The Olympic mens hockey tournament could not have come down to a better conclusion for North American hockey fans. Team USA has shown surprising consistency and ridden the phenomenal goaltending of Ryan Miller into the Gold Medal Game, while Team Canada has given us glimpses of greatness but remains a bit of a question mark; can all that talent gel into a cohesive team?
Shea Weber and Ryan Suter continue to represent Nashville well in Olympic competition.
We're now down to eight teams left in the 2010 Olympic Men's Hockey Tournament, and the intensity will get ramped up today with a number of high-profile elimination games.
It took 10 minutes of overtime plus a shootout, but in the end Switzerland advanced to the Olympic quarterfinal, and a match tomorrow with Team USA by defeating Belarus 3-2.
As the round-robin portion of the Olympic mens hockey tournament draws to a close with a game later tonight between Finland and Sweden, the elimination bracket that leads to the gold medal is coming into focus.
