Japan's hopes of qualifying for the Milan Cortina Olympic women's ice hockey quarterfinals suffered a major setback on Monday after a 3-2 Group B loss to Italy.A third-period goal from Akane Shiga at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena cut the deficit to one with around nine minutes to play, but despite coming under intense pressure, the hosts hung on for the win."We simply weren't good enough," a tearful Japan captain Shiori Koike after the game."We gave up two goals early but managed to get one back, and from there we were able to play more in our own rhythm. We had longer stretches where we were…READ FULL ARTICLE
