Protas finished the game with a career-high six points (1g, 5a), while Cristall notched his first professional hat trick with his own five-point performance (3g, 2a).
While Tom Wilson, Logan Thompson, and Martin Fehervary are going for the gold in Milan, their teammates will be getting the benefit of some time off to reset for the playoff push. [THN] Congrats to Martin Fehervary on being named one of the alternate captains for Team Slovakia! [TSN, Daily Faceoff] It's hard to believe that the last time the NHL took part in the Olympics was 12 years ago - and 12 years ago we all got to see the moment T.J. Oshie became T.J. Sochi. [THW]