.end of a dream

.this is it. Our road through the tournament ends in quarter-finals. Again... This time against Sweden. After 7 goals in our net :(. And it started so well...

First period was only starting when we scored for the first time. We were playing nice, offensive hockey. After Swedish equalizer there came another goal to keep us on the winning side. Solid play with stellar goaltending was a promising start with the image of semifinals waiting eagerly on our team.
Yet the hockey is played for 60 minutes and the second period was a disaster. Huge pressure of Sweden was inevitable. Yet after a quick goal they completely overwhelmed Slovak players and the ice was only theirs. Another bull's eyes were coming shortly afterwards. Score was switched from 2:1 into 2:4 and hope was slowly waving its good bye.
The third period was about our enormous will to do something with the result. But every goal in Swedish net was quickly followed by some major mistake in the defence... Sport luck was not on our side today (some big chances leaving the net by a centimetres, not valid goal, some penalties, etc.). Still it's good to add that Sweden was definitely better.
So now it's about the big hockey teams. Russia, Sweden, probably Canada and Finland. Who will be the new champion? My humble guess is: 1.Russia, 2.Canada, 3.Sweden...