Tuesday, February 23, 2010

2010 Vancouver Olympics: USA to Play Swiss in Quarterfinals

After today's shootout victory over the Belarussians, Team Switzerland will move on to the Quarterfinals where they will meet the United States for the second time in the tournament. That game will be played tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm Eastern Time and will be televised on NBC. The winner will progress to the semifinals while the loser will head home.

Team USA should not have much of a problem handling the Swiss tomorrow in Vancouver. The only threats on that roster are forward Roman Wick, defenseman Mark Streit, and especially goaltender Jonas Hiller. Beyond that, Switzerland is not a very deep team and have already been shutout by the U.S. in the tournament, 2-0 last Tuesday.

All that being said, the USA cannot approach this match-up thinking it is an automatic win, because that just isn't going to work out. The Swiss will outskate and outwork them if that isthe case. Just ask Team Canada who will be playing their qualifier later tonight.

Posted by Nick Montemagno at 6:03 PM
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