Beijing, February 12 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Winter Olympics ice hockey event staged six games on the 12th, and in the group stage against Germany, the Chinese men's ice hockey team scored the first goal in the history of the Winter Olympics. American men's ice beat rival Canadian men's ice 4-2. Switzerland and Finland locked up the last two women's ice final four spots.
Against Pyeongchang Winter Olympics runners-up Germany, The Chinese men's ice team rose to the chase in a 0:3 situation, and at the end of the second quarter, the striker Fu Shuai picked up the goal and scored the first goal in the history of the Chinese men's ice Winter Olympics. In the third quarter, Wang Taylor scored, and the Chinese team chased the score to 2:3. For the rest of the game, the Chinese team launched a fierce attack on the German team's goal, but ultimately failed to equalize, regrettably losing with a one-goal disadvantage.
On February 12, Chinese and German players competed in the men's ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Ang Lee, Xinhua News Agency
Fu Shuai, who scored a historic goal for the Chinese team, said after the game: "It is a wonderful feeling to be a player who scored the first goal of the Chinese Men's Ice Olympics. The goal came from the whole team working on the whole process and we are all working hard for China. This is probably the greatest achievement of my career. ”
German coach Thurdholm Tony was also surprised by the performance of the Chinese team. He said: "The first game of the Chinese team seemed to be a little tense, and this game they obviously adapted to the atmosphere of the Winter Olympics, in the first half of the situation was passive, the second half began to gradually find their own rhythm. ”
China coach Zanata Ivano said after the game: "From day one, I told my players that you are going to fight to win the respect of the world, and tonight we did it. ”
On February 12, China player Wang Taylor (first from left) shot during the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yu
In a focus battle in men's hockey, the United States defeated the highly vocal Canadian team 4:2. Canada scored first in the opening second minute, while the United States equalised a minute later. The U.S. scored two goals in a row at the end of the first quarter and the opening stage of the second quarter to take a 3-1 lead, and although Canada briefly pulled the score to 2:3, the U.S. team was scored by Agostino in the 47th minute to seal the victory with a two-goal advantage.
After two rounds, the United States ranked first in Group A with 6 points, Canada and Germany ranked second and third respectively, and China ranked bottom with 0 points.
In Group B, the Russian Olympic Committee team, which advanced to the quarter-finals with two consecutive wins, lost 5:6 to the Czech Republic after extra time, and Denmark defeated Switzerland 5:3.
In the women's hockey quarterfinals on the same day, Switzerland defeated the Russian Olympic Committee 4:2, Finland defeated Japan 7:1, and Switzerland and Finland reached the final four.
In the women's ice semifinals on the 14th, Canada will face Switzerland and the United States will face Finland.
Source: Xinhua News Agency