ICE HOCKEY: Canada’s Jonathan Toews and Sidney Crosby scored their first goals at Sochi 2014 to steer Canada to a 3-0 win over Sweden in the gold medal game of the men's Ice Hockey tournament.

Toews opened the scoring for Canada, just as he did in the gold medal game at the Vancouver 2010 Games, at 12:55 of the first period.

Crosby, who scored the overtime gold medal winner in Vancouver, netted Canada's second goal at 15:43 of the second period.

Chris Kunitz added a third-period goal to seal the win that gave Canada a record ninth men's ice hockey gold medal.

Canada became the first team to win back-to-back gold medals since the Soviet Union won gold at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Winter Games.

Sweden earned its third silver medal, having finished second at the 1928 and 1964 Olympic Winter Games.

In the bronze medal game, 43-year-old Teemu Selanne capped off his record-setting Olympic career in style, scoring twice to lead Finland past the USA 5-0.

The man known as the Finnish Flash became the oldest player to score in the Olympic men's competition.

With the win, Finland earned its fifth medal at the past six Olympic Games, having taken bronze in the 1994, 1998 and 2010 Olympic Winter Games and a silver at Torino 2006.

Patrick Kane missed two penalty shots for the USA, which goes home without a medal after earning silver at the Vancouver 2010 Games.

Russia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Latvia, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Norway filled out the rest of the field.

The women's tournament was, as predicted, all about North American giants Canada and USA.

The teams have now met in all but one final - at Torino in 2006 - since women's Ice Hockey was introduced to the Olympic program in Nagano 16 years ago.

In the preliminary round in Sochi, Canada beat USA 3-2, and in the gold medal game Canada got the better of its fierce rivals once again.

This time Canada needed overtime to win 3-2 and to give the team its fourth successive Olympic gold.

After being 2-0 down with 3:26 remaining in the final, goals from Brianne Jenner and Marie-Philip Poulin tied the score.

The momentum was with Canada and 8:10 into overtime, Poulin scored again to trigger wild celebrations on the ice and in the stands.

In the bronze medal game, Switzerland fought back from 2-0 down against Sweden, to score four times in the final period and win 4-3.

It was a huge achievement for the Swiss, who go home with a first Olympic medal despite winning only two games.

For Finland and Russia, the tournament was a major disappointment.

Russia expected more after its bronze medal at the 2013 World Championship in Ottawa, Canada, and Finland, always a medal contender, arrived with high hopes and a goaltender, Noora Raty, considered the best in the world.

Raty did not live up to that billing and announced after the quarterfinal loss to Sweden that she was retiring from international hockey.

Goaltender Nadezha Alexandrova's pre-Games pregnancy revelation proved a disaster for the Russian team, as replacement Anna Prugova mixed top class saves with simple mistakes.

Germany finished seventh, a predicted result, and Japan ended winless in last position.

Australia did not have any teams competing in the Ice Hockey competition at Sochi 2014.