Sweden's Daniel Alfredsson: "We have a good feeling"

Sweden forward Daniel Alfredsson has revealed that he has the same "good feeling" about his side's chances in the Winter Olympics as he did when they won the gold medal in 2006.

The 41-year-old was part of the team that beat Finland in the final in Torino eight years ago, and they face the same side in their semi-final clash this time around after defeating Slovenia in the quarters.

He told reporters: "Every tournament takes its own life, but in '06, we had a good feeling, and I feel we have a good feeling now. We are not the heavy favorites.

"We are going to go in and just play a team game and have our specialty teams going, and our goaltender has been playing really good."

Sweden and Finland face off in their semi-final clash on Friday.