Switzerland, Norway look for upsets in world championship quarter-finals
Published 5/13/2008 by Canadian Press at NHL.com News in English
QUEBEC - Miracle upsets are on the minds of Norway and Switzerland going into the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Wednesday.
In Quebec City, the Swiss face Alexander Ovechkin and the powerful Russians while the Czech ...
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