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While you were asleep: Catching you up with the Olympic women’s hockey tournament in Beijing!

The Olympics rage on in frosty Beijing, China, and as the Women’s Hockey Tournament has left group play and is moving into the elimination round, there’s plenty here to discuss.

Who Made It, and Why:

Who should I know?:

Natalie Spooner, Canada: 11 points in 4 games. She’s a got dang cheat code.

Marie-Philip Poulin, Canada: One of the best to ever do it. Full stop. When clutch time arrives, she shows up and scores, or creates the game winner. If you happen to be pulling an all-nighter, you should watch her do things. It’s unreal how good she is.

Amanda Kessel, USA: Currently leading the Red, White and Blue in points with 6 in 4 games, she’s been doing quite well for herself.

Haruka Toko, Japan: Japan was generally expected to spread the wealth among their team in order to get some wins, and that’s been largely true…but Ms. Toko has been a major revelation for Smile Japan, and 5 points in 4 games is a strong line.

Nana Fujimoto, Japan: Nursing one of the best SV%’s in this tournament, former PHF star Fujimoto has been backstopping the Japanese to an absolutely incredible tournament so far. No reason to believe she won’t put on another clinic in the quarters.

Tereza Vanisova, Czechia: Vanisova has been working like a dog to get the Czechs going; currently nursing 5 points in 4 games. Time will tell if she can power them into a medal round.

What does the Elimination Round look like?

This!

When do the Quarterfinals start?

The Quarterfinals begin this Thursday, February 10th at 8:10pm PT, with the second game starting at 12:40 am PT, with the rest of the schedule following this until the gold medal game.

Hope you’re brewing coffee or doing some late night work!

Good luck to all who made it to the qualifying rounds, and go for gold!

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