Canada beats Sweden 3-1, advances to final for rematch with Russia at hockey worlds

May 10th, 2009 Russia edges Canada 2-1 in hockey worlds finalBERN, Switzerland — Russia defended its gold medal at the hockey world championship Sunday, beating Canada 2-1 in a rematch of last year's final. Oleg Saprykin had a tying, power-play goal in the first period and Alex Radulov scored late in the second for Russia.

May 10th, 2009 Sweden beats US 4-2 to win bronze at hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — The United States failed to hold an early lead and lost to Sweden 4-2 in the bronze medal game at the hockey world championship Sunday. Sweden scored all four goals on power plays, with Loui Eriksson and Tony Martensson tallying in the second period and Carl Gunnarsson adding a third with 11 minutes left.

May 9th, 2009 US loses to Russia 3-2 at hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — The United States lost to Russia 3-2 in the semifinals of the world hockey championships Friday, beaten on a power-play goal with less than two minutes left. Defending champion Russia will play in Sunday's final against Canada or Sweden, who meet in Friday's other semifinal.

May 8th, 2009 Sweden beats Czech Republic 3-1 at hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — Sweden beat the Czech Republic 2-1 Thursday to reach the semifinals at the hockey world championship. Sweden will next play Friday against Canada, which defeated Latvia 4-2 in another quarterfinal.

May 8th, 2009 Canada, Sweden set for semifinal at hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — Canada and Sweden will meet in the semifinals for a fourth straight year at the ice hockey world championship after both won tight matches on Thursday. Canada got past Latvia for a 4-2 win on Matthew Lombardi's goal early in the third period.

May 8th, 2009 US beats Finland 3-2 at hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — The United States scored three goals in a four-minute span to beat Finland 3-2 Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the hockey world championships. Dustin Brown, T.J.

May 4th, 2009 US loses to Switzerland 4-3 in OT in hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — The United States got two goals from defenseman Ron Hainsey but lost to Switzerland 4-3 in overtime Monday at the hockey world championships. The Americans will face Finland in the quarterfinals, avoiding a possible matchup with Canada by extending the game to overtime.

May 4th, 2009 Russia routs Latvia 6-1, sending US into last 8BERN, Switzerland — Russia routed Latvia 6-1 on Sunday, sealing a spot for the United States in the world hockey quarterfinals. With Russia already assured of top spot in the six-team Group E and No.

May 2nd, 2009 Latvia, Czechs win big, close in on last 8 spotsBERN, Switzerland — Latvia and the Czech Republic took big strides toward reaching the quarterfinals with dominating wins at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Latvia knocked France out of contention in a 7-1 rout at Bern, while at Zurich the Czechs handed Slovakia an 8-0 defeat for its worst loss in worlds play.

May 2nd, 2009 Russia beats US 4-1 at ice hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — Russia scored three power-play goals to beat the United States 4-1 in a second-round match at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. The U.S. took an early 1-0 lead, but took too many penalties as Russia rallied to make it 3-1 at the end of the first period.

May 2nd, 2009 US beats France 6-2 at ice hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — Six players scored for the United States in a 6-2 win over France in second-round play at the ice hockey world championship on Friday. The U.S. got first-period goals from forwards Kyle Okposo and David Backes — each getting his first of the tournament — and added scores in the second from Ryan Shannon, Patrick O'Sullivan and Keith Ballard.

April 30th, 2009 Kalinin's 2 goals lift Russia over Sweden in OTBERN, Switzerland — Dmitri Kalinin scored with 56 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Russia to a 6-5 win over Sweden on Thursday to open the second round of the hockey world championship. It was Kalinin's second goal of the game.

April 29th, 2009 US falls to Sweden 6-5 in OTBERN, Switzerland — The United States blew a three-goal lead in the third period and lost 6-5 in overtime to Sweden on Wednesday at the ice hockey world championship. However, a single point was enough for the Americans to win Group C and avoid facing Russia just 18 hours later in a second-round match on the same rink.

April 27th, 2009 United States beats Austria 6-1 at hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — The United States broke open a close game with four goals in the third period, beating Austria 6-1 on Monday to reach the second round of the ice hockey world championship. Dustin Brown had a goal and two assists, and Patrick O'Sullivan and Jason Blake each added a goal and an assist for the Americans.

April 25th, 2009 US beats Latvia 4-2 at hockey worldsBERN, Switzerland — Jack Johnson scored two goals and the U.S. rallied twice for a 4-2 victory over Latvia in their opening World Championship match on Saturday.