Winter Olympics 2022 - Slovakia ease to bronze medal in men's ice hockey with 4-0 win over Sweden

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.

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There was little drama either side of the second period, with Sweden unable to challenge Slovakia's supremacy in the third. But while Slovakia were originally denied a third by some heroics by goaltender Lars Johansson, Sweden pulled the goalie in the dying minutes and Slafkovsky and Pavol Regenda both struck into an empty net to double the Slovakian lead.

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