Why Slovakia could celebrate a loss to Sweden in Olympics mens hockey twist

MILAN — The Slovaks came to Milan to play. Putting themselves in pull position to top the Group B bracket with a goal in the last 30 seconds Saturday afternoon, Slovakia was able to celebrate a 5-3 loss to Sweden that may have punctuated its strong start to the Olympic tournament. Sweden pulled its goalie after Dalibor Dvorsky scored a power-play goal to cut the Slovakian’s goal-differential deficit to two.Knowing it had to win by three to win Group B, Team Sweden potentially put itself in a tough spot moving forward.Slovakia and Swedenen are both 2-1.If Finland beats Italy in regulation, Slovakia will claim Group B on the tiebreaker. ...