Sweden and the Czech Republic will meet in the semifinals of the world hockey championship. Sweden defeated first-time quarterfinalist Denmark 4-2 on Thursday, and the Czech Republic beat Finland 2-1 in a shootout, with goalie Tomas Vokoun saving 29 shots and forcing two penalty misses. Later Thursday, two-time defending champion Russia played Canada and Germany played Switzerland. In a rematch of the Olympic quarterfinals, which Finland won in Vancouver, Finland opened the scoring just 55 seconds in when Petri Kontiola streaked down the center of the Czech defense and beat Vokoun. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/olyhockey/news/story?id=5204978
