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    Olympics-Ice hockey-Sweden blank Germany to reach quarters

    Reuters•February 11, 2014

    SOCHI, Russia, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Sweden rolled to a 4-0 win over Germany on Tuesday to earn a place in the quarter-finals of the women's ice hockey tournament at the Sochi Olympics.

    Defenseman Emma Nordon fired a slapshot from the blueline that opened the scoring 60 seconds into the game and Kim Martin Hasson made 21 saves for the shutout.

    The loss was the second in a row for Germany and means they cannot secure one of the top two Group B spots and reach the quarter-finals of the eight-team tournament.

    Sweden will close out the preliminary round on Thursday against Russia and Germany play Japan. (Reporting by Frank Pingue, editing by Ed Osmond)