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SOCHI, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 15: Anze Kopitar #11 of Slovenia looks on in the second period against Slovakia during the Men’s Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group A game on day eight of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 15, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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