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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.
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,
Slovakia upset Finland on Wednesday, setting the stage for what could be a wild tournament in an age of increasing international parity.
It’s been a lethargic start to the Olympics for Sweden’s men’s hockey club. As a recap: The Swedes let the Italians, who began the tournament with 100/1 gold medal odds, not only strike first, but settled for a 5-2 victory after spending 60 minutes of fruitless target practice.
Slovakia celebrated what forward Dalibor Dvorsky called the "best loss" of his life after securing a place in the Olympic men's ice hockey quarter-finals despite a 5-3 defeat by Sweden on Saturday.
Slovakia will aim to improve to 3-0 at the Olympics on Saturday when it faces a Sweden team coming off a disappointing loss to rival Finland. After failing to show up on Friday, my Sweden vs. Slovakia predictions expect the Swedes to show up with a big effort.
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.