U.S., Canada Meet In Olympics After Intense Scrimmage
Feb 10, 2022, 10:57 AM
BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Team United States players celebrate after defeating Team China 8-0 during the Men's Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group A match on Day 6 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Indoor Stadium on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
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BEIJING (AP) — The United States and Canada face off Saturday afternoon in Beijing in each team’s second men’s hockey game at the Olympics.
The two teams are actually playing for the second time this week after scrimmaging to give each other some extra preparation for the tournament.
Off and running!👏👏#WinterOlympics | #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/FnJGgauO7c
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) February 10, 2022
That scrimmage without referees might have gotten nasty had the teams kept playing.
They’ll get to find out just how nasty now that the game counts.
The U.S. is coming off an 8-0 rout of host China. Canada opened by beating Germany 5-1.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Just a year after Japan’s summer Olympics, the Games are back for a winter show in Beijing, China. The unusually short gap between Games is due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Strict precautions and enforced virus prevention protocol are in place to help keep athletes, coaches and personnel safe.
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