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Team USA and Canada are playing the "they're the favorite / no they're the favorite" game -- which is less gamesmanship, more pressure relief and, to me, building in the feeling that it's okay to...

You'd think Slovakia versus Finland for the bronze medal would be a hotly contested match of little brothers fighting for a medal they can lord over their more decorated neighbors. Finland lost to...

Three of the four NHL-era Olympic gold medal winners are out. Three hockey "little brothers" remain among the final four. Finland, USA and Slovakia are the party-crashers whose presence, while not...

Team USA assistant coach Scott Gordon has the awkward task of helping his U.S. forwards eliminate fellow Islander and Swiss captain Mark Streit.

In praise of Mark Streit, before his Team Switzerland takes on Germany in a 2010 Olympic qualifier elimination game.

The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team secured the top seed and a clearer path to the medal round, while the worst in Canada's media forecast the apocalypse.

A look at the full table of 12 Olympic hockey teams heading into "Super Sunday."

Despite the self-confidence and determination required to evolve from an obscure Swiss specialist to a #1 defenseman worthy of a five-year contract from an NHL team, Mark Streit still sometimes, I...

The Czech Republic and Slovakia meet in Olympic ice hockey's Group B: It's not your typical sibling rivalry.

Islanders defenseman Mark Streit played well for the Swiss team he captained, but it wasn't enough in their 3-1 loss to Team USA.