Ice hockey-Swiss beat Czech in OT thriller as men's group stage enters final day

Advertisement Sport Ice hockey-Swiss beat Czech in OT thriller as men's group stage enters final day Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ice Hockey - Men's Preliminary Round - Group A - Switzerland vs Czech Republic - Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy - February 15, 2026. Roman Josi of Switzerland celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ice Hockey - Men's Preliminary Round - Group A - Switzerland vs Czech Republic - Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy - February 15, 2026. Dean Kukan of Switzerland celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Calvin Thurkauf of Switzerland and Pius Suter of Switzerland REUTERS/David W Cerny Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ice Hockey - Men's Preliminary Round - Group A - Switzerland vs Czech Republic - Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy - February 15, 2026. Dean Kukan of Switzerland scores their fourth goal past Lukas Dostal of Czech Republic REUTERS/David W Cerny Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Ice Hockey - Men's Preliminary Round - Group A - Switzerland vs Czech Republic - Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, Milan, Italy - February 15, 2026. Pius Suter of Switzerland in action with Radko Gudas of Czech Republic and Lukas Dostal of Czech Republic REUTERS/David W Cerny 15 Feb 2026 10:20PM Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Read a summary of this article on FAST. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST MILAN, Feb 15 : Switzerland beat Czech Republic 4-3 in the first overtime win of the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament on Sunday, finishing second in Group A behind powerhouse Canada, as the final day of the preliminary stage kicked off at Santagiulia arena.Canada have already clinched a place in the quarter-finals and will look to run up the score when they play underdogs France later on Sunday, with goal differential a potential determining factor in their pursuit for the top overall seed out of the group stage.The United States hope to notch a third straight win when they wrap up Group C against Germany, after the winless Denmark meet Latvia, who are 1-1 through the first two games, in the final two fixtures of the men's preliminary stage on Sunday.The winners of each of the three preliminary groups and the next best overall team automatically advance to the quarter-finals in Milan, while the remaining teams compete in a single-elimination qualification play-off. Subscribe to CNA's Recommended Read A single handpicked story that we think you shouldn't miss. Just one a day. This service is not intended for persons residing in the E.U. By clicking subscribe, I agree to receive news updates and promotional material from Mediacorp and Mediacorp’s partners. Loading Slovakia surged past Finland and Sweden in the standings to finish top of Group B on Saturday.SWISS SEAL IT IN OTSwitzerland were playing without their injured forward Kevin Fiala, who suffered a tournament-ending injury during Friday's defeat by Canada, but showed their mettle in a terrific comeback win, as Dean Kukan fired one over the Czech goalie's shoulder to seal it.Czech forward Filip Chlapik opened up the scoring late in the first period, off a precision pass from Martin Necas, but were unable to get the puck past the Swiss goalie Leonardo Genoni on a power play in the final moments before the first intermission.The Swiss captain Roman Josi tapped one off the skate of the Czech defenceman Radko Gudas and into the net to level it late in the second period and Timo Meier backhanded a rebound in less than two minutes later on a power play to give the Swiss the lead heading into the locker room.Defenceman Radim Simek sent the puck in as he was crashing to the ice for the third-period equaliser but Switzerland retaliated less than two minutes later, when forward Pius Suter pounced on a loose puck and put it past the goalie's right skate.Czech Republic pulled their goalie to free up another skater and Martin Necas slapped the puck past the diving Swiss goalie with little more than two minutes left in regulation, but the Swiss crowd were rewarded as the defenceman Kukan struck quickly in extra time. Source: Reuters Newsletter Recommended Read Subscribe to CNA's Recommended Read A single handpicked story that we think you shouldn't miss. Just one a day. Sign up for our newsletters Get our pick of top stories and thought-provoking articles in your inbox Subscribe here Get the CNA app Stay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best stories Download here Get WhatsApp alerts Join our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat app Join here Advertisement Also worth reading Content is loadi