Feb 12 2014 Sochi RUSSIA Sweden defenseman Erik Karlsson 65 celebrates with forward Nicklas Backstrom 19 after scoring a goal against Czech Republic in a mens ice hockey preliminary round game during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Bolshoy Ice DomeJayne Kamin Oncea USA TODAY Sports
Day three of the men’s Olympic hockey tournament is today and the first game we will be live-blogging is Sweden vs. Switzerland.
Sweden cruised to a win in their opening match-up with the Czech Republic while Switzerland needed a goal with under 20 seconds left in the game to break a goalless game and win 1-0.
In all likelihood, the winner of this game will be the winner of the group so there is a lot at stake here as the winner of the group avoids the first round of qualification games.
Join us for the live-blog as the game starts shortly after 7:30 AM Eastern time and the blog will be open about 10 minutes before that.
Michael Clifford
Michael Clifford was born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and is a graduate of the Unviersity of New Brunswick. He writes about fantasy hockey and baseball for XNSports and FantasyTrade411.com. He can be reached on Twitter @SlimCliffy for any fantasy hockey questions. Follow @SlimCliffy
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