MEDAL ROUND
(All final-round men's hockey games count only for seeding purposes in advance of quarterfinal-round play.)
FINLAND VS. GERMANY
E Center
Saturday, 4:45 p.m.
TV: CNBC
SLAP SHOTS: Surprise qualifier Germany was welcomed to the final round with Friday night's 8-2 loss to the Czech Republic. . . . Germany's roster includes several players with ties to Canada — Manitoba native Mark MacKay, Montreal's Wayne Hynes and Leonard Soccio of St. Catharines, Ontario. . . . The Finns, winners of bronze at Nagano, opened final-round play against the United States in Friday night's late game.
UNITED STATES VS. RUSSIA
E Center
Saturday, 9:30 p.m.
TV: NBC
SLAP SHOTS: Mike Dunham started in goal for the United States against Finland on Friday night, but likelier No. 1 Mike Richter of the New York Rangers gets the call tonight. . . . The last time Herb Brooks coached an American Olympic team against a club featuring Russians, the United States pulled a major upset en route to its Miracle on Ice run to Lake Placid gold. . . . Russia's coach, Slava Fetisov, was a defenseman for the Soviet Union in that 1980 game.
