Oshie's Four Shootout Goals Spark U.S. Victory
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Page 6D ■ Sunday, February 16, 2014Sports Bismarck Tribune ■ Bismarcktribune.com OLYMPIC ROUNDUP For American skaters, seen. to Canada’s Denny Morri- old suits don’t help Norway’s women cross- son, his second medal of the country skiers were another Sochi Games. SOCHI, Russia (AP) — group whose past success Alpine skiing Maybe it wasn’t the suits failed to carry over into the after all. Anna Fenninger became games. The Norwegian the third straight Austrian After shedding their new, women had not lost a 4x5- high-tech skinsuits for their woman to win a gold medal kilometer relay since 2009 in the Olympic super-G. old-fashioned gear, Ameri- and entered Saturday’s race can speedskaters still were Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Ger- as huge favorites, with a many won the silver and without a medal at the Sochi team that featured the top Olympics. Nicole Hosp of Austria the four skiers in the overall Zbigniew Brodka won bronze. Skiers from Austria World Cup standings. By the Poland’s first gold medal in have dominated the event time it was over, Sweden had the men’s 1,500 meters, fin- since it began at the 1988 the gold, and Norway was ishing 0.003 seconds ahead Calgary Games. Austrian denied a spot on the podi- of Koen Verweij of the skiers have now won eight of um, finishing 53.6 seconds Netherlands. It was one of a possible 24 medals in the behind the winners. the closest 1,500 finishes in super-G. On Day 9 of the Sochi Olympic history. Olympics, the U.S. hockey Cross-country Verweij’s silver medal team won a shootout to Charlotte Kalla erased a gave the Dutch 13 of the 21 defeat Russia 3-2 in the mar- 25-second deficit on the final medals awarded so far in the leg to give Sweden the gold in sport, including four golds. quee game of the prelimi- nary round. the relay. Finland finished Traditionally, the U.S. team second to win silver, and Associated Press has been among the medal Speedskating Germany took bronze. Nor- T.J. Oshie of the U.S., a former UND star, prepares to take a shot on Russia leaders halfway through the Brodka and Verweij were way was well behind in fifth. goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky during the shootout on Saturday in Sochi, Russia. competition. initially shown on the score- “It is tough to see because we Hoping to end the board to be tied for the top are so good in relay, we have shutout, the U.S. had gotten spot, but when the time was always been so good, many IOC approval just hours broken down to the thou- seconds before the other Oshie’s four shootout before the 1,500 started to go sandths, the victory went to girls,” said Heidi Weng, who back to its old suits. The new Brodka in 1 minute, 45.006 skied the first leg for Norway. ones had been touted as the seconds. Verweij was second “And today others were bet- fastest the world has ever in 1:45.009. The bronze went ter than us.” goals spark U.S. victory 2014 SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS RESULTS By GREG BEACHAM punching the back of the with 10:33 to play, but Dat- AP Sports Writer Russian net emphatically syuk tied it with 7:16 left dur- SATURDAY’S WINTER OLYMPIC enough to pop the water ing a Russian power play, MEDALISTS MEDAL COUNT AFTER 51 EVENTS ALPINE SKIING SOCHI, Russia — T.J. bottle on top into the air. spurring Putin out of his seat WINTER OLYMPIC MEDALS TABLE Japan 1 3 1 5 Women Slovenia 1 1 3 5 Oshie brainstormed while he “At some point, you think, to cheer. Super G At Sochi, Russia Italy 0 2 3 5 skated to center ice, desper- ‘Does he have any more GOLD—Anna Fenninger, Austria Through Saturday, Feb. 15 Poland 4 0 0 4 After review, the officials SILVER—Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany (51 of 98 total events) Belarus 3 0 1 4 ately trying to come up with moves left?