A Marginal Update From The Marginal Olympic Blog

So here is a marginal update of the progress so for in Olympic Hockey Tournament.

GROUP A
USA:  1W  0L  1OTW  Goal Diff +7  5 pts
Russia: 1W 0L  1OTL  Goal Diff +2  4 pts
Slovenia: 1W 1L  Goal Diff -1  3 pts
Slovakia: 0W 2L Goal Diff -8  0 pts

GROUP B
Flinland: 2W 0L  Goal Diff +9  6 pts
Canada: 2W 0L  Goal Diff +8  6 pts
Norway: 0W 2L  Goal Diff -7  0 pts
Austria: 0W 2L  Goal Diff -10 0 pts

GROUP C
Sweden: 3W 0L Goal Diff +5  9 pts
Switzerland: 2W 1L Goal Diff +1  6 pts
Czech Republic: 1W 2L Goal Diff -1  3 pts
Latvia:  0W 3L Goal Diff -5  0 pts

A few notes

• Finland 14 goals in 2 games
• Switzerland has played 3 straight 1-0 games.  They won 2 of them.  Jonas Hiller: 2 shutouts.
• Switzerland is going to knock off one of the big boys in the knockout round.
• Congrats to Slovenia on its first ever Olympic win.

The round robin stage concludes tomorrow with: Finland/Canada.  Norway/Austria.  USA/Slovenia.  Russia/Slovakia.

Go Hockey