Canada defeats Korea in men's hockey 4-0

The Korea Times

The Korea Times

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2018 PyeongChang

Canada defeats Korea in men's hockey 4-0

Posted : 2018-02-18 23:51

Updated : 2018-02-19 07:39

Canadian players celebrate their third goal against South Korea in the preliminary round of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Gangneung Hockey Center, Sunday. / Yonhap

By Kang Hyun-kyung

South Korea's drought of goals continued since the team earned its first Olympic goal against Czech Republic on Saturday.

Canada defeated South Korea 4-0 in the preliminary round of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

With an assist by Chay Genomway, Christian Thomas netted Canada's first goal 7 minutes and 36 seconds after the first period began. Canada dominated the period with 18 shots, compared to South Korea's five.

With aggressive play, South Korea tried to rebound in the second period with six shots but failed to score. Eric O'Dell scored Canada's second goal later in the period. The second period ended with Canada leading 2-0.

With an assist by Derek Roy, Canada scored another goal in the third period and later Canada scored its final goal of the game goal with Korea suffering another scoreless defeat.

South Korea's goalie Matt Dalton blocked 45 shots during the game compiling a 91.8 percent save rate. But his outstanding performance couldn't save his team from a three-game losing streak in the preliminary round of the Olympics,

South Korea will face Finland on Tuesday for a qualification playoff spot. .