(Beijing Winter Olympics) 4 goals victory over Sweden and Slovakia to win the men's ice hockey bronze medal at the Winter Olympics

　　China News Service, Beijing, February 20 (Wang Hao) The third- and fourth-place finals of men's ice hockey at the Beijing Winter Olympics were held at the National Stadium on the evening of the 19th. Slovakia defeated Sweden 4-0 and won the bronze medal at the Winter Olympics.

This is the first time the Slovak men's ice hockey team has won a Winter Olympics medal.

　　Slovakia can be described as a dark horse in this Winter Olympics. In the previous quarter-finals, Slovakia scored a goal at the end of regular time, and finally eliminated the previously strong American team through a penalty shootout.

In the semifinals, Slovakia lost to Finland and finally fell into the third and fourth finals.

　　The opponent of the Swedish team in the semi-final was the Russian Olympic Committee. In the end, Sweden lost in the penalty shootout and watched the opponent enter the final.

　　Judging from the previous matches between Slovakia and Sweden, Sweden has a better record in the World Championships, but in the Winter Olympics, Slovakia has won more times.

　　In the third- and fourth-place finals of men's ice hockey at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the two teams attacked and defended each other in the first quarter, but neither scored a goal.

The game situation changed in the second quarter, Slovakia seized the opportunity to score two goals, the score came to 2:0.

　　In the last quarter of the game, Sweden went all out to attack the opponent, but Slovakia seized the opportunity and scored two more goals, eventually defeating the Swedish team with a score of 4:0.

　　In the game, Slavkovsky scored two goals alone, which was the key to Slovakia's victory.

"When I came here, I thought it couldn't happen, but it's happening," he said after the game.

　　The first Winter Olympic medal in team history is of great significance to the Slovakia team, and the players were very excited after the game.

"We were screaming on the bench at the end of the game, it was incredible," Slavkowski said. "I couldn't speak because there were so many emotions."

　　On the 20th, the men's ice hockey final will be held at the National Stadium, against the Russian Olympic Committee and Finland.

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