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Things are starting to heat up in the Men’s Hockey Competition at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Today starts the Quarterfinal Round, which means that we are in a single game elimination round.
In this encounter, the number one seed will be taking on the number eight seed. Which means that Detroit Red Wings right wing Daniel Alfredsson and Team Sweden will be going head to head with Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar and Team Slovenia.
The winner of the encounter will move on to the next round to face the winner of the Team Finland vs. Team Russia game.
As you can imagine, there is quite the time difference between the Bolts Nation and Sochi, Russia. So we have gathered all the information you’ll need to make sure you don’t miss a minute of the action from the 2014 Winter Olympic Games
Match: Sweden vs. Slovenia
Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Start Time: 3:00 a.m. EST
Venue: Bolshoy Ice Dome
Network: NBCSN
Live Stream: You can watch every single event in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia at NBCOlympics.com.
All of the teams competing in the tournament this year came in looking to achieve Olympic greatness; all of them hungry for a win. The time has come for them to lay it all on the line. Unlike the preliminary round, you only get one shot to succeed. It is still anybody’s game; however, it will not be an easy road ahead on the path to the podium.
Which team do you think is going on come out on top?
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