The United States women’s team will contest the ice hockey medals at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games after surviving a mighty scare to eventually down the Czech Republic 4-1 in the quarter-finals. “It is frustrating when the puck just won’t go in and their goalie is playing great,” said Lee Steckelin of the US, who was credited with the winning goal. “But you can’t let that get to you.” The outsider Czechs survived the first period goalless and took a shock lead through Michaela Pejzlova in the second only for Hilary Knight to level 48 seconds later. Steckelin then made the breakthrough just …