Germany and Sweden advance to the women’s hockey quarterfinals

Ronja Hark and Nicola Eisenschmid scored and Germany advanced to face the United States in the quarterfinals of the Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship with a 2-1 win over Hungary on Tuesday.

Sandra Abstreiter made 36 saves to help Germany finish second behind Finland in Group B, with the top three in Group B and the top five in Group A advancing. Reka Dabasi scored for Hungary and Aniko Németh stopped 24 shots.

Sweden finished last in Group B and defeated France 8-2 to advance to the quarterfinals against two-time defending champions Canada.

On Monday night, Canada won Group A, beating the United States 4-3 on a penalty shootout goal by Jamie Lee Rattrays in the ninth period.

For Sweden, Hanna Olsson scored four goals and three assists, linemate Lina Ljungblom added two goals and three assists and Emma Soderberg made 22 saves.

In the night game, the Czech Republic faced Switzerland and decided the 3rd and 4th places in the A group. The winner will face Finland in the quarterfinals and the loser against Japan.

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