STOCKHOLM — The United States beat Sweden 6-2 to advance to the final of the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.

Nick Olesen scored with 49 seconds left and Denmark stunned Canada 2-1 at the ice hockey world championship to advance to the semifinals.

STOCKHOLM - Towering American forward Michael McCarron was happy to finally shrug off the underdog tag as Team USA slammed six goals past Sweden to book their berth in the final of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world championship on Sunday,

Denmark's miraculous comeback from a goal down to beat superpower Canada in the Midtjylland town of Herning to reach the semi-finals of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship was a result so seismic that not even the Danish players could believe what they had done.

Frank Nazar scored twice to help the United States rally for a 5-2 victory over the Czech Republic and hand the titleholder its first defeat at the ice hockey world championship.

After Denmark's stunning upset over Canada in the hockey world championship, Danish and Canadian researchers are teaming up for a different sort of high-stakes challenge: developing carbon capture technology.

A World Championship team with four guys who play for something called the Fischtown Pinguins beat a Team Canada squad chock full of Hall of Famers and Stanley Cup champions. And that's why they bother playing the games.

Last year’s runner-up Switzerland has shut out the United States 3-0 and handed the Americans their first loss at the ice hockey world championship in Denmark.