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Two goals in the second period and determined defence in the final 20 minutes gave Slovakia a 4-0 win over Sweden in the bronze medal game at the National Indoor Stadium tonight. This marks the first ever Olympic ice hockey medal for the Slovaks. In 2010, they had a 3-1 lead in the third against … Read more
Arseni Gritsyuk, team ROC’s 20-year-old forward, kept his nerve to grab a shoot-out winner for the defending champion after a hard-fought semi-final against Sweden. The game was deadlocked at 1-1 after 60 minutes and neither team could decide it in overtime. Sweden came close to claiming that shoot-out verdict. Lucas Wallmark and Joakim Nordstrom both … Read more
Not every clash of the titans delivers an epic. This Olympic quarter-final battle between Sweden and Canada was more of an arm wrestle than an exhibition. Not that the Swedes will care after a 2-0 verdict booked a place in the medal round at the 2022 Olympic men’s tournament. That represents a return to form … Read more