Local Olympic notes, Monday to Tuesday

Monday’s results:
Men’s: idle. Playdowns Tuesday.
Women’s semifinals:
United States 6, Sweden 1 (Julie Chu 11-1 on faceoffs)
Canada vs. Switzerland 1
The U.S. plays Canada on Thursday at noon (Chs. 4, 30) for gold.

Tuesday’s schedule (EST) (TV):
Men’s playdowns
Slovenia vs. Austria, 3 a.m. (NBCSN)
Russia vs. Norway, 7:30 a.m. (NBCSN)
Switzerland vs. Latvia, noon (MSNBC)
Czech Republic vs. Slovakia, noon (NBCSN)
Women’s:
Seventh place: Japan vs. Germany, 3 a.m. (Stream only)
Fifth place: Russia vs. Finland, 7:30 a.m. (Stream only)

Wednesday’s schedule (EST) (TV):
Men’s quarterfinals
Sweden vs. Slovenia-Austria winner, 3 a.m. (NBCSN)
Finland vs. Russia-Norway winner, 7:30 a.m. (NBCSN)
Canada vs. Switzerland-Latvia winner, noon (MSNBC)
United States vs. Czech Republic-Slovakia winner, noon (USA)
Women’s: idle. Medal games Thursday.

Thursday’s schedule (EST) (TV):
Men’s: idle. Semifinals Friday.
Women’s medal games:
Bronze: Sweden vs. Switzerland, 7 a.m. (NBCSN)
Gold: United States vs. Canada, noon (Ch. 4, 30)

Locals by the numbers:

WOMEN’S: Team (Hometown)    GP G A Pts
Julie Chu, USA (Fairfield)   4 0 1 1
MEN’S: Team (Hometown)   GP G A Pts
Kevin Shattenkirk, USA (Greenwich)   3 0 2 2
Herberts Vasiljevs, LAT 2 1 0 1
Max Pacioretty, USA (New Canaan)   2 0 1 1
Tomas Marcinko, SVK 1 0 0 0
Jonathan Quick, USA (Hamden) (G)   2 0 0 0
Nino Niederreiter, SUI 3 0 0 0
Tobias Stephan, SUI (G)  
MEN’S G: Team (hometown)   GP W-L MP GA Svs GAA SP
Jonathan Quick, USA (Hamden)   2 2-0 125:00 3 51 1.44 .944
Tobias Stephan, SUI  

Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune discovered something we learned a while ago around here.

Some resources:

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Major rule differences between the NHL and IIHF.

Michael Fornabaio