Germany beat Canada in historic semi-final

Germany reached to the final in the Ice Hockey in the 2018 PyeongChang winter Olympic after beating favourite Canada in a historic semi-finals match by 4 goals to 3 on Friday.

They defeated Canada for the first time in Olympic Ice Hockey history after suffering 15 straight defeats since 1932.

Germany will face Olympic Athletes from Russia, which defeated Czech Republic in another semi-final by 3-0.

"I’m just very proud of how those guys performed," German forward Marcel Goc told IIHF, adding, "the effort is there from every guy, every shift. They go out and pay the price, sacrifice the body, and do whatever it takes to play a solid team game. This is awesome. I don’t know how to describe it for German hockey. This is unreal. We’re in the finals in the Olympic Games playing against Russia, against the superstars from the KHL. We’ll rest up tomorrow and see what happens on Sunday."

"It’s disappointing," Canada's Mason Raymond told IIHF, adding, "That’s hockey. They played a good game the first half. We didn’t play the game we were wanting. They outworked us in the first half and discipline and penalties definitely hurt us. We knew they were a good team. They got to the semis for a reason. You’ve got to give credit. They played well, but I don’t think we orchestrated what we were hoping to do well enough."