Four years after a surprise silver medal in Pyeongchang, Germany could not repeat their sensational performance to beat Canada and were defeated 5-1 at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday. In 2018, the Germans surprisingly beat the Canadians in the semifinal, but lost the gold medal dispute to the Russian team. Alex Grant, Ben Street and Daniel Winnik quickly built a 3-0 advantage in the first period for record Olympic champion Canada. Tobias Rieder reduced the gap for Germany in the second period before Maxim Noreau and Jordan Weal crushed their chances of a comeback. The next opponents for Germ…