Olympics - Ice hockey - Women stick to script, men pen surprise finish
BEIJING : While the women's ice hockey tournament played out to a familiar script at the Beijing Games, the men's competition produced an unexpected finale.
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BEIJING : While the women's ice hockey tournament played out to a familiar script at the Beijing Games, the men's competition produced an unexpected finale.
The ice hockey competition has been a fixture at the Olympics since the first installment (actually in the Summer Games back in 1920 in Antwerp). It’s become a consistent fan favourite among the Winter games programme since it debuted in 1924 and the competition here at the Beijing 2022 Games was no exception.
A great roar erupted from the Finland team after they finally claimed Olympic ice hockey gold, the first ever for their nation, beating ROC 2-1 at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Sunday (20 February).
Slovakia landed two knockout blows in the second period to set up their 4-0 shutout of Sweden at Beijing 2022 on Saturday (19 February) to clinch their first Olympic medal in men's ice hockey.
BEIJING: Slovakia's teenage sensation Juraj Slafkovsky scored twice to lead their men's ice hockey team to an historic first Olympic medal as they beat Sweden 4-0 to take bronze at the Beijing Games on Saturday (Feb 19).
BEIJING : Slovakia men's ice hockey claimed an historic first Olympic medal on Saturday by beating Sweden 4-0 to take bronze at the Beijing Winter Games.
Slovakia won the bronze medal in the men's ice hockey with a comfortable 4-0 win over Sweden. It is the nation's first ever Olympic medal in ice hockey and just their second overall in Beijing.
Finland just shaded a tense and strategic contest with Slovakia 2-0 – with the second goal coming after the Slovaks had pulled their goalie with under a minute to go – at the National Indoor Stadium on Friday (18 February) to seal a berth in the gold-medal game at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 (on 20 February).