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Finland had a 5-1 confident victory over...
The Finns began the first game with a less confident victory then their rivaling hosts of the Games, Canada, which earlier defeated in its Group A Norway 8-0.
The United States also had its Group A confident victory earlier, defeating Switzerland 3-1, and Russia in its Group B passing by in preliminaries after its game against Latvia 8-2.
MOSCOW, February 18 (RIA Novosti)