USA Surges Past Slovakia to Face Canada in Olympic Gold Final
Team USA routed Slovakia 6-2 in the Olympic men’s hockey semifinal to earn a gold-medal showdown with Canada. Dylan Larkin opened the scoring, Tage Thompson added before the first period ended, and a second-period burst from Jack Hughes helped seal the win, with Jack Eichel and Brady Tkachuk also scoring as Slovakia’s goals came from Juraj Slafkovsky and Pavol Regenda.