GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of 鈥� Team sa国际传媒 advanced to the men's hockey semifinals with a 1-0 win over Finland. sa国际传媒 will face Germany in Friday's semifinals after the Germans shocked Sweden 4-3 in overtime in quarterfinal play.
The breakthrough goal came 55 seconds into the third period with Maxim Noreau blasting a point shot stickside past Mikko Koskinen after an Eric O'Dell faceoff win.
"I saw it from the bench. It had eyes," sa国际传媒 captain Chris Kelly said of Noreau's shot. "A fantastic (faceoff) win by (O'Dell). That's kind of what it takes. Just one play and that's the difference."
The Canadians lost starting netminder Ben Scrivens to an upper-body injury in the second. He gave way to Kevin Poulin at 4:17 of the period after being flattened by Finland's Veli-Matti Savinainen, who was being checked on the play by Canadian Eric O'Dell.
Poulin was rock-steady in relief, stopping all 15 shots he faced after Scrivens opened by making six saves. The Canadians, devoid of NHL talent, are now just two wins away from an Olympic three-peat.
sa国际传媒 is looking for a third straight Olympic gold medal, though the 2010 and 2014 titles were won with rosters stocked with NHL talent. There are no NHL players competing at the Pyeongchang Games.
On the women's side, Team sa国际传媒 faces the United States in the gold-medal game on Wednesday.