Czechia's Kristyna Patkova has a tough time getting past Sweden defender Emma Forsgren during round-robin action at the 2024 Euro Women's Hockey Tour. Forsgren and her Swedish teammates defended well all game en route to a shutout.
Tampere, FINLAND – Elin Svensson scored two third-period goals – including one into an empty net – as Sweden beat Czechia 3-0 on Friday at the 2024 Euro Women’s Hockey Tour.
The win gave Sweden (1-1) a berth in Saturday’s semifinals of the six-team tournament, while Czechia will settle for a two-game fifth-place showdown this weekend.
Following a scoreless first period, Sara Hjalmarsson opened the scoring at 2:05 of the second on a play set up by Hanna Thuvik. The Swedes led 1-0 heading into the final period. It remained tight until midway through the final frame, when Svensson finished a play from Lova Blom and Ebba Hedqvist to make it 2-0. Svensson iced the victory with just over a minute to play after Czechia pulled goaltender Michaela Hesova for an extra attacker.
Hesova was the busier of the goaltenders, stopping 17 of 19 shots, while Sweden’s Emma Söderberg turned away 12 shots for the shutout.
Sweden finished second in Group B and will face the United States in one of the semifinals. The winner will move on to the gold medal game on Sunday, with the loser playing for bronze.
Finland 4, Switzerland 0
The Finns booked their ticket to the semis on the strength of a high-powered offence that peppered Swiss goaltender Saskia Maurer with 36 shots.
Oona Havana, Viivi Vainikka and Emilia Vesa scored in the second period and Sofianna Sundelin added one in the third for the Finns.
Saturday’s semis will feature Sweden against the United States and the host Finns taking on Canada. Czechia and Switzerland will meet twice for fifth place.
The win gave Sweden (1-1) a berth in Saturday’s semifinals of the six-team tournament, while Czechia will settle for a two-game fifth-place showdown this weekend.
Following a scoreless first period, Sara Hjalmarsson opened the scoring at 2:05 of the second on a play set up by Hanna Thuvik. The Swedes led 1-0 heading into the final period. It remained tight until midway through the final frame, when Svensson finished a play from Lova Blom and Ebba Hedqvist to make it 2-0. Svensson iced the victory with just over a minute to play after Czechia pulled goaltender Michaela Hesova for an extra attacker.
Hesova was the busier of the goaltenders, stopping 17 of 19 shots, while Sweden’s Emma Söderberg turned away 12 shots for the shutout.
Sweden finished second in Group B and will face the United States in one of the semifinals. The winner will move on to the gold medal game on Sunday, with the loser playing for bronze.
Finland 4, Switzerland 0
The Finns booked their ticket to the semis on the strength of a high-powered offence that peppered Swiss goaltender Saskia Maurer with 36 shots.
Oona Havana, Viivi Vainikka and Emilia Vesa scored in the second period and Sofianna Sundelin added one in the third for the Finns.
Saturday’s semis will feature Sweden against the United States and the host Finns taking on Canada. Czechia and Switzerland will meet twice for fifth place.