US beats Sweden 6-2 to reach final at ice hockey worlds
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The United States will play Switzerland for a gold medal at the hockey world championships on Sunday. It hasn't been in the final since 1950.
After withstanding early Finnish pressure, the Americans took the lead when Logan Cooley slipped a beautiful pass across the ice for Garland to rattle home but, with Cooley later sin-binned for delaying the game,
Defending champion the Czech Republic has shut out Germany 5-0 and stayed unbeaten at the ice hockey world championship.
Austria made it to the quarterfinals of the IIHF world championships for the first time since 1994. The Wings' Marco Kasper was a major reason why.
The victory lifted the Americans to second place in Group G. Switzerland won the group, with the Czechs finishing third.