By Amy Tennery and Trevor Stynes MILAN, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Underdogs Italy made podium contenders Sweden work for their 5-2 win in the men's ice hockey group stage on Wednesday and Slovakia stunned defending champions Finland 4-1,

Finland falters against Slovakia as Granlund showcases vision. Clara battles valiantly for Italy before an unfortunate injury.

Team USA captain Hilary Knight scored her 14th career Olympic goal as the Americans beat Finland 5-0 to improve to 2-0.

The Montreal Canadiens star helped Slovakia stun Finland in their 2026 Winter Olympics opener.

MILAN (AP) — Don't under-estimate Finnish resilience. Difficult as the week was for Finland’s national women’s hockey team in dealing with a stomach virus that sent 13 of 23 players into quarantine, coach Tero Lehtera had a good feeling his players would show up ready for their first game at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The Sporting News tracked live scores, updates and highlights from the 2026 Olympic women's hockey game between Canada and Finland.

Lehtonen is not the only player on Team Finland with Olympic experience. Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen was playing for HIFK in Liiga, Finland's top hockey league, and Seattle Kraken forward Eeli Tolvanen with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League, when they were Lehtonen's teammates at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.