The U.S had plenty of chances to put the game away in the third period but couldn’t cash in on a critical two-man advantage, which swung the pendulum of momentum in the Slovak’s favor.
“When you’ve got a five on three in that scenario and you don’t capitalize on it, you’re giving that other team a lot of hope,” Quinn said.
With seconds ticking down and their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker, the Slovaks scored the equalizer when U.S. goaltender Straus Mann couldn’t handle Michal Cajkovsky’s point shot and Marek Hrivik was there to poke in the rebound.
“They were throwing pucks at the net from a lot of spots and trying to crash the net. I was fighting to see pucks and trying to smother rebounds as best as I could,” Mann said after his 34-save effort.
“We felt confident with our 2-1 lead until they tied it. It wasn’t anyone’s fault. It’s just hockey.”
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