Men's ice hockey Day 3 Round Up: Wins for ROC, Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland

ROC, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland recorded victories on the third day of action in the men's ice hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

After their 2-0 victory over Denmark - their second win out of two - ROC head coach Alexei Zhamnov said, "Defensively we are playing good and offensively we need to get better.

"The next games will be tough as teams get better and better so we have to be ready for this. We want to make sure our forwards are working better in the offensive zone."

Action continues on Saturday (12 February) with four match-ups including the much-anticipated clash between the United States and Canada. The other three games see Germany up against the People's Republic of China, Czech Republic play ROC, and Sweden face Denmark.

The defending Olympic champions from ROC earned their second straight shutout in a 2-0 victory over Denmark.

Their first goal came in the middle of the second period, as Pavel Karnuakhov scored off assists from Anton Slepyshev and Dmitri Voronkov.

Kirill Semyonov added an empty-netter with six seconds to go to add to their opening 1-0 win over Switzerland.

“We knew their plan well, which was to play defensively. (They had a) good goalie," said Stanislav Galiev whose ROC team managed 33 shots on goal. "We watched their last game, and (our) coach told us about their defence."

Though ROC top Group B, they are far from content.

"Yeah, but it's only two games. We'd like to score more goals," said Galiev.

The Czech Republic's match-up against Switzerland went all the way to a shootout with David Krejci the only man finding the net.

The sides were tied at 1-1 after regulation time and overtime with Simon Hrubec keeping out all five Swiss efforts in the shootout