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Slovakia celebrates after the loss as they will win the group, Finland second, Sweden third if Finland beats Italy in regulation as expected. All three would finish tied at 2W 1L. Decided by goal differential among the games played between Slovakia, Sweden and Finland (so excludes the goal differential in those three teams' games against Italy). If Italy takes Finland to OT, it will be a 2-way tie for 1st between Sweden and Slovakia and Sweden would win the group on head to head, Slovakia 2nd, Finland 3rd. https://x.com/daniel_amoia/status/2022669951073456235?s=61&t=don8lQTnTq5FKXq14p2GMw Meanwhile the Kings’ Kevin Fiala had season-injury surgery after suffering an injury yesterday playing for Switzerland. https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/switzerlands-fiala-stretchered-off-against-canada/

Lucas Raymond with an Olympic goal. 5-3 Sweden with 39 seconds. A last minute goal by Slovakia looks to be huge due to goal differential.

Hahaha, I had read the description of it online but this is the first clip I've seen.

Especially on that powerplay when it was still 4-1. It's now how you start these tournaments it's how you finish, but I can't remember Canada ever looking so good in preliminary games of NHL Olympics.

Holy moley, during the 2nd intermission, this is the most shocking figure skating moment I can remember. Poor guy.

I believe all four lines had a goal scorer in the 5-0 win over Czechia.

Nice save by Logan Thompson on an early 3 on 1 by the Swiss.

Roy Face died yesterday, age 97. Pitched 2 games in September for the ‘68 Tigers, but was signed after September 1 and wasn’t eligible for the World Series https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/sports/2012/08/23/elroy-face-last-tiger-fridays/45292413007/

Ironically, the dimensions seem to be the IIHF's impression of what is a standard or acceptable NHL-sized rink, not the NHL's. This article may be paywalled but here's the gist: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/article-get-used-to-it-hockey-fans-the-weird-rink-in-milan-may-not-be-going/ For hockey fans who thought the weird rink size at the Milan Cortina Olympics, which is slightly smaller than NHL dimensions, was a one-off – a mistake that won’t be repeated at future Olympics – don’t count on it. The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation indicated Thursday that even though National Hockey League players have returned to the Olympics, the standard NHL rink may not be coming with them to forthcoming Winter Games. IIHF president Luc Tardif said he likes the rink in Milan, and shrugged off the fact that the federation uses measurements that are about three feet shorter and a few inches wider than an NHL rink. Just to recap: An NHL rink is 200 feet long by 85 feet wide. The rink in Milan is 60 metres long by 26 metres wide, or about 196.85 feet long by 85.3 feet wide. The reason? The International Ice Hockey Federation has a standard footprint, in metric measurements, for what it deems to be a North American-size rink, which is not exactly NHL size. It’s a close proximity to the imperial measurements used by the NHL, but not exact. And for Tardif, this is close enough. The wider rink, known for decades in hockey circles as “Olympic ice” or “The Big Ice” measures 60 metres long by 30 metres wide, or 196.85 feet by 98.4 feet. It is about 13 feet wider than an NHL rink and makes for a much different game. Sometime after 2018, the IIHF decided to drop the wider ice surface for the Olympics and move to its version of a North American-style footprint, which is used in some arenas in Europe.

Ha, Czech scores on a 3 on 0 shorthanded breakaway to take a 4-3 lead into the 2nd intermission.

Italy put up another good fight to Slovakia (only judging by the score, I didn't see it), losing 3-2. Sweden with another weak effort (only judging by the score, I didn't see it), losing 4-1 to Finland. Now France has scored 3 straight goals in first 6 minutes of 2nd period to take 3-2 lead over Czechia.

Not one but two disallowed goals. US-Latvia still tied 1-1, 8 minutes left in 1st.

All positive except this little bit of negative news.