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Respectively, beating Finland and Russia in the playoffs quarterfinals, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States and Canada reached the semifinals of the women's hockey tournament in Sochi 2014.
Saturday 15 February 2014 3 minutes reading time
In the first of two playoff games for Sweden exceeds four to two in Finland. The first period ended with no emotions, while in the second Venla Hovi the lead Finland, thereby sending the two teams last interval on the score of one to zero for the Finnish. The match will ignite in the third and last period: just forty seconds after the draw with Sweden Borgqvist Anna, and took the lead in the fifth minute with Lina Wester. Finland is there and after the trifle twelve second recapture the same with a goal from Emma Nuutinen. When the overtime seems inevitable, Emma Eliasson four minutes from the end back in the lead Sweden, which in a matter of seconds from the siren rounds the score with Emma Nordin, securing the final four to two.
In the second game instead of the landlord of Russia surrender to Switzerland for two to zero. The score is released in the tenth minute of the first period thanks to a goal by Stefanie Marty, Russia tries to equalize, but does not exploit even four minutes total powerplay in the second period. In the last minute of the game is Lara Stalder which realizes the point of two to zero that closes the game and force the landlord to abandon any idea of ​​the coin.
The semi-finals of the women's hockey tournament will see it in front of the United States and Canada-Sweden-Switzerland. Hard to imagine surprises, with the two North American strapotenze destined to win and play for the title for the third consecutive Olympiad facing each other in the final. Finland and Russia instead will compete against Germany and Japan respectively in the consolation games that will sanction the posts between the fifth and eighth.
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