Fog Blog Winter Paralympics Log:

THE WINTER OLYMPICS AT PYEONGCHANG HAVE COME TO A CLOSE WITH THE END OF THE PARALYMPICS TODAY.....HERE IS HOW CANADA DID.....CANADA LOSES A HEARTBREAKER IN OVERTIME 2-1 TO THE AMERICANS!.........THEY CAPTURE THE SILVER IN ICE HOCKEY!......GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — Canada’s Para ice hockey team at the Pyeongchang Paralympics will go home with a heartbreaking silver medal . CANADA ENDS IN 3RD PLACE WITH 28 MEDALS.....8 GOLD, 4 SILVER AND 16 BRONZE!

.Declan Farmer scored twice to power the Americans to a 2-1 overtime victory over Canada to cap the Paralympics.Veteran Billy Bridges scored the lone goal for the Canadians, whose last Paralympic gold came in 2006 in Turin.The silver comes almost a month after the Canadian women lost a heartbreaker to the U.S. in the Olympic gold-medal game, and Canada’s men’s team was dispatched by Germany in the semifinals.Bridges scored at 12:06 in the first, firing a pass from Ben Delaney into the top corner. Canadian coach Ken Babey erupted with joy on the bench.Rob Armstrong hit the post on the Americans’ empty net with just under a minute to play, then Farmer replied for the U.S. with 38 seconds to play to send the game to overtime, and the crowd into a frenzy.Farmer’s game-winner came at 3:30 in overtime.Canada and the U.S. had never before met in an Olympic gold-medal game, despite the fact they’re the world’s top two ranked teams.