Czechs face Sweden in bid for Swiss Games title

The Czech national ice hockey team will play Sweden in Zurich on Sunday with overall victory at the Swiss Games at stake. The match, part of the Euro Hockey Tour, starts at 11:45 and pits the Czechs against an unbeaten Swedish side. Coach Radim Rulík’s team goes into the game after beating Finland 3–1 in Liberec and defeating host nation Switzerland 5–3 on Saturday. Rulík plans several lineup changes for the final, with goaltender Petr Kváča expected to start. Defencemen Jiří Ticháček and Jan Rutta, along with forwards Matěj Stránský, Dominik Kubalík and Lukáš Rousek, should return to the lineup.