MILAN (AP) — Finland defender Jenni Hiirikoski’s fifth and potentially final Olympic Games are over due to an upper-body injury that will require surgery, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association announced on Saturday.

Two European rivals meet with a spot in the semifinals on the line, as Finland and Switzerland face off in the final women’s hockey quarterfinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Canada, Finland, Czechia and Slovakia won Friday's men's hockey games at the 2026 Olympics. Switzerland's Kevin Fiala left the ice on a stretcher.

Meanwhile, USA scratches LaCombe as the Olympic hockey tournament intensifies with preliminary round play winding down.

Finland set a new Olympic NHL era record with an emphatic 11-0 win over host nation Italy in the men's ice hockey game on Saturday.

Slovakia opened the 2026 Winter Olympics with a decisive 4–1 victory over defending champion Finland, powered by two goals from Juraj Slafkovský and a 38-save performance from Samuel Hlavaj.

An unwanted issue rocks the Finnish ski team at the 2026 Olympic games in Milan.

The blueprint delivered Finland its second win against Sweden in five Olympic meetings involving NHL players, the first since 1998 in Nagano. "Identity game, I felt like," said Fi