Team USA loses to Canada, earns Silver Medal in Maccabiah Games Finals

It isn't gold, but silver is nothing to sneeze at. Team USA, which features Colby's Ben Chwick and Middlebury's Max Greenwald, lost the ice hockey open division Maccabiah Games gold medal finals against Canada 7-1 in Israel today to take home the silver medal.

The Americans finish the tournament at 3-2, with the only two losses coming to the victorious Cancuks.  The Canadians went a perfect 5-0, outscoring opponents 48-5.

Not one to disappoint in their consistency of disappointing, the Maccabiah website has no info on the game. What we do know came once again from the USA team manager Josh Richelew's twitter feed (@jrichelew). The Canadians scored two goals in each of the first two periods to carry a 4-0 lead into the third period.


Despite the score, USA coach and NHL broadcaster Billy Jaffe, who himself played in the 1997 Maccabiah Games, was not disappointed in his boys. The USA left it out on the ice, but Canada was simply better.

Team USA #Maccabiah2013 open hockey lost to Canada 7-1 in gold medal game. The boys left it all out on the ice but Canada was simply better.
— Billy Jaffe (@BJaffe) July 26, 2013

We'll have more wrap-up coverage of the tournament and will keep you updated on any details/articles that pop up about the gold medal game. In the meantime, you can checkout the Penn State Hockey Blog, "Thank You Terry," and their recap of the entire tournament. Nittany Lions junior forward Jacob Friedman and former Icers forward Jaime Zimmel were both members of team USA.  

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