Winter Olympics 2022

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 Wednesday in Beijing. Former Boston Bruins winger Peter Cehlarik scored the lone goal of the shootout on Slovakia's fourth attempt, beating U.S. goalie Strauss Mann (34 saves).To get more news about beijing 2022 winter games, you can visit shine news official website.

The U.S. was unsuccessful on all five shots against Slovakia goalie Patrik Rybar (33 saves), including the final attempt by captain Andy Miele. The U.S. team leaves Beijing without a medal, making this three straight Olympics without one. Its last Winter Games hardware was the silver medal it won in Vancouver in 2010. Team USA hasn't won gold since its "Miracle on Ice" title in 1980.While Team USA fans were mourning the upset, the mood in ice rinks around Slovakia was understandably celebratory. Miroslav Šatan, president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, shared a video that perfectly encapsulated the energy.

When the NHL opted out of the Winter Olympics, USA Hockey opted to bring a roster of mostly NCAA players to Beijing. For three games, it looked brilliant: The team finished first overall after group play (3-0-0), including a win over rival Canada, and had the best goal differential (plus-11) in the tournament. But that inexperience really caught up to the Americans in their stunning quarterfinal shootout loss to Slovakia, an 8-seed the Americans really should have put away.

After Sam Hentges' goal gave the U.S. a 2-1 lead in the second period, the Americans had 6 minutes and 38 seconds of power-play time that they squandered before Slovakia tied the game with less than a minute left in the third period. That included 58 seconds of 5-on-3 power-play time in the third period and another power play with less than five minutes remaining in the game. It was as if Slovakia was sticking its chin out, awaiting a knockout blow that never arrived.
Instead, Marek Hrivik scored with 44 seconds left in regulation, after Slovakia pulled Rybar, to tie the game. Cehlarik scored the lone goal in the shootout, and Rybar (33 saves) did the rest to eliminate the Americans.

There are other lingering questions from the loss. What if Brian O'Neill, a top-line forward and the only returning player from the 2018 Olympics, hadn't injured his foot on a blocked shot and left the game after just 9:16 of ice time? What if puck-moving defenseman Jake Sanderson, so solid in Team USA's win over Canada, had been available for that 3-on-3 overtime? Why on earth did coach David Quinn leave the brilliant Matty Beniers, his best player in overtime, on the bench for five shootout attempts?Canada's Charles Hamelin brought down the curtain on his short track speedskating career with a gold medal in the men's 5,000-meter relay Wednesday.

Canada's team of Hamelin, Steven Dubois, Jordan Pierre-Gilles and Pascal Dion finished in 6:41.257, edging South Korea by 0.422 seconds, while Italy took bronze.

The victory gives Hamelin six Olympic medals in his career on the ice. The win at the Capital Indoor Stadium saw him draw level with Cindy Klassen as Canada's most decorated Winter Olympian.American freeskiers Hall and Goepper took gold and silver, respectively, in freeski slopestyle Wednesday morning, the best finish for Team USA since Goepper was one-third of a U.S. sweep of the event in the 2014 Sochi Games.

"This is amazing," Hall said after the event as he and Goepper celebrated at the bottom of the course, draped in American flags.Hall won the contest on his first run, which included arguably the most difficult and unique skill of the day: a pull-back 900, a trick in which Hall launched a double cork 1080 but stopped the spin early and pulled the rotation back to a 900 before landing. For his part, Goepper was the only rider to use the side takeoff on his second jump, a right double cork 1440. With his win, Hall earned the first U.S. gold medal in freeskiing in Beijing, while Goepper earned his third slopestyle medal in as many Games, and his second silver. Goepper is the only three-time medalist in the event. Jesper Tjader of Norway took bronze. -- Alyssa Roenigk