The top four seeds all advanced Wednesday to the semifinals, setting up two exciting matchups between traditional rivals.
Canada survived a valiant upset attempt by Latvia to set up a rematch of the 2010 gold medal game in one semifinal, with the United States advancing by routing the Czech Republic. Top-seeded Sweden and No. 4 seed Finland easily took care of Slovenia and Russia, respectively, and will meet in the other semifinal.
Both games are scheduled for Friday, with Sweden and Finland playing first at 7 a.m. ET and U.S.-Canada following at noon.
The winners will advance to the gold medal game, which will take place Sunday at 7 a.m. The losers will play for bronze Saturday at 10 a.m.
Semifinals schedule — Friday, Feb. 21
No. 1 Sweden vs. No. 4 Finland (7 a.m.)
No. 2 United States vs. No. 3 Canada (noon)
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