The Men’s Olympic hockey tournament has an interesting format, where a preliminary group round is played simply to order the teams from best to worst.
There were a lot of upsets in the first three games for each team, including the historic win by Slovenia over Slovakia which put them in second place in their group and the USA third.
The Swedes and Finns dominated their weaker opponents and their group winner was decided by their game against each other which Sweden won without too much trouble giving them the overall lead.
Canada struggled, dropping a game to the Czechs in the shootout, and finishing second to the Czechs in the group but crucially, maintained the highest point total for second-place teams.