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Germany swatted aside France 5-1 to reach the Olympic men’s ice hockey quarter-finals on Tuesday, setting up a meeting with surprise Group \u200cB winners Slovakia in the final eight.<\/p>\n
Captain Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring in the first period and set up his Edmonton Oilers team \u200bmate Joshua Samanski for another goal in \u200bthe third.<\/p>\n
Forwards Frederik Tiffels, JJ Peterka and Nico Sturm also scored in the qualification play-off \u200bgame at Santagiulia arena. France were playing without \u2060defenceman Pierre Crinon \u2060after the French federation \u200csuspended him, citing “provocative behavior” after a fight with Canadian Tom Wilson in Sunday’s group-stage defeat to the tournament favorites.<\/p>\n
Draisaitl rifled one in on the power \u2060play in the fourth minute, his second goal of the tournament, before Tiffels flipped the puck off the goalie’s mask \u200cand into the near corner in a solo effort.<\/p>\n
Peterka flipped in an easy wrist shot with less than two minutes left before the intermission.<\/p>\n
A bit of \u200bluck went France’s way when captain Pierre-Edouard Bellemare ricocheted a shot \u2060off a German skate and into the net early in \u2060the second and goalie Antoine Keller made a couple \u2060of \u2060nice glove saves to \u200bkeep France in the fight.<\/p>\n
But the Germans put it completely \u200bout of reach \u2060when Draisaitl fed the puck perfectly to Samanski in the slot and Sturm tapped one into the empty net in the final minute. Germany play Slovakia on Wednesday in the \u2060quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
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Germany to play Slovakia in men’s quarterfinals after eliminating France<\/p>\n
Germany advanced to the Olympic men’s hockey quarterfinals with a 5-1 win over France.Switzerland blanks Italy<\/p>\n
Switzerland beat Italy 3-0 to reach the quarterfinals, and will face defending champions Finland \u200bin the last eight.<\/p>\n
Philipp \u200bKurashev and Roman Josi put the Swiss two goals up \u200bby the 11th minute \u2060with Nico \u2060Hischier scoring \u200cin the final period as Italian goaltender Damian Clara kept the scoreline down, making 48 saves \u2060across the 60 minutes. <\/p>\n
Switzerland were without Los Angeles Kings forward Kevin \u200cFiala, who suffered a tournament-ending leg injury in Friday’s 5-1 loss to Canada, but had \u200benough NHL talent to see off the \u2060hosts who exit the tournament without \u2060a win in their four \u2060games.<\/p>\n
WATCH | Swiss down Italians:![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771350370_935_default.jpg\")
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Switzerland to meet Finland in men’s quarterfinals after eliminating host Italians<\/p>\n
Italian goalkeeper Damian Clara made 48 saves, but it wasn’t enough as Switzerland shut them out 3-0 to advance to the Olympic men’s hockey quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Germany \u2060thrashed France \u200b5-1 across Milan at Santagiulia Arena and \u200bwill meet \u2060Slovakia in Wednesday’s quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
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