BEIJING, February 10 (Xinhua) – China played its first ever men’s ice hockey match in the Winter Olympics, losing 8-0 to the United States this Thursday.
China offered waves of attacks before American forward Brendan Brisson scored the first goal 10:38.
The United States, fourth in the world rankings, dominated the remaining time of the match and scored another seven goals.
“It’s an honor to wear the Team China jersey. I think we can play even better, I think there is room for growth. If we can just keep growing, keep learning, then we’ll see a miracle can happen “, said Chinese goalkeeper Shimisi Jieruimi.
Another action resulted in 30-year-old Sakari Manninen scoring three goals to help Finland beat Slovakia 6-2.
Finland scored four goals after Slovakia’s forward Juraj Slafkovsky put the puck in the net at 5:33.
Slafkovsky scored his second goal in the 32nd minute, but Finland scored two goals in the third period to secure the victory.
“We had a really good offensive today. Six goals, we have to be happy with that,” said Manninen. “We had some chances and scored on them, we had a good goalkeeper and good penalties, but we also have things to improve.”
Elsewhere, Sweden overtook Latvia 3-2, while Canada defeated Germany 5-1.
Source: sn.dk