Smile Japan must build on progress
The women's national ice hockey team, Smile Japan, ended its Olympic tournament with a 2-3 record on Tuesday night following a 1-0 loss to Switzerland in the fifth-place game. Though Japan ...
U.S. women beat Canada in dramatic fashion in shootout to capture gold medal
A goal by Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson in the sixth round of the shootout gave the United States a dramatic 3-2 victory over Canada in the women's gold-medal game at Gangneung Hockey ...
Switzerland edges Smile Japan to earn fifth-place finish
Switzerland defeated Smile Japan 1-0 in the fifth-place game at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Tuesday night. Evelina Raselli picked up a loose puck for a breakaway and beat Nana Fujimoto ...
Slovenia's Ziga Jeglic tests positive for fenoterol, suspended for rest of 2018 Winter Games
Slovenia men's ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic has tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended for the remainder of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday. It added that Jeglic, who tested positive for fenoterol, had ...
Smile Japan triumphs on Ayaka Toko's overtime goal against Sweden
Ayaka Toko's overtime goal gave Smile Japan its second straight victory with a 2-1 triumph over Sweden at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Sunday night in a 5th-8th classification-round game. Toko fired in the winner from the slot just over three minutes into the extra ...
Switzerland's Pius Suter notches hat trick in rout of South Korea
Pius Suter scored a hat trick as Switzerland overpowered the South Korea men's ice hockey team 8-0 on Saturday to claim its first win of the Olympic tournament. The game, while played before a full house at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, featured far less ...
The Czech Republic beat Canada 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday in a back-and-forth preliminary game in the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament. Petr Koukal and Jan Kovar both scored in the shootout, topping Canada's lone goal. Earlier, Canada had pulled ahead 2-1 on the power ...
North Korean cheerleaders attend South Korea-Czech Republic men's match
North Korea's cheerleading squad made an unexpected appearance at the South Korean men's hockey game against the Czech Republic on Thursday, marking its first attendance at an Olympic event not featuring a North Korean athlete. At least 150 cheerleaders filled an entire section of the ...
Smile Japan records first-ever Olympic victory by trouncing combined Korea squad
Smile Japan scored a historic victory with a 4-1 triumph over Korea on Wednesday in their final Group B preliminary-round game at Kwandong Hockey Centre. Japan had lost 12 straight Olympic contests going back to the 1998 Nagano Games before notching the win. Japan dropped ...
Switzerland all but ends Japan's hopes of women's ice hockey medal
Japan fought hard but was unable to overcome Switzerland in the women's ice hockey competition on Monday, falling 3-1 in its second preliminary round match and seeing its hopes of advancing all but dashed at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Japan suffered its second defeat in a ...
Sweden scores decisive goal in third period against Smile Japan in tournament opener
Smile Japan suffered a 2-1 defeat to Sweden in their opening Group B preliminary-round match at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Saturday night. Japan fell behind early in the contest, then tied it late in the second period, before surrendering the decisive goal early in ...
Japan's women's hockey team had salt thrown in the wound Sunday as it was handed yet another defeat at the hands of Russia, although the team put up a brave fight in the classifications for fifth to eighth place at the Sochi Games. Dropping to ...
