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Finland beats US 3-2, Slovakia tops Canada 4-3 [May 18, 2012] HELSINKI (AP) Jesse Joensuu scored with 9 seconds left to give Finland a 3-2 victory over the United States on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the world hockey championships, and Michal Handzus scored the winning goal late in the third period in Slovakia's 4-3 victory over Canada. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finland beats US 3-2, Slovakia tops Canada 4-3 [May 18, 2012] HELSINKI (AP) Jesse Joensuu scored with 9 seconds left to give Finland a 3-2 victory over the United States on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the world hockey championships, and Michal Handzus scored the winning goal late in the third period in Slovakia's 4-3 victory over Canada. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia stuns Canada to reach semis at Worlds [May 17, 2012] Helsinki, Finland (Sports Network) - Michal Handzus scored a power-play goal late in the third period to lift Slovakia to a 4-3 victory over Canada in the opening quarterfinal game of the 2012 World Championship. [via YahooNews] More >>

Canada knocked out by Slovakia at men's hockey worlds [May 17, 2012] Team Canada was eliminated from the world men's hockey championship Thursday as Slovakia tallied twice late in the third period for a 4-3 quarter-final win. [via YahooNews] More >>

Switzerland stops Slovakia in goaltenders' duel [Apr 09, 2012] Switzerland's Julia Marty (center) scored the winning goal in the third period as her team beat Slovakia, 2-1, in the world championships Sunday. / BRIAN JENKINS, for the Free Press [via YahooNews] More >>

Swedes pound Slovaks 5-1 in IIHF series [Apr 07, 2012] Sweden erupted for three goals in the third period and defeated Slovakia 5-1 in the opening game of the IIHF Women?s World Hockey Championships Saturday at Cairns Arena. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finland downs Slovakia 8-5 [Jan 03, 2012] Finland's Simo-Pekka Riikola, left, fights with Slovakia's Marko Dano during the third period in an IIHF World Junior Championships quarter-final hockey game in Calgary, Alberta, on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012. Finland defeated Slovakia 8-5. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia puts on show in dispatching Slovakia [Dec 29, 2011] They aren?t feeling much love at the Scotiabank Saddledome ? most assuredly because they?re thought to be Canada?s biggest obstacle ? but that won?t stop Russia from putting on a show for the paying public.The Russians once again gave the opposing team all they had, doing enough to defeat Slovakia 3-1 on Wednesday night in 2012 IIHF world junior hockey Group A action.Early in the third period ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia sneaks past Latvians [Dec 28, 2011] Slovakia's Marek Tvrdon swatted in a third-period goal that stood up as the game-winner as Slovakia downed Latvia 3-1 in its opener of the IIHF world junior hockey championship at Calgary's Scotiabank Saddledome Tuesday night. [via YahooNews] More >>

U.S. Under-18 Select Team Takes 6-5 Shootout Win Over Slovakia at Ivan Hlinka Tournament [Aug 10, 2011] PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA - Alex Galchenyuk (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Jordan Masters (Rochester, N.Y.) each scored third-period and shootout goals, as the U.S. Under-18 Select Team topped Slovakia, 6-5, in its final preliminary-round game of the 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finland romps past Sweden for world hockey gold [May 16, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- Petteri Nokelainen scored the first of Finland's five third-period goals to lift it to a 6-1 win over Sweden 6-1 on Sunday for its second ice hockey world championship title. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsRussia reaches semis, beats Canada 2-1 at worlds [May 13, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) - Russia has advanced to the semifinals at hockey's world championships, defeating Canada 2-1 on Ilya Kovalchuk's winning goal in third period. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finland reaches quarterfinals; USA moves closer to advancing [May 08, 2011] Bratislava, Slovakia (Sports Network) - Tuomo Ruutu tallied a pair of third- period goals as Finland gained a spot in the quarterfinals by clipping host Slovakia, 2-1, in Group E play on Saturday at the 2011 World Championships. [via YahooNews] More >>

Germany upsets Russia 2-0 at hockey worlds [Apr 30, 2011] KAREL JANICEK Associated Press KOSICE, Slovakia Thomas Greilinger and Patrick Reimer scored to lift Germany to a 2-0 upset of Russia at the ice hockey world championship on Friday. Switzerland stopped France 1-0 in overtime on a goal from Julien Vauclair. The game was interrupted for several minutes in the third period because of a power blackout at Steel Arena. Germany earned its first victory ... [via YahooNews] More >>