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Team Sweden Wins World Championship Gold

05/19/2013 at 6:20pm EDT

from Andrew Podneiks of IIHF.com,

Switzerland scored first, but hosts Sweden dominated the last 55 minutes to become the first home team to win gold since 1986. It is the nation's ninth World Championship gold medal.

For the Swiss, it was their first loss of the tournament after nine straight wins and only their second silver medal ever after finishing runner-up in 1935, their highest finish at any IIHF international hockey event.

"We were able to match their intensity at the start," said Swiss defenceman Philippe Furrer. "We had a lot of chances but couldn't score, and they did."

continued and watch post-game comments from both teams below...

added 6:29pm, Gold game highlights added below too.

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