BEIJING, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Switzerland beat the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) 4-2 in a tense and closely-fought quarter-final in the Beijing Olympics women’s ice hockey tournament on Saturday.
Alina Muller scored twice in the final three minutes to take the Swiss into the semi-finals for the first time since 2014, when they won bronze, after the teams were deadlocked at 1-1 heading into the third period before trading goals.
“Everybody fought so hard and everybody wanted to help each other,” said Muller. “In the end it paid off.”
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Switzerland will face Canada in the semis on Monday after the Canadians thrashed Sweden 11-0 on Friday. read more
Canada have won gold four times since the women’s tournament was introduced to the Olympic programme in 1998 but lost to arch rival United States in the gold-medal match at Pyeongchang 2018.
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