The U.S. women’s hockey team survives a scare and advances to a semifinal.

The United States scored three goals in the third period to beat the Czech Republic in the quarterfinal games.Credit…Sarah Stier/Getty Images The American women’s hockey team is one win from playing for another gold medal, but only after it endured a decidedly unnerving outing on Friday in Beijing.

The Czech Republic, appearing in its first Olympic women’s hockey tournament, menaced the United States, which won the gold at the 2018 Games, for most of their quarterfinal game by short-circuiting an offense that often has little trouble producing goal after goal.

The Americans, who similarly struggled to convert scoring chances in a […]

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