The Czech national ice hockey team started the Karjala Cup with a loss to the Sweden National Men’s hockey team, by a score of 4-1, in Linköping. The tournament is one of four in the Euro Hockey Tour, an unofficial ice hockey championship.
The popular European national teams – the Czech Republic, Sweden, Russia and Finland – compete against each other in the European Hockey Tour each year.
The goals by Sweden were from Pontus Holmberg, Karl Klingberg, Jesper Olofsson and Anton Bengtsson . Among the Czechs, Philip Hlapik scored.
The Czechs next face the Finns, in Helsinki, on Saturday.
For game report, click here
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