Bronze Schmonze

Before the tournament I thought Team USA would finish 4th.  Then they beat down Slovakia and Oshie'd Russia.  I then said they'd win Gold.  

They finished 4th.  Do I get credit for this?  I did predict it.  Who cares. 

Finland got Bronze.  Now the question is: do I get up at 7am for Sweden-Canada gold medal game?

Olympic Hockey Semifinals

Final 4 will be played this FRIDAY.  Here are the match ups, winners play for Gold, losers for Bronze.

1. SWEDEN

4. FINLAND\
(7:00 am)
 

2. USA

3. CANADA

(12:00 pm)
 

Quarterfinals:

Sweden 5-0 over Slovenia

Finland 3-1 over Russia

USA 5-2 over Czech Republic

Canada 2-1 over Latvia

Olympic Hockey Quarterfinals

It's down to the Final 8 out in Sochi.  Here are the match ups with the start times.  All games are on WEDNESDAY.

1. SWEDEN
8. SLOVENIA
(3:00 am)

4. FINLAND
5. RUSSIA
(7:30 am)

3. CANADA
11. LATVIA
(12:00 pm)

2. USA
7. CZECH REPUBLIC
(12:00 pm)


Qualification Round:

Slovenia 4-0 over Austria
Russia 4-0 over Norway
Latvia 3-1 over Switzerland
Czech Republic 5-3 over Slovakia

Olympic Hockey Standings Thru Group Play

Group play is over.  All 12 teams are still alive, the group winners along with the best second place team receive a bye into the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams square off in the qualification round on Tuesday.  Single elimination the rest of the way.  Here are the final standings 1-12, along with the upcoming match ups.
(Records = Win-Loss-OT Win-OT Loss)

1. Sweden (3-0-0-0)

2. USA (2-0-1-0)

3. Canada (2-0-1-0)

4. Finland (2-0-0-1)

5. Russia (1-0-1-1)

6. Switzerland (2-1-0-0)

7. Czech Republic (1-2-0-0)

8. Slovenia (1-2-0-0)

9. Austria (1-2-0-0)

10. Slovakia (0-2-0-1)

11. Latvia (0-3-0-0)

12. Norway (0-3-0-0)

Qualification Round:

RUSSIA vs. NORWAY - winner faces FINLAND

SWITZERLAND vs. LATVIA - winner faces CANADA

CZECH REPUBLIC vs. SLOVAKIA - winner faces USA

SLOVENIA vs. AUSTRIA - winner faces SWEDEN

Russian Skip Down in the House

Olympic Hockey Off And Running

All 12 teams have played their first game.  Here is a quick look at the results

Sweden 4
Czech Republic 2

CZH Jaromir Jagr goal (1) 

Switzerland 1
Latvia 0

USA 7
Slovakia 1

USA Phil Kessel goal (1), 2 assists
USA Paul Statsny 2 goals
USA James van Riemsdyk 3 assists

Russia 5
Slovenia 2

RUS Ovechkin, Malkin, Kovalchuk goal a piece

Finland 8
Austria 4

Canada 3
Norway 1

CAN Patrice Bergeron 2 assists


Keefe's Official Power Rankings After 1 Game
1. USA
2. Sweden
3. Finland
4. Russia
5. Canada
6. Switzerland
7. Czech Republic
8. Norway
9. Slovenia
10. Latvia
11. Austria
12. Slovakia

Norway Curling!

A shame that the USA had to run into this buzz saw right away.