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By Trevor Stynes and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic earned their first Group A win by defeating Finland 2-0 in the Olympic women's ice hockey tournament on Sunday, while Sweden secured a quarter-final place with a 4-0 win over France in Group B at Milano Rho arena.
Team USA captain Hilary Knight scored her 14th career Olympic goal as the Americans beat Finland 5-0 to improve to 2-0.
While Finland's women's hockey team appears to be improving after an outbreak of norovirus depleted its roster and forced the postponement of its first game at the Olympics, Switzerland's players are now isolating after a positive test result for the stomach illness.
The Canadians finally began their Olympic tournament on Saturday after a norovirus outbreak on Team Finland postponed their first game.
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Canada’s women’s hockey team tops Switzerland 4-0; Maltais reaches podium
MILAN — Canada opened its Olympic women's hockey title defence with a 4-0 win over Switzerland. Sarah Fillier, Natalie Spooner and Julia Gosling scored power-play goals and Daryl Watts struck even strength for Canada.