Underrated storyline: first round matchup between the former Czechoslovakia.

Also, we're a few a few lucky breaks from having an insanely epic Semifinals Rounds: Sweden vs. Finland and Canada vs. USA in a DOUBLE REMATCH ROUND from the '06 and '10 Gold Medal Games... Sorry, Russia.

This is some pretty stressful hockey. There are 5 teams (Russia, Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland) imo that all have a decent shot. Every game from now on is sudden death and there aren't going to be any easy wins. And I can't imagine the pressure the Russians are under to win. A lot of people want to see Russia beat USA in the finals.

Updated:

Reddit comments:

http://reddit.com/r/olympics/comments/1ydb93/canada_to_face_usa_in_mens_hockey_semifinals/

Despite the Latvian goalie Kristers Gudlevskis saving 55 of 57 shots:

How Olympic hockey is different from the NHL:

http://pandawhale.com/post/37845/how-does-olympic-hockey-differ-from-the-nhl