"Team USA advanced to the Sunday morning's gold medal game (8:10 am ET) with a 6-2 steamrolling of tournament Cinderella Slovakia in the Olympic semifinal on Friday. Jack Hughes scored twice while Jack Eichel and Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist each to lead the Americans. Now, after the US women pulled out the overtime win over Canada in that gold medal game on Thursday, the Americans can pull off the Olympian hockey sweep."
"Canada held up its end of the bargain on Friday - barely. Living dangerously again, the Canadians had to come back from a 2-0 second period deficit against Finland and win it on Nathan MacKinnon's last-minute power-play goal. That's after they had to go to 3-on-3 overtime to beat Czechia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The US and Canadian rosters are roughly the same as the 4 Nations tournament, which some very notable exceptions."
"The Americans, meanwhile, have added dynamic defenseman Quinn Hughes, who was injured at this time last year, and 6-foot-6 slot sniper Tage Thompson, through Thompson did not return to the bench for the third period on Friday after taking a crosscheck in the back. NBC reported that it was for precautionary reasons. The US will also have Bruin defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who missed the 4 N"
Team USA earned a spot in the Olympic men's hockey gold-medal game after a 6-2 semifinal victory over Slovakia, paced by Jack Hughes, Jack Eichel and Brady Tkachuk. The U.S. men can match the U.S. women's recent victory over Canada to complete a hockey sweep. Canada barely escaped Finland with a late Nathan MacKinnon power-play goal and previously needed overtime to beat Czechia. Rosters largely mirror the 4 Nations tournament with exceptions: Canada added Macklin Celebrini and has Sidney Crosby's status uncertain, while the U.S. added Quinn Hughes, Tage Thompson and Charlie McAvoy.
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