Canadian Olympic men's hockey coach complains about overtime format after gold medal loss

Canadian Olympic men’s crystal hockey manager Jon Cooper took contented with the overtime format aft the team’s golden medal nonaccomplishment to Team USA connected Sunday.

Team USA prima Jack Hughes scored the game-winning extremity successful overtime. He was capable to get the squad’s 2nd extremity of the crippled past Jordan Binnington. The Americans won the game, 2-1, and picked up their archetypal golden medal since 1980 with the "Miracle connected Ice" team.

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Canada caput manager Jon Cooper talks with his players aft their triumph against Finland successful a men's crystal hockey semifinal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

In the Olympics, the overtime play is played 3-on-3. The U.S. defeated Sweden successful overtime successful their quarterfinal matchup, portion Canada needed overtime to get past the Czech Republic. Canada besides defeated Team USA successful the 4 Nations Face-Off successful overtime, but that was played 4-on-4.

"You instrumentality 4 players disconnected the ice, present hockey's not hockey anymore," Cooper said aft the game, via The Hockey News. "There's a crushed overtime and shootouts are successful play — it's each TV-driven to extremity games, truthful it's not a agelong time. There's a crushed wherefore (3-on-3) is not successful the Stanley Cup last oregon playoffs."

Cooper stressed, though, that the format was not the crushed wherefore the squad mislaid the game.

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Canada caput manager Jon Cooper watches play against the United States during the 3rd play of the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.  (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

"All the teams cognize the rules going into these beforehand. So you can't travel up present and accidental we're the losing squad due to the fact that we mislaid successful a 3-on-3 and that's not fair," Cooper said. "We knew the rules coming in. We won a crippled successful this tourney 3-on-3, truthful that's not the mode it is."

Canada had plentifulness of chances to people but were either unopen down by missing large chances oregon due to the fact that Team USA’s Connor Hellebuyck was making astir each save.

Hellebuyck had 41 saves successful the triumph and was a large crushed wherefore Canada was incapable to people during a premier 5-on-3 punishment accidental successful the 2nd period.

Canada's Cale Makar (8) is congratulated by Brandon Hagel (38) aft Makar scored a extremity against the United States during the 2nd play of the men's crystal hockey golden medal crippled astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Only Cale Makar was capable to occurrence 1 past Hellebuyck.

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