Why Sweden’s Victory Isn’t Guaranteed: The Unseen Challenge Switzerland Brings to the Battle
Sweden has been more successful, but they also had a bit easier of a path. They had to face Italy, France, Japan, and Czechia before taking on the US on Monday. In their first game, they scored six goals and allowed just one to find the back of the net. Italy isn’t really known as a hockey country, so I suppose it comes as little surprise. In the next game, they shut out France while scoring four times. The final pool play game came against Japan, and they dominated that one as well, winning 4-0. Once they had to face a bit harder competition, some of their flaws were exposed. Against Czechia, they were still successful but not quite as great. They only scored twice, but they still pitched the shutout which means they didn’t allow a goal in three straight games. Then they had to face the Americans and they were throttled 5-0.



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