The US Men take on the hose heads from Canada this morning. The US already qualified for the medal round, but a win gives them second seed in the finals. The Canadian make the semi-finals with the win, but a loss may cause them to play a tie-breaker.

Update: The US men steal one in the first end to take an early 1-0 lead on the Canadians. Pete Fenson made a perfect last shot to put the stone on the button. The Canadian skip threw his stone with too much weight, it failed to curl and didn't dislodge the American shot stone enough. Maybe he had too much back bacon for lunch, eh? :-)

Update: An uneventful second end leads to a blank, with the Canadians retaining the hammer.

Update: The same in the third. Canada doesn't want to score unless they can get two points.

Update: The Great White North gets two in the fourth end. A poor shot by the US in the middle of the end gave the Canadians a chance for four, but a great final shot by Pete Fenson took out two Canadian stones. Canada also has the advantage of the hammer in the even ends.

Update: The US gets one in the fifth, but had a chance at more. Fenson's penultimate shot was swept too much, and set up a double takeout by the Canadian skip. But with the hammer, Fenson did manage to tie the Canadians at 2. They'll resurface the ice now.

Update: A blank end in the sixth. Canada keeps the hammer into the 7th end, tied at 2.

Update: The Canadian skip goes for a tough ricochet on his penultimate shot, but ends up taking out his own shot rock. The US has a chance to steal a point here.

Update: A great draw by Fenson leaves the Candians with a tough shot to score. They miss it, and the US steals 1 for a 3-2 lead. However, the Canadians keep the hammer for the even ends as they go to the eighth.

Update: Canada gets two in the 8th to take a 4-3 lead over the US. I wonder if the US will try to blank this end to take the hammer into the 10th?

Update: Canada steals one in the 9th to take a two point lead. This, however gives the US the hammer in the 10th. Given the way the US is playing today, that might not matter.

Update: The US concedes the 10th end when they run out of stones. It's the US, Great Britain, Canada and Finland in the finals.