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Friday, February 18, 1994
SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
U.S. hockey team's medal hopes still alive after tie
The Associated Press
LILLEHAMMER, Norway — What else? Aite.
In its best-played and most exciting game yet, the U.S. hockey team tied Canada 3-3 last night. And in tying the Olympic record with three ties in a tournament, the Americans left the ice with perked-up med hopes and a feeling of accomplishment.
"There has been a lot of references to our lack of intensity from start to finish, and probably they're well-deserved — until today," U.S. coach Tim Taylor said.
"Ithink we did our share of standing around in Games 1 and 2. We certainly took stock in that and realized that we put our backs against the wall by only coming out of the Slovakia and France games with a total of two
points. I think we had a little bit more feistiness."
The United States had rallied from two-goal, third-period deficits to the France and Slovakia before tying Canada on Todd Marchant's power-play goal with 28 seconds to play. Sweden also had three draws in 1988 and went on to win the bronze medal
The Americans play Sweden (2-0-1) on Saturday and finish the preliminary round Monday against Italy (0-3). They are behind Sweden, Canada (2-0-1) and Slovakia (1-0-2) and ahead of France (0-2-1) and Italy in Pool B. To be one of the group's four medal-round qualifiers, they probably only need to win one of their two remaining games — or to tie them both.
"Whatever it takes," U.S. goalie Garth Snow said.
Though the team could probably
make the medal round with five ties, Taylor said, "Yes, but we need a win. We need to prove to ourselves that we can beat somebody. I think this was more of a win than the first two ties to us, mentally. So I think this will be more a springboard to us. We'll see.
"We've had very positive finishes to all of our games. I think we feel the best about this one. I think we feel like this was a real good die."
So did Canada coach Tom Renney, who joked that it was "a good win for both teams."
Though it certainly was as good as a win for Canada, which clinched a med-round berth, Canadian players were not as happy as their coach.
“It’s too bad because I think we’re a better team overall and we deserved to win,” Petr Nelved said. “The big difference between us and them;
they're satisfied with a tie and we're not."
Marchant understands Nedved's feelings.
Since a Jan. 25 pre-Olympic victory over Canada in Toronto, the U.S. team is 1-1-5 in exhibition and Olympic play—including ties to its hot grids.
"When you come back on a team and you tie them, you feel as if you've won," he said. "When a team comes back and ties you, you feel like you've lost."
"I made the statement in Toronto ... It's really hard to win a hockey game at this level. You can't make mistakes, you have to be focused from beginning to end," Taylor said. "And now the kids are kind of joking about it: 'Coach, ever since you said it's really hard to win a hockey game we haven't been able to do it.'"
Marchant scored after a hooking penalty on Canada captain Fabian Joseph with 42 seconds left.
"I didn't see it go in right away," he said. "All of a sudden I saw Corey Hirsch turn around ... and then everybody came over and trampled me."
Taylor pulled goalie Garth Snow for an extra attacker, giving the Americans a 6-on-4 edge. They immediately took advantage, with Marchant wristing a shot from the faceoff circle through a tangle of players and past goalie Corey Hirsch.
Snow made 29 saves, including a penalty shot by Greg Johnson with 7:49 remaining to keep the U.S. team close.
Taylor praised Snow but said Mike Dunham, who was shaky in allowing
A list of the top six countries winning medals in the Olympic games.
The tally
Source: The Associated Press
Dave Campbell / KANBAN
Country Gold Silver Bronze
Russia 5 5 2
Norway 5 3 1
Italy 2 2 4
United States 2 2 0
Germany 2 1 1
Canada 1 0 2
four goals on 14 shots in the opener against France, would play Saturday against Sweden. Dunham, who has been successful against the Swedes, stopped 64 of 68 shots in his last two pre-Olympic exhibitions against them.
U.S. skier wins silver medal on birthday
The Associated Press
RINGEBU, Norway — Tommy Moe stood at the top of the race course with a chance to make U.S. Olympic history.
The pressure was so great he yawned.
Not just once. These numbers fourteen.
"I know that's a good sign because it means I'm not overexcited at the top," Moe said.
Relaxed and confident, Moe sped down the Kvitfjell course yesterday and won the silver medal in the super-giant slalom.
It was an extra special moment for Moe. It came on his 24th birthday and made him the first American man to win two Alpine ski medals at a single Olympics.
If not for an error near the bottom of the
"It's a dream come true to have a gold and a silver in my back pocket," said Moe, who won the downhill Sunday.
course, Moe might have been the owner of two golds. The No. 3 starter, he had the fastest time of the day at the last checkpoint but lost a few fractions of a second and finished in 1:32.61.
The next racer, Markus Wasmeier of Germany, skied a smoother line in the final section to catch Moe and win the gold in 1:32.53. Norway's Kjetil Andre Aamdott took the bronze in 1:32.93.
As Moe crossed the finish line, throngs of Norwegian fans sang "Happy Birthday." He waved, blew a kiss and went off to share a piece of cake with sixth-place finisher Ale Skaardal of Norway, who was celebrating his 28th birthday.
"I had a good feeling when I woke up this morning and it was my birthday." Moe said. "I was just relaxed. After the downhill, there was no pressure for me. It's almost easy for me to skd fast right now."
Moe was unaware at first that he was the only American ever to win two ski medals at the same Olympics.
Moe had another factor working in his favor. The course was set by U.S.coach Bill Egon.
"I think I memorized the course in about one hour," Moe said. "It's never come to me that easy. I knew exactly where I wanted to go."
A few years ago, Moe wasn't sure where he was going. He was a teenage hell-raiser who hung out with the wrong crowd and smoked dope.
After dedicating himself to skiing, results came slowly. Moe has never won a World
"It's coming to me at a perfect time in my life," he said. "I've worked really hard in my career. It's almost easy for me to go out there and shred the mountain."
Cup race, but he has improved steadily, finishing third in a super-G in December in Val d'Isere, France.
Moe has an opportunity to win a third medal. He placed third Monday in the downhill portion of the combined event, with the slalom half of the race scheduled for Feb. 25.
"There's a lot of tough competition, but those guys can falter or I can have a great race," Moe said. "A bronze metal would be great to add to my collection.
"I'm going to try to catch up on all interviews and enjoy the whole thing because I know there's a lot of people who would like to be in my boots right now," he said.
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