Team USA Eliminated From Olympic Medal Competition

Team U-S-A won’t be competing for a medal at the Winter Olympics after dropping a 3-2 game to the Czech Republic in a shootout.  U-S forward Jim Slater scored a short-handed goal midway through the second period to tie the score and neither team could break that tie.  An American shot bounced off the crossbar with less than three minutes left and the U-S had the man advantage with 1:20 remaining.  University of Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato said his team played some “pretty good hockey” and the players said they “left it all on the ice.”