Olympics: Japan loses to Switzerland, ends women's hockey tourney 6th

Japan finished with its best showing in women's Olympic ice hockey Tuesday at the Pyeongchang Winter Games despite going down 1-0 to Switzerland in its final match.A solo goal from Evelina Raselli in the opening period proved the difference in the fifth- and sixth-place playoff between two sides which met the previous week in Group B.Switzerland beat Japan 3-1 on that occasion and once again looked on track for multiple goals when Raselli opened the scoring after just 3 minutes, 19 seconds.After having her attempt on goal blocked by Swiss goalie Florence Schelling, Japan defender Akane Hoso…READ FULL ARTICLE