The American and Russian teams played their first games in the men’s hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics today.
Russia beat Slovenia 5-2, and the U.S. men defeated Slovakia 7-1. The Russians and the Americans will meet on the ice for a highly anticipated game on Saturday.
NPR’s Robert Smith is in Sochi and joins Here & Now’s Robin Young with details.
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- Robert Smith, correspondent for NPR’s Planet Money. He tweets @radiosmith.
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