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What a start to the eliminations playoffs! The Qualifiers saw two upsets and set up an exciting Quarterfinals. Slovenia, who has been the Cinderella story of this tournament, defeated Austria 4-0. This is Slovenia’s first appearance in the Men’s Olympic Hockey tournament since becoming an independent nation. Slovenia faces a...
All Qualification games have been set and the men start their single elimination tournament Tuesday! Teams USA, Sweden, Finland, and Canada all secured byes into the Quarterfinals and wait to see which of the remaining eight teams they will face. Sweden will take on the winner of Slovenia and Austria....
After two days off the Women’s US Hockey Team faced Sweden as their Semifinal match-up. It was clear that Team USA would have the upper hand when Alex Carpenter scored at 6:10 of the first period. It was a power play goal, which Sweden had previously given up zero goals...
Team USA came away with a Group clinching win against Slovenia, defeating them by a score of 5-1. Ryan Miller got the start over Jonathan Quick and held a shutout until the last 17.6 seconds when Slovenia’s Marcel Rodman blasted a laser shot through traffic and into the net. Dan...
