Russia wins after pushed to shootout by Slovakia

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    With miserable memories of T.J. Oshie still fresh in their minds, the Russians were right back in another shootout.

    An unknown Slovak goalie had blanked their powerful offense for 65 minutes, and Russia was one Oshie-esque moment away from a second straight Olympic loss.

    Although Ilya Kovalchuk and Alexander Radulov were hobbled, they wouldn't let it happen.

    Semyon Varlamov stopped 27 shots, Radulov and Kovalchuk scored in the shootout, and Russia beat Slovakia 1-0 on Sunday, bouncing back from that shootout loss to the U.S. one day earlier.

    Read more http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter/2014/icehockey/men/recap?gameId=1188
     

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