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Article: HKM: US grabs top spot in group
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- February 19, 2002
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HKM: US grabs top spot in group
By Alan Crosby
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 18 Reuters - The United States trounced Belarus
8-1 today to gain
top spot in Group D and earn a date against winless Germany in the
men's Olympic ice hockey
quarter-finals.
"I think every team is good but obviously you want to finish first
and play the lowest
seed you can," said American Brett Hull, who scored one goal to go
along with two assists
in the game.
Russia lost to Finland 3-1, enabling the US to clinch the top spot
in the group.
Russia needed to ...