Team USA men’s hockey lost a heart-breaker in a shootout to Slovakia.
Slovakia stunned the Americans in the final minute of regulation by scoring with a pulled goalie to send the game to overtime and, eventually, a shootout. The final was 3-2 for Slovakia, and the U.S. now looks back at missed power-play opportunities in the third period.
It was a Team USA gold-silver in the men’s freeski slopestyle, as Alex Hall and Nick Goepper were 1-2 in the event. That was a good start for the U.S. ahead of win-or-go-home time for the 2022 Winter Olympics hockey tournament in Beijing.
USA men’s hockey stunned, eliminated
Slovakia stunned Team USA in their Olympic men’s ice hockey quarterfinal, 3-2, tying the game in the final minute of regulation and then eliminating the tournament’s top seed in the shootout on Wednesday in Beijing. Former Boston Bruins winger Peter Cehlarik scored the lone goal of…
