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A look at the men's quarterfinals

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

It is regarded as the scariest day of the Olympic hockey tournament -- quarterfinals day. Win, and the gold-medal dream lives. Lose, and it's over. No more games. No medals. Nothing. "Skill and power don't mean anything. You need heart and you need everyone on the team believing that they can win," said Russian forward Alexei Kovalev. And as though the pressure to advance wasn't enough, how about the matchups. Canada will play long-time international rival Russia; the Swedes, amid calls th ...

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