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. During the 4-on-4 overtime, a critical tripping call on Switzerland's Roman Wick led to a dangerous 4-on-3 power play by Belarus, but Jonas Hiller helped hold off the Belarussians to force the shootout.
And since Canada mopped up Germany 8-2 (read Jim Diamond's game recap for the Nashville perspective), Slovakia fended off Norway and the Czech Republic barely survived a Latvian comeback, that means we can update the 2010 Olympic Men's Hockey Bracket...
| 2010 Olympic Mens Hockey Bracket | |||
| Playoff Qualifier 1 | Quarterfinal 1 | ||
| #8 Switzerland | #1 USA | ||
| #9 |
#8 Switzerland | Semifinal 1 | |
| Playoff Qualifier 2 | Quarterfinal 2 | QF1 Winner | Gold Medal |
| #5 Czech Republic | #4 Finland | QF2 Winner | SF1 Winner |
| #12 |
#5 Czech Republic | SF2 Winner | |
| Playoff Qualifier 3 | Quarterfinal 3 | ||
| #7 Slovakia | #2 Sweden | Bronze Medal | |
| #10 |
#7 Slovakia |
Semifinal 2 | SF1 Loser |
| Playoff Qualifier 4 | Quarterfinal 4 | QF3 Winner | SF2 Loser |
| #6 Canada | #3 Russia | QF4 Winner | |
| #11 |
#6 Canada | ||
Coming up next, the quarterfinals...