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Sweden and Finland renew their fierce hockey rivalry at the Winter Olympics after opening tests for both teams in group play.
Despite logging heavy minutes, recording first Olympic point, Detroit's Lucas Raymond and Sweden fall 4-1 to Finland.
The 2-0 win by the Swedes eliminates the Czechia, the No. 3 seed after the four-game preliminary round. The Czech team came into the 2026 Olympics as bronze medal favorites, with eight players from the Professional Women’s Hockey League, including No. 1 pick — and leading goal scorer — Kristýna Kaltounková.
Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson has shown flashes for Team Sweden at the Olympics, but history appears to be repeating itself.
Juuse Saros made 34 saves for Finland in a 4-1 win over Sweden in the preliminary round of the men's hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Finland earns feisty win over Sweden at Olympics as McDavid and Crosby score in Canada's victory
MILAN (AP) — Finland showed plenty of fight in reviving its Olympic campaign. Joel Armia scored a short-handed goal and the Finns outmuscled archrival Sweden in a 4-1 group-stage victory Friday — 20 years after the sides squared off in the gold medal game at the Turin Games.
Sweden suffered its first loss of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday against its biggest rival.
MILAN — The Swedes are in trouble. Just two days after needing a third-period rally to beat Italy, Tre Kroner lost convincingly to its archrival Finland on Friday, 4-1, in a performance that ought to raise alarm bells for the 2006 gold medalists.
The blueprint delivered Finland its second win against Sweden in five Olympic meetings involving NHL players, the first since 1998 in Nagano. "Identity game, I felt like," said Fi
Sweden is planning to announce details of a new aid package under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) programme at a meeting of NATO defence ministers, which will be attended by
Joel Armia scored a shorthanded goal as Finland revived its Olympic campaign by beating archrival Sweden 4-1 on Friday in a group-stage victory 20 years after the sides squared off in the gold-medal game at the Turin Games.