On the Forecheck, a Nashville Predators community

A blogging lesson from the Winter Olympics, and how a few throwaway sentences in a Sunday morning post turned into a major traffic generator.

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 euphoria over Team USA's victory last night starts to wear off, eyes now turn to the road ahead. Now that they've earned the #1 seed for the single-elimination games that begin tomorrow, how does the 2010 Men's Olympic hockey bracket shape up for the Americans?

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.

By all accounts it's going to be a beautiful day in Nashville, with weather that will make us think spring is well underway. So get out there and enjoy it, but only for a while - because today, the Olympic mens hockey tournament features three incredible matchups that represent exactly why the NHL sends the best players in the world to participate in the Games.