Czechs Beat Swiss To Reach Olympic Hockey Quarter-finals
Sumaira FH Published February 18, 2018 | 03:25 PM
Gangneung, South Korea, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Feb, 2018 ) :Michal Repik scored two goals and the Czech Republic, seeking their first Olympic men's hockey title since 1998, advanced to the Pyeongchang quarter-finals on Sunday by defeating Switzerland 4-1.
The unbeaten Czechs joined the Olympic Athletes from Russia as direct qualifiers for Wednesday's quarter-final playoff round, with two more last-eight spots up for grabs in Sunday's later final group-stage games.
Unbeaten Sweden and Finland, which took silver and bronze respectively in 2014, will meet to decide one berth while two-time defending champion Canada plays South Korea.
After a Monday break, eight teams will play knockout matches Tuesday to decide qualifiers for the other four quarter-final berths.
Repik's power-play goal opened the scoring 7:09 into the first period but Thomas Rufenacht answered for the Swiss 7:38 later. Dominik Kubalik's goal 3:02 into the third period lifted the Czechs back on top. Repik and Roman Cervenka added empty-net goals in the dying seconds after the Swiss pulled goaltender Jonas Hiller for an extra attacker.
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