Right from the opening puck drop, the U.S. was in full control, and Dylan Larkin picked up right where he left off against Sweden. Larkin took a pass from defenseman Zach Werenski and flew into the offensive zone to rip a shot past Slovakian goalie Samuel Hlavaj, which set the tone for the rest of the game.

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Finland recovered from a tough loss in the semifinals to add to its medal count by winning the men's hockey bronze medal game at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

By Trevor Stynes and Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Defending champions Finland swatted aside Slovakia to win the men's Olympic bronze medal on Saturday, scoring four goals in the final period to see off the bronze medallists from four years ago in a 6-1 win at Santagiulia arena.

Finland won 6-1 in the bronze medal game against Slovakia at the 2026 Winter Olympics. It now has five medals in the six Olympics using NHL players.

MILAN (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky has been here before. He was tournament MVP in 2022 when, at 17, he led Slovakia to its first medal of any color at the Olympics with bronze in Beijing. That was without NHL participation.

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Through six games in the tournament, Fehervary picked up four assists, six penalty minutes, six shots and a plus/minus rating of minus-4. The 26-year-old was tied for the Team Slovakia lead in points by a defenseman throughout the Games and also ranked second in ice time among all Slovak skaters, averaging 21:02 minutes per game.