Italy’s heroic hockey effort not enough for Olympic upset against stacked Sweden

Source: New York Post

MILAN — Miracolo sul ghiaccio, it was not. Team Italy, a 5. 5-goal underdog in its Olympic opener against Sweden, put an absolute scare into Tre Kronor by scoring 4:14 into Wednesday’s game, then tying it at two 37 seconds into the second period after the Swedes had appeared to regain control.