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Staff Finland made Olympic history throughout a dominant 11-0 win over Staff Italy at Santagiulia Area in Milan Saturday.
Finland’s 11 objectives and 62 photographs set Olympic information through the NHL’s participant participation period of the boys’s hockey event for objectives in a single recreation.
Its 11-goal margin of victory can also be an Olympic file.
Finland had 14 completely different gamers file a degree, whereas 4 completely different gamers every scored two objectives. Kaapo Kakko, Mikael Granlund, Sebastian Aho and Joel Kiviranta all discovered the again of the online twice through the group’s drubbing of the host nation.
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Finland’s Sebastian Aho, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his aspect’s first purpose throughout a preliminary spherical match of males’s ice hockey towards Italy on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Feb. 14, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photograph)
It was the second recreation of a back-to-back for Finland after they beat Sweden 4-1 Friday. Goaltender Juuse Saros performed each video games of the back-to-back and made 15 saves in Saturday’s win.
Italy goalie Damian Clara made 34 saves within the first two durations, whereas Davide Fadani made 21 saves in reduction of Clara within the third interval.
Italy’s goalkeeper, Damian Clara, adjusts his helmet throughout a preliminary spherical match of males’s ice hockey towards Finland on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Feb. 14, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP Photograph)
Finland’s victory means Staff Slovakia received Group B and can mechanically advance to the quarterfinals. Slovakia, Finland and Sweden all had the identical file, however Slovakia received the group as a consequence of its superior purpose differential.
Finland, aided by its 11 objectives on Saturday since purpose differential is a tiebreaker, can win the one wild card and make the quarterfinals as a No. 4 seed. The place it finally ends up will depend on Sunday’s outcomes.
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Finland’s Sebastian Aho (20) scores his group’s first purpose throughout a preliminary spherical recreation of males’s ice hockey towards Italy on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Feb. 14, 2026. (Julien De Rosa/Pool Photograph by way of AP)
With Finland’s historic win over Italy, it additionally dealt a crushing blow to Sweden. Sweden, which had already misplaced 5-3 to Slovakia Saturday, can’t be seeded increased than seventh after Finland’s win, which ensures that Sweden will play within the qualification spherical on Tuesday.
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