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02/17 12:22 CST Czechia beats Denmark 3-2 at Olympics to set up men's hockey
quarterfinal against Canada
Czechia beats Denmark 3-2 at Olympics to set up men's hockey quarterfinal
against Canada
By KEN MAGUIRE and STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Sports Writers
MILAN (AP) --- David Kampf and Roman Cervenka scored 69 seconds apart in the
second period and Czechia beat Denmark 3-2 on Tuesday to advance to a
quarterfinal showdown with Canada at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Czechia gets a second shot at the tournament favorite after losing to Canada
5-0 last week in their opener. They play on Wednesday.
Martin Necas also scored for the Czechs in a busy second period when the
Colorado Avalanche forward one-timed a slap shot past goalie Frederik Andersen
on a power play to open the scoring.
Denmark tied it at 1-1 on Alexander True's goal at 29:02, but Kampf quickly put
the Czechs back in front and Cervenka's goal 69 seconds later made it 3-1.
Nick Olesen's power-play goal closed the gap before the end of the second, but
Czechia held on.
Later, Sweden faces Latvia to determine who will play the United States in the
quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Germany beats France
Leon Draisaitl and JJ Peterka scored in a three-goal first period and Germany
beat France 5-1 to set up a quarterfinal game against Slovakia.
Frederik Tiffels added another when he scored unassisted from a tight angle by
snapping a shot off the right side of Julian Junca's mask and into the net in a
dominant opening period for the Germans.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had given away the puck on Tiffels' goal but the
France captain scored in the second period by throwing the puck into the
crease, where it hit defenseman Moritz Muller and got past goalie Philipp
Grubauer.
Joshua Samanski scored a power-play goal in the third and Nico Sturm added an
empty-netter for Germany.
The Germans will face Slovakia on Wednesday.
Draisaitl, who plays for the Edmonton Oilers, opened the scoring with a
power-play goal 3:40 into the game on a low wrist shot after taking a pass from
Samanski.
After Tiffels made it 2-0, Utah Mammoth winger Peterka was left alone in the
slot and lifted a backhander over Junca after receiving Tim Stutzle's pass from
the corner.
Junca, who made 10 saves, was pulled after the first period and replaced for
the start of the second by Antoine Keller.
France lost all four of its Olympic games.
Draisaitl was already on the minds of Slovakia ahead of the quarterfinals.
"Everybody knows he's one of the best players in the league and worldwide,
obviously," Slovakia defenseman Martin Fehervary said of the Germany captain.
"And they got also a couple really good players like Stutzle and Peterka and
(Moritz) Seider. But we've got to focus on ourselves."
Switzerland advances
Switzerland beat Italy 3-0, outshooting the host country 51-20.
New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists. Philipp
Kurashev and Roman Josi had the other Swiss goals.
Switzerland next faces Finland.
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