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Russia was not expected to be in this position, playing an elimination game prior to the quarterfinals of the Olympic hockey tournament, especially on home ice.

The lone rematch in the qualification round of the men's hockey tournament will feature Latvia and Switzerland.

The border war continues on Tuesday, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia meet in the qualification round of the Olympic men's hockey tournament.

Canada is set for another gold-medal grudge match against the United States. Florence Schelling and Switzerland wouldn't let victory come easy for the Canadians, however. Natalie Spooner scored twice in a three-goal open...

After a heated U.S.-Russia hockey match at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday, many Russian spectators have decided the cold war is back -- and not just on the ice.

Ilya Kovalchuk missed Russia's final practice before the qualification round.

Key matchups and picks for qualification contests, including Russia-Norway

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Both Team Sweden and the New York Rangers got a brief scare Monday morning when goaltender Henrik Lundqvist left practice after a collision with defenseman Erik Karlsson.

Slovakia forward Tomas Kopecky has been ruled out for the remainder of the Olympics.

The United States crushed Sweden 6-1 on Monday to reach the gold medal game of the women's ice hockey competition at the Sochi Olympics.     

Canada have not shown the offensive firepower many expected from such a talented group of forwards and the men's ice hockey team at the Sochi Games do not sound like they expect much to change.     

SOCHI, Russia - Ilya Kovalchuk missed Russia's final practice before the qualification round. Russian hockey coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov told reporters Monday that the forward was resting and not injured. Kovalchuk miss...

SOCHI, Russia - Team Canada will play its quarter-final game against Switzerland or Latvia at 9 p.m. local time and noon Eastern Wednesday. Players and coaches are accustomed to that schedule because each of Canada's pre...

    

Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be everywhere at the Sochi Olympics these days, whether it is the competition venues, team headquarters or even posing for pictures with sports fans and volunteers.     

VANCOUVER - Cain Franson had two goals and two assists and Joel Hamilton scored once and set up three more as the Vancouver Giants crushed the visiting Kamloops Blazers 7-2 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action. Jack...

SHAWINIGAN, Que. - Mikhail Grigorenko scored three times and set up one more as the Quebec Remparts crushed the host Shawinigan Cataractes 6-1 on Sunday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Olivier Archambault ha...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Brent Sutter scored 1:32 into extra time as the Charlotte Checkers came from behind to defeat the visiting Abbotsford Heat 5-4 on Sunday in American Hockey League action. Chris Terry scored twice and adde...

Five lessons to know from Canada's overtime win over Finland.

Olympic hockey is great, but can it live up to the high quality of play featured in the 1987 Canada Cup?

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Nicholas Baptiste scored three times as the Sudbury Wolves toppled the host Niagara IceDogs 5-3 on Sunday in Ontario Hockey League action. Trevor Carrick had a pair of goals and an assist for the W...