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03/15 12:14 CDT US routs Canada in Para ice hockey final to complete historic
clean sweep in Olympics, Paralympics
US routs Canada in Para ice hockey final to complete historic clean sweep in
Olympics, Paralympics
By DANIELLA MATAR
AP Sports Writer
MILAN (AP) --- Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic
hockey finals, the Americans overcame their neighbors again to win Paralympic
gold and complete the three-peat at Milan Cortina.
Jack Wallace scored a hat trick to help the U.S. beat Canada 6-2 in Sunday's
Para ice hockey final and become the first nation to sweep the hockey
tournaments at the Olympics and Paralympics.
There is currently no women's division at the Paralympics as it is classified
as an open-gender sport.
It was remarkably a fifth straight Paralympic title for the U.S. and captain
Josh Pauls.
While the Olympics saw the U.S. men's team win gold for the first time since
the "Miracle on Ice" in 1980, it's a very different story at the Paralympics.
The U.S. has now won six of the past seven editions of the Winter Paralympics.
It was a third straight loss in the final for Canada, which won its only para
ice hockey gold on Italian ice, in Turin in 2006.
Earlier, China claimed a second successive bronze medal as it fought back from
conceding two goals in the opening three minutes to beat Czech Republic 3-2.
Sunday's final set a new record attendance for the sport at a major tournament
as 10,755 fans filled the near-capacity stands.
The mark had been set in the opening match of the tournament with the
preliminary round game between the U.S. and host nation Italy drawing 8,992
spectators.
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