Ice Hockey-Norway Stun Sweden After 15 Years to Boost Playoff Hopes at World Championship
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The 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship continued in Zurich, Switzerland. On Saturday, Sweden and Norway will meet in Group B.
Fribourg (Switzerland) - The Norwegian hockey team, who will play the Czech team on Monday, are probably the biggest surprise of the world championship in Switzerland so far. After coming close to defeating the giants of Canada, led by superstar Sidney Crosby, they defeated Sweden (3:2) on Saturday. They won all three points in the match against Tre kronor for the first time in history at the World Championship and are on their way to the quarte…
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