Winter Olympics: Slovenia Lose 2:1 to Norway in Ice Hockey (Video Highlights)

By , 20 Feb 2018, 12:25 PM Sport
Winter Olympics: Slovenia Lose 2:1 to Norway in Ice Hockey (Video Highlights) Screenshot from the embedded YouTube video

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Žiga Jeglič did not play due to doping ban. 

February 20, 2018

The Norwegian ice hockey team beat Slovenia 2:1 in overtime at the Winter Olympics, thus advancing to the quarter finals and ending the medal hopes of the Slovene competitors.

The loss comes despite a strong opening from Slovenia, who made 16 shots at the goal in the first period, compared to Norway’s 9, and scored about 6 minutes into the game. Slovenia also kept ahead in the second period, with 9 shots to 4, but then Norway equalised in the third period.

The game went into overtime at a score of 1:1, and then the Norwegians sealed the deal with a winning goal that will see them next face Russia on Wednesday to play for a place in the semi-finals.

The Slovene team played without one of its stars, Žiga Jeglič, who was banned from the match after testing positive for fenoterol, a performance-enhancing drug that opens up the airways to the lungs.

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