Axel Sandin Pellikka picked up a hat trick to lead Team Sweden to a 5-2 victory over Slovakia ... who was leading Springfield of the American Hockey League (St. Louis Blues affiliate) with 11 ...

"We have a lot of good defencemen who like to play with the puck, so it's fun that we got some goals from there," said Sandin Pellikka, the Swedish captain and a first-round draft pick by Detroit ...