MILAN — Miracolo sul ghiaccio, it was not. Team Italy, a 5.5-goal underdog in its Olympic opener against Sweden, put an absolute scare into Tre Kronor by scoring 4:14 into Wednesday’s game, then tying it at two 37 seconds into the second period after the Swedes had appeared to regain control. But hard as they fought, the Azzurri couldn’t quite pull out what would have been possibly the greatest Olympic upset since the United States beat the USSR in Lake Placid. Sweden took it by a way-too-close

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