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The Canadians will be playing without their captain, Sidney Crosby, in today’s semifinal game against Finland, Hockey Canada announced. The winner moves on to the gold-medal game on Sunday.
Crosby left the quarterfinal win over Czechia with a lower-body injury. He went down the tunnel walking gingerly, and was scheduled to have an MRI after the game.
According to Elliotte Friedman, who’s covering the Olympic hockey event for CBC on the ground, the team and everyone around Crosby did everything humanly possible for him to play, including searching for or putting together a custom brace.
On Crosby: heard Team Canada and everyone around him did everything humanly possible for him to play — including searching for/putting together a custom brace.
Unfortunately, he can’t go in the semifinal. https://t.co/E1IgWAKdrK
On Thursday, head coach Jon Cooper said there was “a chance” that Crosby could play on Friday.
He said no one is replacing Crosby, a two-time gold medallist.
“He’s one of one,” Cooper said.
But he pointed to his team’s depth as a way to make up for the loss.
“That’s why you have to pick the players when you’re putting this team together, that in case somebody like Sid goes down, who can step in,” he said. “We feel like we have that.”
Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby left their quarterfinal game against Czechia in the second period, with what appeared to be a lower-body injury.
Connor McDavid will wear the captain’s C with Crosby out. Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon will serve as assistants.
The game against Finland begins at 10:40 a.m. ET. Slovakia and the United States will compete in the other semifinal game.
