The Puck Stops Here

The semi-finals were played today in the mens tournament at the Olympics. To see quarterfinal results look here. To see the round robin results look here. Here are the semi-final scores:

Sweden 7 Czech Republic 3 This was a balanced Swedish attack were seven different players each scored a goal. In fact, the only two point scorers (with a goal and an assist) were Daniel Alfredsson and P J Axelsson. The outclassed Czech team was lead by a goal and an assist from Vaclav Prospal.

Finland 4 Russia 0 The Fins continued their undefeated success in the Olympics so far. Antero Niittymaki got his third shutout of the Olympics by stopping all 21 of the Russian shots. The Finnish offence was lead by a goal and an assist by Saku Koivu and by Ville Peltonen. Kimmo Timonen scored two assists.

On Saturday, the bronze medal game will occur between the Czech Republic and Russia. On Sunday, the gold medal game will be played between Sweden and Finland.

To see the woman's results look here.