Czechia’s bench boss is frustrated. Not only because his team has been knocked out of the men’s tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics, but because of how things went down.
After losing to Canada, 3-2 in overtime, in the quarterfinals, head coach Radim Rulik expressed his feelings about the officiating during Wednesday’s game and throughout the tournament.
“The referees really worry me,” Rulik said in a translated interview. “What they’re allowing against us is unacceptable. After every game, we send them two or three clips where they confirm that the opponent should have been penalized. I don’t understand it.”
In the third period, it looked like Czech forward Martin Nečas was going on a…