This dog is living his best professional life.
When Utah Mammoth forward JJ Peterka dreamed of one day being an Olympian, he could picture the off-ice experience and gravity of being at the pinnacle sporting event. “Putting the jersey on, seeing all the atmosphere,” Peterka smiled. “Also watching other sports in the village. And I feel (the) experience and all that Olympic (feeling).”
After pushing Canada all the way to an extra end in their opener on Wednesday, Germany carved out their first win so far with a 5-4 victory over Norway in Thursday afternoon’s round-robin session. The Germans blanked the first end but then gave up a single steal in the second when their skip Marc Muskatewitz’s
German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) president Thomas Weikert has said that Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych should accept the rules in his "helmet of memory" dispute with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Leon Draisaitl is focused on winning a medal with Germany at the Olympics, but he's also hoping to make some fans back in his native country.