{"id":59093,"date":"2018-02-17T07:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T07:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=59093"},"modified":"2018-02-17T07:02:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T07:02:53","slug":"czechs-prevail-in-shootout-against-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/czechs-prevail-in-shootout-against-canada.html","title":{"rendered":"Czechs prevail in shootout against Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Czechs prevail in shootout against Canada<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Czech Republic beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday in a back-and-forth preliminary game in the men\u2019s Olympic ice hockey tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Petr Koukal and Jan Kovar both scored in the shootout, topping Canada\u2019s lone goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Canada drew first blood on the powerplay early in the first period. With the Czechs\u2019 Dominik Kubalik off for slashing, Linden Vey drifted in from the point and snapped the puck toward Mason Raymond, who redirected it inside the far post and past Czech goaltender Pavel Francouz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Kubalik redeemed himself a few minutes later, capitalizing on a broken clear attempt by the Canadians. Defenseman Chris Lee fanned on a bouncing puck to the right of the Canadian net, and Kubalik grabbed it and squeezed it between goalie Ben Scrivens and the post, knotting the game at 1-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Canadians went back on top later in the period, again on the powerplay. Rene Bourque, who played 12 seasons in the NHL, tapped in a rebound on a shot from the point by Maxim Noreau with one second remaining on a holding penalty to Jakub Nakladal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Czechs fought back again, leveling again inside the first minute of the second period. Scrivens stopped a pair of shots from Roman Horak and Michal Birner, but couldn\u2019t contain the rebounds, and former Carolina Hurricane Michal Jordan snatched the loose puck and went top shelf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Canada continued to outshoot the Czechs but could not finish, squandering a two-man advantage late in the period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">After a scoreless third period and five-minute overtime, it went to the shootout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-olympics-2018-iceh-m-can-cze\/czechs-prevail-in-shootout-against-canada-idUSKCN1G1095<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/czechs-prevail-in-shootout-against-canada.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Czechs prevail in shootout against Canada The Czech Republic beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday in a back-and-forth preliminary game in the men\u2019s Olympic ice hockey tournament. Petr Koukal and Jan Kovar both scored in the shootout, topping Canada\u2019s lone goal. 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