By Steve Keating
BEIJING (Reuters) -On a day of upsets China could not provide what would have been the biggest of them all, as Canada rolled to a 7-2 win over the Beijing Olympic hosts on Tuesday and into the men’s ice hockey quarter-finals.
Canada’s expected victory capped off a day of surprises big and small on the ice.
Germany, surprise silver medallist at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, had their hopes for a repeat dashed as they were dumped out of the competition 4-0 by Slovakia, while Olympic debutant Denmark edged Latvia 3-2 and Switzerland stopped 1998 Olympic champions the Czech Republic 4-2.
The games settled Wednesday’s quarter-final matchups that will have the reigning gold medallist Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) taking on the Danes while the speedy United States will face off against Slovakia.
Canada, bronze medallists at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, meet Sweden with Finland skating against Switzerland.
The heavily favoured Canadians may have won as…
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