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Sweden holds off Russia in World Cup of Hockey
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 20 - 09 - 2016

Sweden fended off a late comeback bid from Alex Ovechkin's Team Russia to win 2-1 Sunday as each squad opened its account in the World Cup of Hockey at Toronto.
Ovechkin thought he had the game-tying goal with 8.2 seconds to play in the third period, but game officials ruled it no goal because he batted the puck into the net with his hand.
Video review confirmed the call on the ice.
For Russia, it was a disappointing opening to the two-week, eight-team tournament featuring a wealth of top National Hockey League players.
Washington Capitals captain Ovechkin, still seeking his first Stanley Cup NHL crown at age 31, has had a conspicuous lack of success in a Russian jersey in such "best-on-best" events.
He has won three gold medals with Russia at the World Championships, but the event overlaps with the NHL playoffs and does not feature all of the elite league's top players.
NHL players began competing in the Olympics in 1998 and Russia has never captured gold, taking silver in 1998 and bronze in 2002. The Russians were bounced from their home Winter Games at Sochi in 2014 in the quarterfinals.
With the NHL's commitment to making all top players available for future Olympics wavering, the rebooted World Cup may be Ovechkin's best chance to prove he can lead Russia to a title in a tournament featuring the world's best.
Ovechkin had scored on a wrist shot through traffic with 33 seconds remaining in the third period to trim the deficit to 2-1.
Team Sweden goaltender Jacob Markstrom, starting in place of ailing Henrik Lundqvist, made 27 saves and forward Gabriel Landeskog and defenseman Victor Hedman scored less than three minutes apart in the second period to stake Sweden to a 2-0 lead.
Landeskog netted a power-play goal at 10:41, four seconds into the man-advantage.
Hedman scored off of a feed from left wing Carl Hagelin at 12:52.
In the day's other game, Team North America — made up of under-23 players from the United States and Canada — defeated Finland 4-1.
Forwards Jack Eichel, Johnny Gaudreau, Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin scored as the youthful team displayed impressive speed and skill in their first competitive game.
Team North America outshot Team Finland 18-6 in the second period.
Goalie Matt Murray's shutout was lost when Valtteri Filppula scored for Finland at 15:53 of the third period. — Reuters


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