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USA against Russia is still a significant game, but in a much different way than it was in 1980.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of a special protest area at the Winter Olympics, it looked like a victory for freedom of speech.     

Anze Kopitar scored the third of three goals in a six-minute stretch of the third period Saturday to give Slovenia a surprising 3-1 victory over the usually steady Slovaks in its first Olympic hockey tournament.

Sweden upset 2010 bronze medalists Finland and Switzerland shut out hosts Russia to reach the semi-finals of the women's ice hockey tournament at the Sochi Games on Saturday.     

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Jonas Hiller made 26 saves in his second Olympic shutout, Simon Bodenmann scored in the first period, and Switzerland beat the Czech Republic 1-0 Saturday night in the teams' final preliminary-round game.

Daniel Alfredsson scored a go-ahead goal late in the second period and Sweden went on to beat Latvia 5-3 Saturday, staying undefeated and earning an automatic spot in hockey quarterfinals at the Olympics.

As elite teams go, they aren't particularly big, they don't wear red much anymore, and as far as being a machine, well, the Russian hockey team is proving just as susceptible to nerves as anyone here at the Olympics.

    

    

T.J. Oshie added his name to the list of American Olympic heroes with a nerveless shootout performance that lifted the United States men's ice hockey team to a heart-stopping 3-2 win over Russia at the Sochi Winter Games...

Russia were left heartbroken after their 3-2 shootout loss to the United States in the men's ice hockey competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday.     

Russia were left heartbroken after their 3-2 shootout loss to the United States in the men's ice hockey competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday.     

St. Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie is the man of the moment for the United States men's hockey team. He's also become a star in the Twitterverse after putting on a shootout clinic to lift the U.S. to a 3-2 win against Ru...

Five things we learned from Team USA's thrilling shootout win over Russia.

There was no Russian revenge in the "Miracle on ice" rematch on Saturday as the United States triumphed 3-2 following a remarkable sudden-death shootout after the teams finished level at 2-2 after overtime in a thrilling...

Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) - The United States went to T.J. Oshie six times in a thrilling shootout Saturday and he scored four times, including the winner in a 3-2 victory over Russia at the Sochi Olympics.

SOCHI, Russia - T.J. Oshie scored four times in the shootout and got the winner in the eighth round, leading the United States past Russia 3-2 Saturday in the thrilling revival of an Olympic hockey rivalry. Cam Fowler an...

    

Pavel Datsyuk and Cam Fowler traded second-period goals. Will the U.S. or Russia break the tie? Follow our live blog.

Feb. 23 -- Olympic men's hockey gold-medal game: Sochi, Russia.