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USA Eliminated In Men's Hockey At The Olympics

02/21/2018 at 6:19am EST

GANGNEUNG, South KoreaRyan Donato (Scituate, Mass.) and Jim Slater (Lapeer, Mich.) scored, but the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team fell to the Czech Republic, 3-2, in a shootout here today in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games at the Gangneung Hockey Centre.

“The one thing that we wanted to make sure of when we came into this tournament is that when it ended we’d be proud of how we represented our country,” said Tony Granato, head coach of the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. “I’m very proud of how we competed and how we played and how we represented our country from the start of the tournament to the end of it."

For the complete game recap, click here.

OAR defeated Norway 6-1 and Canada/Finland Sweden/Germeny starts at 7:10am ET this morning.

added 8:01am, Remember the women go for gold tonight, Canada/USA at 11:10pm ET.

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