{"id":15066,"date":"2018-02-21T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2018\/02\/21\/u-s-mens-hockey-team-is-bounced-from-olympic-tournament-after-losing-shootout\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T06:01:00","slug":"u-s-mens-hockey-team-is-bounced-from-olympic-tournament-after-losing-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/u-s-mens-hockey-team-is-bounced-from-olympic-tournament-after-losing-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Men's Hockey Team Is Bounced From Olympic Tournament After Losing Shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Chris Bourque of the United States misses a shot on Czech goalie Pavel Francouz in a penalty shootout that ended their quarterfinals match at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The Czech Republic won, 3-2.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. men’s hockey team narrowly lost to the Czech Republic in a tight quarterfinal game that ended in a penalty shootout at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics tournament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The final score was 3-2, after the Americans were unable to get the puck past Czech goalie Pavel Francouz. In the five-round shootout, only one player managed to score: Petr Koukal of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

With the win, the undefeated Czech Republic team advances to the semifinals in the Olympics tournament. The Czechs outshot the Americans 29-20 in their game at the Gangneung Hockey Center.<\/p>\n

The shootout was declared after a 10-minute sudden-death overtime failed to produce a winner.<\/p>\n

The men’s gold medal match is slated for Sunday. The U.S. women’s team has reached the gold medal game in their tournament, set to face Canada on Thursday in South Korea (11:10 p.m. ET Wednesday in the U.S.).<\/p>\n

There are no NHL players at this year’s Winter Games, after the league and Olympics officials could not agree on terms. As a result, the U.S. team is composed of a mix of minor-league and college players, along with pros from overseas leagues.<\/p>\n