the Group B preliminary round game.
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Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada ease past Swiss, Finland beat Sweden, Slovakia, Czechs notch wins
By Amy Tennery and Trevor Stynes MILAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Canada put on another ice hockey highlight reel on Friday, beating Switzerland 5-1, and Finland bested Nordic rivals Sweden 4-1 to get their Olympic title defence back on track,
The Slovakia men’s hockey team upset Finland 4-1 in Wednesday’s round robin opener at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. And thanks to the hockey game, a fugitive’s 16-year escape from authorities also came to an end.
The Swedes won the game 5-3, thanks in part to two goals from Elias Pettersson and a goal and two assists from Lucas Raymond. Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves for Sweden (2-0-0-1) in
A late goal put Slovakia into the Olympic quarterfinals as the winner of Group B in a tiebreaker, even after losing 5-3 to Sweden.