Hockey fans in southern California will have an opportunity to watch some of their favorite NHL stars next year in possible 80-plus degree temperatures from the great outdoors when the Los Angeles Kings play host to the Anaheim Ducks at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25, 2014.

The event is part of the 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series, in which the NHL plans to play a number of regular-season games in outdoor venues in 2013-14. The League already announced another game in this series last week, revealing plans for a outdoor game at Soldier Field, featuring the Chicago Blackhawks and the Pittsburgh Penguins, to be played on March 1, 2014.

Since the addition of a second team in Southern California 20 years ago, the Freeway Face-Off between the Ducks and Kings has been among the most spirited rivalries in the NHL. The Ducks became the first of the two franchises to win the Stanley Cup in 2007 and the Kings matched that feat this past season when they became the first No. 8 seed to win the championship.

Switzerland's stellar early run through the 2013 IIHF World Championship continued Monday.

Simon Moser sparked a three-goal third period with the go-ahead tally and Reto Berra stopped 37 shots in a 5-2 win over the Czech Republic at Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.

Switzerland was coming off an upset win over Canada in a shootout after opening the tournament by defeating Sweden.

Jiri Hudler scored both goals for the Czech Republic, off to its worst start at the Worlds in 19 years.

Czech goalie Alexander Salak made the save on Martin Pluss' shot, but the puck caromed off Moser's skate and over the goal line at 5:47 of the third to put Switzerland in front. They doubled the lead at 13:22 when Simon Bodenmann converted a Denis Hollenstein feed. Reto Suri capped the scoring into an empty net with 39.5 seconds remaining.

Former Carolina Hurricanes forward Bates Battaglia and his brother are $1 million richer.

Battaglia and his brother, Anthony Battaglia, were victorious in the CBS reality show "The Amazing Race," which aired its finale Sunday.

Bates Battaglia, 37, spent nine seasons in the NHL with Carolina, the Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was originally drafted by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the sixth round (No. 132) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

Switzerland continued its shocking opening run at the 2013 IIHF World hockey Championship on Sunday, handing Canada a 3-2 shootout loss in Stockholm.

Switzerland won the shootout, which went eight rounds, when former NHL goalie Martin Gerber stopped Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche and Switzerland's Reto Suri.

Suri scored against Canada's Mike Smith, who plays for the Phoenix Coyotes. Suri scored twice in the shootout for the Swiss, who stunned co-host Sweden in the opening game of the tournament.

Switzerland has only beaten Canada at the Worlds twice, but both have come in the past four years. In 2010, the Swiss took a shocking 4-1 decision from the Canadians.

Detroit Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Sunday afternoon for a hit on Toni Lydman of the Anaheim Ducks in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinal series on Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena.

Abdelkader received a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct for the hit, which occurred as Lydman was playing the puck in his own zone at 15:11 of the second period. Lydman left the game and did not return.

The following grounds are being considered for supplemental discipline: charging. However, the Department of Player Safety retains the right to make adjustments to the infraction upon review.

Anaheim won the game, 4-0, to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Game 4 is Monday in Detroit.

Erik Johnson and the United States didn't let an early two-goal deficit get them down.

Johnson scored twice in a four-goal second period for the United States as it rallied to beat Austria 5-3 on Saturday in its opener of the 2013 IIHF World Championship at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.

David Moss, Tim Stapleton and Aaron Palushaj had the other goals for the Americans, and Ben Bishop made 18 saves.

Things didn't go as planned at the start, when Bishop was beaten twice in the opening six minutes. Manuel Latusa opened the scoring at 4:58 of the first period, and 40 seconds later Austria doubled the lead on a goal by Daniel Welser.

Switzerland broke open a scoreless game with two goals early in the second period and got fine goaltending from Martin Gerber en route to a 3-2 win over Sweden in Stockholm on the opening day of the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

Matthias Bieber and New York Islanders prospect Nino Niederreiter scored 5:25 apart in the middle period to stun the home crowd at Globe Arena and give Switzerland a lead it wouldn't relinquish.

Johan Fransson scored a power-play goal at 18:10 of the second period to get Sweden within a goal. But Ryan Gardner scored into an empty net with 33 seconds left for Switzerland, and that proved to be the game-winner when Simon Hjalmarsson scored for Sweden with 11 seconds remaining.

Former NHL goaltender Gerber stopped 29 shots for Switzerland, which faces Canada on Sunday. Jacob Markstrom of the Florida Panthers made 21 saves for Sweden, which plays the Czech Republic on Saturday.

USA Hockey announced Friday that Paul Stastny of the Colorado Avalanche will serve as captain of the men's national team, which plays its first game in the 2013 IIHF World Championship Saturday against Austria.

The 27-year-old previously represented the United States at the Worlds in 2007 and 2012 and was a member of the national team that won silver at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Stastny's alternate captains will be Matt Carle and Nate Thompson, teammates with the Tampa Bay Lightning who hail from Anchorage, Alaska.

The Nashville Predators on Friday signed goaltender Marek Mazanec to a two-year, entry-level contract.

Mazanec, a sixth-round pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, recently led Plzen to its first Czech League title by stopping 48 of 51 shots in a Game 7 double-overtime victory. He ranked fourth in 2013 playoff goals-against average (2.13) and sixth in save percentage (.932), in addition to tying for second in shutouts (2).

Hockey Canada announced Thursday that Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes will serve as the national team's captain for the upcoming IIHF World Hockey Championship in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.

Andrew Ladd of the Winnipeg Jets and Stephane Robidas of the Dallas Stars will serve as alternates.

"It's an honor, obviously, to play for your country and play with some of the great players we've got here," Staal said Thursday, according to The Canadian Press.

"It also means I'm getting older (28) and I've been around a little while. We've got some young faces in there and guys that are eager to get started. I'm glad I'm going to get an opportunity to play alongside these guys and have a chance to play in a good tournament and try and win a medal."

Staal, who has a Stanley Cup, World Championship and Olympic gold medal to his credit, will lead an impressive forward unit on a Canadian team that opens the tournament May 4 against Denmark. Canada's deep group of forwards features nine players selected in the first round of the NHL Draft, including Staal's brother and Hurricanes teammate, Jordan.