Germany surges past Japan in Olympic women's ice hockey
Germany secured its first win of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament, beating Japan 5-2 on Saturday, while host Italy lost 6-1 to Sweden.
Germany scored 44 seconds into the contest when forward Luisa Welcke rifled the puck toward the goal and captain Daria Gleissner tapped in the rebound from close range at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena in the Group B match.
Forward Emily Nix put Germany 2-0 up midway through the period when she slipped through the Japanese defense and flipped an easy wrist shot around goalie Miyuu Masuhara and Nicola Hadraschek shot it through the five-hole less than five minutes later.
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