Overtime hockey heartbreak closes Milan Cortina Olympics for Canada

MILAN (AP) — Canada’s Olympic run in Italy ended with a 2-1 extra time loss to america within the males’s hockey ultimate on Sunday.

Jack Hughes scored 1:41 into extra time, left alone within the slot throughout 3-on-3 play as Canada scrambled after surrendering an odd-man break seconds earlier. Matt Boldy additionally scored for the People, whereas Cale Makar had Canada’s solely purpose.

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“It’s actually disappointing, particularly with the group we had,” Canada’s 19-year-old ahead Macklin Celebrini mentioned. “The entire time, we believed in ourselves. We had plenty of possibilities, I had plenty of possibilities, I missed. You get put in these conditions, you must capitalize in your alternatives, and I didn’t.

“We went by lots. We’re all going to recollect this time, however sadly, it’s going to be extra motivational than celebration.”

The gold is america’ first in Olympic males’s hockey for the reason that 1980 Lake Placid Video games.

Canada performed the ultimate with out captain Sidney Crosby, sidelined by a lower-body harm sustained when his proper leg bent awkwardly within the quarterfinal win over Czechia. He additionally missed the 3-2 semifinal victory over Finland.

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“It was a troublesome resolution,” Crosby mentioned. “Clearly in your head, you at all times wish to be on the market and discover each means doable. However not on the expense of what must be carried out. After which watching how we performed at the moment, the blokes performed unimaginable.’’

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