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TURIN (Reuters) - While Sweden celebrated a gold medal win over Nordic neighbors Finland in Olympic men's ice hockey it is unlikely Detroit Red Wings supporters were as excited. Neither were fans of the Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers or Tampa Bay Lightning, who all saw their Stanley Cup dreams dented by the punishing Olympic tournament that may well signal the end of NHL participation in the Winter Games.
Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall and Nicklas Lidstrom each had a goal as Sweden capped an unpredictable Olympic tournament with an unlikely 3-2 win over their archrivals from Finland just hours before Sunday's closing ceremonies.
But the three Swedes and Red Wings team mates will have little time to savor their accomplishment, heading directly back to Detroit where NHL action resumes on Tuesday.
Having crammed eight games into 12 days, the Olympic tournament exacted a heavy toll on several teams' Stanley Cup aspirations sending fatigued and injured players back to unhappy NHL teams.
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