Beijing, February 16 The Russian men's ice hockey team will meet in the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament in Beijing with the winner of the ¼ final match between the teams of Sweden and Canada. This became known after the victory of the Finnish team in the ¼ final over the Swiss team with a score of 5:1 (2:0, 1:1, 2:0). As part of the Finnish team, goals were scored by Miro Aaltonen (9th minute), Mikko Lehtonen (11), Marko Anttila (24), Iiro Pakarinen (56) and Temu Hartikainen (57). The Swiss scored Andres Ambuhl (38). The teams in the semi-finals of the Olympiad are distributed according to seeding based on the rating of teams compiled based on the results of their performance in the group stage. Thus, the Russian national team will compete in the semi-finals with the winner of the Sweden-Canada match, which will take place later on Wednesday. The Finns will compete with the Slovaks for reaching the final. The semi-finals will be held on Friday. The Russian team is the current Olympic champion.
