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Two key Islanders faced off in the IIHF World Championships, with Frans Nielsen's Denmark getting the better of Kyle Okposo's Team USA, 2-1 in overtime.

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?

Olympic Hockey Semi-Final Stats

In a semifinal match up, team USA and Finland face off in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The winner will go onto the gold medal game; the loser will take part in the bronze medal game.

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.

In my own mind, tomorrow's games have already been played (and I have the results)