After Team USA’s 5-1 win over Germany completed pool play in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament in Italy, the field was set for the medal round.
All 12 teams advance to the single-elimination medal round.
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Four of the Bruins in the field could face each other in the quarterfinals.
Team USA, which features Charlie McAvoy and Jeremy Swayman, is the No. 2 seed and earned a bye to the quarterfinals. They’ll play at 3:10 p.m. EST at Wednesday.
They could face teammates Elias and Hampus Lindholm and Sweden in that round of eight if the Swedes beat Latvia in the preliminary round on Tuesday at 3:10 p.m. Boston prospect Dans Locmelis is on Team Latvia.
Finland, which includes Bruins Henri Jokiharju and Joonas Korpisalo, also earned a first round bye as the No. 4 seed. It will face the winner Switzerland-Italy (Tuesday, 6:10 a.m.) and on Wednesday at 12:10 p.m.
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David Pastrnak and Czechia have a difficult path. They’ll face Denmark on Tuesday at 10:40. If they win they’d get a rematch with top-seed Canada on Wednesday at 10:40 a.m.
First round byes: No. 1 Canada, No. 2 USA, No. 3 Slovakia, No. 4 Finland
Tuesday
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6:10 a.m. ET – Germany vs France
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6:10 a.m. ET – Switzerland vs Italy
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10:40 a.m. ET – Czechia vs Denmark
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3:10 p.m. ET – Sweden vs Latvia
Wednesday— Quarterfinals
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6:10 a.m. ET – Slovakia vs GER/FRA
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10:40 a.m. ET – Canada vs CZE/DEN
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12:10 p.m. ET – Finland vs SUI/ITA
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3:10 p.m. ET – USA vs SWE/LAT
Friday — Semifinals
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10:40 a.m. ET – Semifinal 1
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3:10 p.m. ET – Semifinal 2
Saturday
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2:40 p.m. ET – Men’s Bronze medal game
Sunday
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8:10 a.m. ET – Men’s Gold medal game
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