“’ U.S. captain waved off Fedor Tyutin’s BRONZE—Nicole Hosp, Austria Nation G S B Tot France 2 0 2 4 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Russia 4 6 5 15 South Korea 1 1 1 3 one last move to end an epic Zach Parise said. “But he did apparent go-ahead goal Women Netherlands 4 4 6 14 Czech Republic 0 2 1 3 shootout. The former UND a good job. ... That’s hard to 4x5km Relay United States 4 3 7 14 Latvia 0 1 2 3 because the net was loose, GOLD—Sweden (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Norway 4 3 6 13 Britain 1 0 1 2 star do, to get in a goalie’s head incensing the crowd. Russ- Emma Wiken, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla) Germany 7 3 2 12 Finland 0 2 0 2 SILVER—Finland (Anne Kylloenen, Aino- Canada 4 5 3 12 Australia 0 1 1 2 had and throw him off a little bit.” ian coach Zinetula Bilyalet- Kaisa Saarinen, Kerttu Niskanen, Krista Lah- Sweden 1 5 2 8 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 already Oshie was among the teenmaki) Switzerland 5 1 1 7 Croatia 0 1 0 1 dinov and Alex Ovechkin BRONZE—Germany (Nicole Fessel, Ste- Austria 2 4 1 7 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1 taken final selections for the U.S. fanie Boehler, Claudia Nystad, Denise Her- China 3 2 0 5 Ukraine 0 0 1 1 both felt Quick had inten- rmann) five roster, and though the 27- tionally dislodged his net SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING shots at year-old from Warroad, Men earlier in the sequence. 1000 35. Nick Fairall, Andover, N.H. (120.0, 50.1, Second Period — 1, Russia, Pavel Dat- Sergei Bobrovsky, and the Minn., has never had a 20- GOLD—Victor An, Russia 50.0) 108.3. syuk (Andrei Markov, Alexander Radulov), “I don’t know what hap- SILVER—Vladimir Grigorev, Russia 48. Nick Alexander, Lebanon, N.H. (111.5, 9:15. 2, United States, Cam Fowler (James Russians were still even. goal NHL season, he leads 35.7, 44.5) 87.0. van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel), 16:34 (pp). pened there, but definitely BRONZE—Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands Yet Oshie was chosen for American-born players with Women NR. Anders Johnson, Park City, Utah, DSQ. Penalties—Max Pacioretty, United States was a goal,” Ovechkin said. 1500 SPEEDSKATING (holding); Fyodor Tyutin, Russia (cross- the U.S. men’s hockey team seven shootout goals this GOLD—Zhou Yang, China Men’s 1500 checking); David Backes, United States with just such a situation in season. “Nobody touched the net. SILVER—Shim Suk Hee, South Korea 7. Brian Hansen, Glenview, Ill., 1:45.59. (cross-checking); Alexander Radulov, Russia Their goalie touched the net BRONZE—Arianna Fontana, Italy 11. Shani Davis, Chicago, 1:45.98. (cross-checking); Patrick Kane, United mind, and the shootout spe- The U.S. men are only SKELETON 22. Joey Mantia, Ocala, Fla., 1:48.01. States (hooking). and put it out. But the refer- Men 37. Jonathan Kuck, Champaign, Ill., Third Period — 3, United States, Joe cialist concocted one last interested in the one that all GOLD—Alexander Tretiakov, Russia 1:50.19. Pavelski (Patrick Kane, Kevin Shattenkirk), clever goal to silence an ee has to see it and at least SILVER—Martins Dukurs, Latvia 9:27 (pp). 4, Russia, Pavel Datsyuk (Andrei but wrapped up an automat- BRONZE—Matt Antoine, Prairie du Chien, Markov), 12:44 (pp). Penalties—Dustin arena filled with screaming ic berth in the quarterfinals give him two minutes, you Wis. MEN’S HOCKEY Brown, United States (interference); Alexan- know?” SKI JUMPING der Radulov, Russia (hooking); Dustin Russian fans. next week. Men Preliminary Round Brown, United States (kneeing); Yevgeni Oshie scored four times in “I think you’re going to Quick claimed he didn’t K120 Group A Medvedev, Russia (interference). GOLD—Kamil Stoch, Poland W LOTWOTL Pts GF GA Overtime — No scoring. the shootout and put the see T.J. Oshie become a even realize the net had SILVER—Noriaki Kasai, Japan United States 1 0 1 0 5 10 3 Shootout — Russia 3 (Yevgeni Malkin NG, come unmoored. BRONZE—Peter Prevc, Slovenia Russia 1001475 Pavel Datsyuk NG, Ilya Kovalchuk G, Ilya winner between Bobrovsky’s household name after that SPEEDSKATING Slovenia 1 1 0 0 3 5 6 Kovalchuk NG, Pavel Datsyuk G, Ilya legs in the eighth round, display he put on,” said “You need to catch some Men Slovakia 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 Kovalchuk G, Pavel Datsyuk NG, Ilya 1500 Group B Kovalchuk NG), United States 4 (T.J. Oshie leading the United States David Backes, Oshie’s team- breaks to win games,” he GOLD—Zbigniew Brodka, Poland W LOTWOTL Pts GF GA G, James van Riemsdyk NG, Joe Pavelski past Russia 3-2 Saturday in said. SILVER—Koen Verweij, Netherlands Finland 2 0 0 0 6 14 5 NG, T.J. Oshie NG, T.J. Oshie G, T.J. Oshie mate in St. Louis. “The kids BRONZE—Denny Morrison, Canada Canada 2 0 0 0 6 9 1 G, T.J. Oshie NG, T.J. Oshie G). the thrilling revival of a clas- will be out on the pond prob- Both teams had quality Norway 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 Shots on Goal—Russia 13-8-7-3-0—31. Austria 02000414 United States 10-13-8-2-1—34. sic Olympic hockey rivalry. ably in Minnesota right now, chances in overtime, but SATURDAY’S U.S.