Well, this one really hurts... So close of a miracle. 8 minutes before the end we were still leading by 2 goals... but 4 penalties in the last 5 minutes (I am still persuaded 3 of them were imagined by the referees, not even replayed in TV) helped USA to tie the game in 6 on 4 play and then win the match in Penalty Shoot-Out.
I rarely blame the refereeing, but today, seriosuly, it was just mind blowing. Very hearthbreaking for our boys. Such USA roster really does not need such help of referees against such unimportant country as Slovakia, what a shame
last 15 minutes or so in the live stream are speaking by itself https://olympics.com/en/gangwon-2024/video/men-s-6-team-svk-usa-ice-hockey-winter-youth-olympic-games-gangwon-2024