Sweden men’s hockey staring down Olympics cruelty even after a win : ‘Feels like a loss’

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MILAN — Team Sweden won two of its three preliminary games, and yet, couldn’t take a victory lap after either of them. First was their win over Italy , in which a roster without any NHL players pushed a star-studded Swedish team to a 2-2 tie after two periods. Then was Saturday, in which Dalibor Dvorsky’s power-play goal with 39 seconds left meant that despite a 5-3 win for Sweden, Slovakia ended up atop Group B after Finland secured an 11-0 blowout win over Italy. “We did all the right things

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