Olympic Tournament Set

Another marginal update from your marginal Olympic blog.

The seeding for the Men's Hockey Tournament are set.  Your top 4 seeds are:

1. Sweden
2. United States
3. Canada
4. Finland

The qualification round games which take place tomorrow are as follows.

5. Russia vs 12. Norway.  Winner plays Finland
6. Switzerland vs 11. Latvia.  Winner plays Canada
7. Czech Republic vs 10. Slovakia.  Winner plays United States
8. Slovenia vs 9. Austria.  Winner plays Sweden.

A few notes:

• With the way the bracket is set up we could potentially see the United States vs Canada and Finland vs Sweden in the Semi Finals.  US and Canada can not meet for Gold.
• Potential Finland vs Russia Quarter Final game makes us want to cry.
• Someone may die in the Czech Republic/Slovakia game.
• Slovenia/Austria could be a good one.

Our predictions:

Russia beats Norway

Switzerland beats Latvia

Czech Republic beats Slovakia

Slovenia beats Austria <--- This game could go either way.  May be the best game to watch in the qualification round.

If that happens the Quarter Finals would look like this:

1 Sweden vs 8 Slovenia

2 United States vs 7 Czech Republic

3 Canada vs 6 Switzerland

4 Finland vs 5 Russia <---- :(

Obviously nothing is for certain yet.  Other than poor Norway everybody has a chance to beat anybody in the Qualification round.  We'll have results and updated brackets Tuesday afternoon/night.  Aka whenever we feel like getting around to making a post.

In the mean time:

Go Olympics

Go Hockey

And Go Jamaican Bobsled Team