Canada, Olympics and Czechia
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Mitch Marner was able to find an overtime winner to lift Canada into the semifinals.
The USA and pre-tournament favourites Canada stayed on track to meet in the Olympic men's ice hockey final with quarter-final overtime wins on Wednesday. Both Canada and the USA have rosters packed with players from the National Hockey League,
The Canadians will play for an Olympic medal after winning a nail-biter vs. the Czech Republic in overtime on Wednesday.
While Team Canada had NHL talent on its Olympic roster, it never trailed in a game. Until David Pastrnak changed that Wednesday. The Boston Bruins star forward gave Team Czechia a 2-1 lead with his goal in the first period. It marked the first time in 805 minutes and 1 second that Canada trailed.
When Sidney Crosby's shot sailed into the net in 2010, securing Olympic gold on home soil, a 13-year-old Mitch Marner ran around his neighbourhood with his brother, celebrating. Sixteen years later, it's Marner who's the Olympic hero,
Binnington has been the worst goalie in the NHL this season. But in Canada's nail-biter of an Olympic quarterfinal he made save after save.
Who is playing for Team Canada in their Quarter-Final match against Czechia on Feb 18? Here are the line combinations & starting goalies.