Sweden's Hoglander ejected from WJC semi

Nils Hoglander's semifinal didn't last very long. The Swedish forward was ejected less than five minutes into Saturday's semifinal matchup against Russia after delivering a high hit in the first period for which he was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct.

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Nils Hoglander's semifinal didn't last very long.

The Swedish forward was ejected less than five minutes into Saturday's semifinal matchup against Russia after delivering a high hit to Grigori Denisenko in the first period for which he was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct.

Nils Höglander gets 5 minutes and a game misconduct for this play 😬

Is this the end of the creative Swede's electric tournament? pic.twitter.com/ZVtmSxBSed
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 4, 2020

Coming into the semi, Hoglander was leading the tournament in points with 10 (five goals, five assists).

Russia scored soon after the penalty and led 3-2 at the end of the first period. They went on to win the game 5-4 in overtime on a winner from Ivan Morozov.

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