Canada, U.S. men fall again in hockey

TURIN, Italy -- O Canada, indeed.

Teemu Selanne scored his sixth goal in four games and Finland stayed unbeaten in Olympic men's hockey preliminary play, beating gold-medal favorite Canada for the Canadians' second shutout loss in as many days.

The flying Finns -- and they certainly have been while going 4-0 -- overcame Canada's physicality and size advantage with excellent puck movement and a strong game in net by Antero Niittymaki, who made 24 saves.

By winning, Finland secured the top spot in Group A and will play the fourth-place team from Group B in the quarterfinals, almost certainly the United States (1-2-1).

The loss came a day after Canada (2-2-0) fell 2-0 to Switzerland.

Meanwhile, Slovakia (4-0) edged winless Kazakhstan 2-1.

The win came a day after Slovakia, which leads Pool B, beat the United States 2-1.

The U.S. fell by the same score for a second straight day, this time to Sweden.

Daniel Alfredsson scored in the first period and helped set up Mikael Samuelsson's tiebreaker in the third. The Swedes have clinched a berth in the quarterfinals.

-- AP