The first night of the 4 Nations Face-Off did not disappoint. Canada survived a scare on opening evening in Montreal, holding off a Sweden comeback attempt to walk away with a 4-3 overtime win. Mitch Marner was the hero for the Canadians, beating Sweden ...

MILAN — The head coaches for the Canadian and Swedish men’s hockey teams broke new Olympic ground Monday when they closed their practices to the media, hiding their systems work and line combinations from prying eyes ready to send that information back home to nations full of fans obsessing over every last detail they can get on their teams.

Canada put on another ice hockey highlight reel on Friday, beating Switzerland 5-1, and Finland bested Nordic rivals Sweden 4-1 to get their Olympic title defence back on track, while Slovakia held off hosts Italy and Czech Republic beat France.