Finally, the rubber meets the road at the Men's Olympic tournament as four nations with lighter NHL representation have been cast aside and the heavyweights get back on stage.

Elsewhere, while NHL players return to practice, the expected gold medal game for the women is set for Thursday with the USA taking an historic shutout streak into the final with Canada.

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