Czechia holds off Denmark, will face Canada in men's hockey quarterfinals

saint david Kampf and roman print Cervenka scored 69 seconds asunder in the indorse geological period and Czechia beat Denmark 3-2 on Tuesday to advance to a quarterfinal showdown with Canada at the Milano- Cortina Olympics.

Czechia gets a second shot at the tournament favourite after losing to Canada 5-0 last week in their opener. They play on Wednesday at 10:40 a.m. ET

Martin Necas also scored for the Czechs in a busy second period when the Colorado Avalanche forward one-timed a slap shot past goalie Frederik Andersen on a power play to open the scoring.

Denmark tied it at 1-1 on Alexander True's goal at 29:02, but Kampf quickly put the Czechs back in front and Cervenka's goal 69 seconds later made it 3-1.

Nick Olesen's power-play goal closed the gap before the end of the second, but Czechia held on.

Later, Sweden faces Latvia to determine who will play the United States in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Czechia to face Canada in the quarterfinals after holding off Denmark

Leon Draisaitl and JJ Peterka scored in a three-goal first period and Germany beat France 5-1 to set up a quarterfinal game against Slovakia.

Frederik Tiffels added another when he scored unassisted from a tight angle by snapping a shot off the right side of Julian Junca's mask and into the net in a dominant opening period for the Germans.

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had given away the puck on Tiffels' goal but the France captain scored in the second period by throwing the puck into the crease, where it hit defenseman Moritz Muller and got past goalie Philipp Grubauer.

Joshua Samanski scored a power-play goal in the third and Nico Sturm added an empty-netter for Germany.

The Germans will face Slovakia on Wednesday.

Germany to play Slovakia in men's quarterfinals after eliminating France

Draisaitl, who plays for the Edmonton Oilers, opened the scoring with a power-play goal 3:40 into the game on a low wrist shot after taking a pass from Samanski.

After Tiffels made it 2-0, Utah Mammoth winger Peterka was left alone in the slot and lifted a backhander over Junca after receiving Tim Stutzle's pass from the corner.

Junca, who made 10 saves, was pulled after the first period and replaced for the start of the second by Antoine Keller.

France lost all four of its Olympic games.

Draisaitl was already on the minds of Slovakia ahead of the quarterfinals.

"Everybody knows he's one of the best players in the league and worldwide, obviously," Slovakia defenceman Martin Fehervary said of the Germany captain. "And they got also a couple really good players like Stutzle and Peterka and [Moritz] Seider. But we've got to focus on ourselves."

Switzerland beat Italy 3-0 and will face defending champions Finland ​in the last eight.

Philipp ​Kurashev and Roman Josi put the Swiss two goals up ​by the 11th minute ⁠with Nico ⁠Hischier scoring ‌in the final period as Italian goaltender Damian Clara kept the scoreline down, making 48 saves ⁠across the 60 minutes.

Switzerland were without Los Angeles Kings forward Kevin ‌Fiala, who suffered a tournament-ending leg injury in Friday's 5-1 loss to Canada, but had ​enough NHL talent to see off the ⁠hosts who exit the tournament without ⁠a win in their four ⁠games.

Switzerland to meet Finland in men's quarterfinals after eliminating host Italians

Germany ⁠thrashed France ​5-1 across Milan at Santagiulia Arena and ​will meet ⁠Slovakia in Wednesday's quarter-finals.

The Czech Republic play Denmark and Sweden face Latvia in Tuesday's other playoff games.  

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