Had National Hockey League players been at the Olympics, it would have been unthinkable that Canada would ever lose to the Germans.

But because team owners and league commissioner Gary Bettman refused to give Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid time off to compete in Pyeongchang, the Canadian men will have to content themselves with playing for the bronze.

That's because the team from Germany pulled off a stunning upset, defeating Canada in a 4-3 nail-biter.

Germany was leading 4-1 but goals by and Mat Robinson and Derek Roy brought Canada back in the game by the middle of the third period.

Germany had earlier beated the highly regarded team from Sweden.

Meanwhile, Kevin Koe's rink lost 7-5 to Switzerland in the bronze-medal match in men's curling. 

It wasn't all bad news in South Korea. Figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond won bronze in the women's singles event to go along with her gold in the team event.

The last time that a Canadian reached the podium in women's singles at the Olympics was in 1988 when Elizabeth Manley won silver. Vancouver's Karen Magnussen also won silver in 1972 in Sapporo, Japan.

Russia's Alina Zagitova took gold after nailing seven triple jumps in the second half of her program in one of the marquee events at the Winter Games.

The silver went to another Russian, reigning world champion Evgenia Medvedeva.

But the greatest showing for Canada over the past day came when Kelsey Serwa and Brittany Phelan came first and second in women's ski cross.

It's the third straight Canadian gold medal in this event after Marielle Thompson's win in 2014 and Ashleigh McIvor's victory in 2010.

Serwa took the silver in Sochi in 2014.

Serwa, a native of Kelowna, underwent knee surgery after suffering an injury in training in December 2016. Phelan lives in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, and has also skied in World Cup alpine events.