PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- The United States men’s ice hockey team, which features six Ivies—five athletes and one assistant coach—earned its first victory of the 2018 Winter Olympics to highlight the eight Ivy appearances on Friday, Feb. 16.
 
Reigning Ivy League Player of the Year and current Harvard student-athlete Ryan Donato was the man of the night for the United States, scoring a pair of power-play goals in a 2-1 victory over Slovakia to put Team USA back on top of Group B with four points.
 
Harvard men’s ice hockey alumnus Noah Welch (21:19) and Yale men’s ice hockey alumni Mark Arcobello (18:48), Broc Little (13:07) and Brian O’Neill (12:46) also featured in the win, with Arcobello picking up an assist on Donato’s game-winning goal in the third period.
 
The United States men’s ice hockey team and assistant coach Keith Allain have one group game remaining, a pivotal matchup with the Olympic Athletes from Russia on Saturday, Feb. 17.
 
In cross-country skiing, Bermuda’s lone Olympian—Dartmouth skiing product Tucker Murphy—finished 104th in the 15km free with a time of 43:05.7.
 
In alpine skiing, Dartmouth alum Andrew Weibrecht appeared, but did not finish, in the super-G. He is a two-time Olympic medalist in the event, having won bronze in Vancouver 2010 and silver in Sochi 2014.
 
Stay tuned to IvyLeague.com/Olympics and #OlympicIvy on social media for continuous coverage of the Ivies in PyeongChang from opening to closing ceremony.