Tag: Czechia
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Avalanche at the Olympics: Canada and United States survive; Lehkonen plays hero
Wednesday was the best day of hockey yet out in Milan, with tight games determining who will and will not keep their hopes for a gold medal alive. Slovakia defeats Germany 6-2 This one was not particularly close. Slovakia outshot Germany 18-5 in the opening period and it was 4-0 about halfway through the game.…
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Avalanche at the Olympics: Necas driving the bus for Czechia; United States to face Sweden
The playoff portion of the tournament has come and gone with no upsets on the men’s hockey side of things, setting up a great slate of quarterfinal games for Wednesday. No matter what happens in the quarterfinals, at least two Avalanche players will see their dream for Olympic gold come to an end. Germany defeats…
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Avalanche at the Olympics: Canada secures the top seed; Makar breaks through on power play
As expected, the United States and Canada finished the round-robin portion of the tournament undefeated. Only one can take the top seed, and it’ll be our friends north of the border. Switzerland defeats Czechia 4-3 in overtime Martin Necas continued his strong tournament, picking up a point on all three Czechia goals, including his tying…