Finland, Switzerland and 2026 Winter Olympics
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Teuvo Teravainen and Team Finland are set to play Switzerland in the quarterfinal round of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Switzerland beat Italy 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament at Milano Rho arena on Tuesday and will face defending champions Finland in the last eight.
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Finland earns feisty win over Sweden at Olympics as McDavid and Crosby score in Canada's victory
MILAN (AP) — Finland showed plenty of fight in reviving its Olympic campaign. Joel Armia scored a short-handed goal and the Finns outmuscled archrival Sweden in a 4-1 group-stage victory Friday — 20 years after the sides squared off in the gold medal game at the Turin Games.
Finland’s outing against the U.S. will be the nation’s tournament opener after its game against Canada on Thursday was postponed to Feb. 12. The postponement came as a result of Finland having 13 of its 23 players in quarantine because of a norovirus that began affecting the team on Tuesday night.
Finland earned their first win at the 2026 women's Olympic hockey tournament beating Switzerland 3-1. It was a positive showing for a roster ravaged early in the games by norovirus.
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Coach credits Finland's resilience in helping women's hockey team overcome stomach virus at Olympics
MILAN (AP) — Don't under-estimate Finnish resilience. Difficult as the week was for Finland’s national women’s hockey team in dealing with a stomach virus that sent 13 of 23 players into quarantine, coach Tero Lehtera had a good feeling his players would show up ready for their first game at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
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Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada ease past Swiss, Finland beat Sweden, Slovakia, Czechs notch wins
By Amy Tennery and Trevor Stynes MILAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Canada put on another ice hockey highlight reel on Friday, beating Switzerland 5-1, and Finland bested Nordic rivals Sweden 4-1 to get their Olympic title defence back on track,