By Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Slovakia held off a late push from Germany for a 6-2 win to keep their charmed Olympic ice hockey campaign on track on Wednesday, reaching the men's semi-finals in Milan.

Our free Slovakia vs. Germany predictions for Wednesday, February 18 are backing the Germans to fly out of the gate again.

MILAN (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky has been here before. He was tournament MVP in 2022 when, at 17, he led Slovakia to its first medal of any color at the Olympics with bronze in Beijing. That was without NHL participation.

Slovakia had already proven that they were better than people gave them credit for, but the dark horses have pulled off yet another upset in a tournament full of them.

Seider shone individually in Germany's Olympic exit, handling heavy minutes. Slovakia's depth, however, proved too much in the 6-2 quarterfinal rout.

Strong Olympics continue