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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The final four was set late Wednesday night with one of the most shocking upsets of the men's Olympic hockey tournament. Slovakia dethroned defending champion Sweden with a 4-3 quarterfinal win and advanced to the semi...

E.J. Hradek breaks down each of Wednesday's Olympic matchups, including Team USA versus Switzerland and what should be an epic clash between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin ... er ... Canada and Russia.

Blog | Conversation | February 23, 2010

Canada ended Sweden's reign as ice hockey world champions with a 4-1 win on Saturday that put them in the final against Finland, who earlier recorded a shock 2-1 overtime victory over hosts Russia.

The NHL Players' Association implied that having the World Cup of Hockey, alternating with the Olympics every two years, is simply too much to ask of players, and they aren't interested -- at least for 2008.

Ottawa Senators goaltender Dominik Hasek and New York Rangers right wing Jaromir Jagr highlight a deep, veteran Czech Republic hockey team that was announced Thursday and is expected to challenge Canada for Olympic gold in Turin, Italy in February.

Coach Erkka Westerlund named eight Olympic medalists, including Canadiens captain Saku Koivu, to his Finnish squad for next year's Winter Games in Turin.

Samuel Pahlsson scored a tying goal in the final minute, rallying Sweden to a 1-1 tie with Finland in a qualifying round game at the hockey world championships on Friday.

Sloavkia and Finland got big productions from a few NHL players and cruised to routs Monday in the preliminary round of the World Hockey Championships.