USA men’s hockey handles Germany in best Olympics win yet as possible worrisome matchup looms
NY Post
MILAN — Sweden is looming for the United States, which appears likely to face one of the tournament’s best teams in a do-or-die elimination game far earlier than anyone expected.
The good news from Sunday, though — the best possible news, really — is that Team USA just played its best game of these Olympic Games, handling Germany 5-1 with a sense of control that was never there against Latvia or Denmark.
“I think today was our best 60 minutes for sure,” said Zach Werenski, who scored and assisted on a goal over 19:30 of ice time. “We’ve had good moments throughout this tournament, good periods. But today was our most consistent, our stingiest defensively. Thought we created a lot of offense.”
As a result, the Americans finished atop Group C and entered the knockout stage of the tournament with a bye to the quarterfinals and the second seed.
Sweden needs to get by Latvia in the play-in round due to its own struggles in the group stage, and the U.S. will face the winner of that game on Wednesday.
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