Winter Olympics 2022 - Slovakia ease to bronze medal in men's ice hockey with 4-0 win over Sweden
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Published 19/02/2022 at 15:32 GMT
Slovakia won their first ever Olympic medal in ice hockey by beating Sweden 4-0 for the bronze at Beijing 2022. Second-period goals from Juraj Slafkovsky and Samuel Takac saw the Slovakians on their way before Slafkovsky and Pavol Regenda each hit into an empty net in the dying minutes to secure victory.
Goaltender Patrik Rybar #24 of Team Slovakia makes a save in the second period during the Men's Ice Hockey Playoff Semifinal match between Team Finland and Team Slovakia on Day 14 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Indoor Stadium.
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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.
Sweden, who narrowly missed out on the final after missing five consecutive penalties against the Russian Olympic Committee in the semi-finals, go home empty handed.
Juraj Slafkovsky scored for Slovakia in the second period and Samuel Takac grabbed a second shortly after on a power play after Sweden's Dennis Everberg was sent to the penalty box for two minutes.
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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