February 22, 2010 10:38 AM

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US beats Canada 5-3 in Vancouver ice hockey brawl?

In the Winter olympics, the US hockey team defeated host Canada 5-3 at Vancouver today. Hosts now need to win an additional game just to make the quarterfinals. The United States, however, is poised to go into the next round as top-seeded team. Defending Olympic champion Sweden faces rival Finland in the late game. Earlier in the day, four-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller of United States won the men's super-combined ski race defeating main rival Ivica Kostelic of Croatia with a winning time of 2 minutes, 44.92 seconds. Andre Lange of Germany became the first driver with four Olympic gold medals after winning the two-man bobsled event. In biathlon, World Cup leader Evgeny Ustyugov of Russia won the men's 15-kilometer mass start race. Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won gold in Vancouver by winning the women's 1,500-meter speed skating race, and Michael Schmid of Switzerland won the inaugural Olympic men's skicross event.

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