Slovakia stuns US in shootout, Americans out of Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — The United States is out of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics in stunning fashion after blowing a late lead.

Marek Hrivik scored with 43.7 seconds left in regulation, Peter Cehlarik had the winner and Slovakia beat the U.S. 3-2 in a shootout to knock the top-seeded Americans out in the quarterfinals.

The U.S. led for almost half the game before the tying goal when Slovakia pulled its goaltender for an extra attacker to play 6-on-5.

Slovakia forward Juraj Slafkovsky scored his tournament-leading fifth goal of the tournament.

The Russians also moved on to the semifinals by beating Denmark 3-1.