"The current US Olympic men's hockey team is not the Cinderella that the last American team that captured a gold medal 46 years ago was, but this NHL talent-laden Team USA learned quickly that it would have to work to achieve whatever it gets at the Milan-Cortina Games. And in their first game of the tournament, they leaned on a player who has gold in his blood to get over the hump against a scrappy Latvian team to capture a 5-1 victory on Thursday."
"Brady Tkachuk put the US on the board 5:29 into the game when he took a feed from his brother Matthew and snapped a shot that went in off the near post behind Elvis Merzlikins. It looked like the Yanks were getting ready for a runaway win when Quinn Hughes with 6:59. But on the first of two Latvian challenges, it was shown that Nelson was inside the zone before the puck and the goal came off the board because of offside."
""I felt all the emotions come out there. It was super special. I have lots of family here to share it with, too, so it's just awesome. I'm just trying to take it all in," Nelson told NBC after his two second period goals helped the US pull away."
The current U.S. Olympic men's hockey team features many NHL players and is not a Cinderella squad from 46 years ago. The team accepted that it would have to work for results at the Milan-Cortina Games. In the opener the Americans relied on Brock Nelson, whose uncle and grandfather were on past U.S. gold teams, and Nelson scored twice in a second period when the U.S. scored three goals in the final 8:25 of the frame. The U.S. won 5-1 over Latvia after a 1-1 deadlock that included two goals overturned in the opening 20 minutes. Canada beat Czechia 5-0 earlier that day.
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