MILAN — The Canadian men’s hockey team twice overcame Czechia leads, including one late in the third period, before finally securing a spot in the Milano Cortina Olympic Games semifinals with a 4-3 victory Thursday at the Milano Ice Hockey Arena. Mitch Marner’s game-winning goal, just 1 minute and 22 seconds into the 3-on-3 sudden-death overtime, capped a frantic game in which Czechia, 5-0 losers to the Canadians in the teams’ opening match, was less than four minutes from pulling off one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history. The victory came with questions about Canadian captain Sidney Crosby’s availability for Friday’s semifinal after he left the game in the second period and did not return after taking a hit from Czechia defender Radko Gudas. Nick Suzuki sent the game into overtime for Canada by redirecting a Devon Toews shot past Czechia goaltender Lukas Dostal with 3:27 remaining in regulation. Related Articles Loose dog makes Olympic cameo on the cross-country ski course at the Milan Cortina Games Vonn, Shiffrin and Brignone among the Olympic skiers voicing concern over receding glaciers At the Olympics and beyond, women’s sports media outlets are writing their own playbooks Lindsey Vonn’s skis didn’t come off in her Olympic crash. A different binding system isn’t close Quirky curling has turned into a betting magnet at the Milan Cortina Olympics ...read more read less