In tournaments like this there are going to be blowouts. That’s just the way it goes with the disparity once you get outside of the Big Five countries. Rarely do they happen on the same day, but what has been normal about this year? There were three teams that are expected to contend for the gold medal in action on Saturday and they all took care of business.
Sweden, who hadn’t played a competitive match since setting foot on Canadian soil due to positive Covid tests among their traveling squad looked rusty early on, but found their rhythm as the game progressed.