Slovakia claimed a 3-2 shoot-out victory over the United States on Wednesday to reach the Olympic men’s ice hockey semi-finals along with the Russian Olympic Committee, Finland and Canada’s conquerors Sweden. Captain Marek Hrivik netted Slovakia’s equalizer for 2-2 with 44 seconds left in the third period, there were no goals in overtime, and Peter Cehlarik scored the winner in the shoot-out. They will face the Finns in Friday’s semis. It was the second straight Olympic quarter-final exit in a shoot-out for the US team, who like the others were without their NHL players. In 2018 they lost agai…