Canada threatens in the first end, but the US skip makes a nice final shot, knocking a US guard stone onto the button for a single point and an early lead in the semifinal match.

Update: Nice final shot by the Canadian skip knocks away an American stone and gives the hose heads 2 points in the second end. Canada leads 2-1.

Update: Pete Fenson throws a perfect draw with Canada lying three to take a point in the third end. It's tied at 2 after three ends.

I know this match is over, but I don't know the result. I'm making believe it's live. It's more fun that way.

Update: The Canadian skip makes another great hammer shot to score two in the fourth end and take a 4-2 lead. The US is going to need a big end soon, or they'll be conceding early.

Update: Once again, Pete Fenson needs to make a perfect shot to keep Canada from a big score, and does. He still gets just 1 point, and Canada keeps the hammer in the even ends as they pause to resurface the ice. The score is Canada 4, US 3.

Update: I love bread, and I really want an official Olympic Curling loaf (it's shaped like a stone with a handle). I wonder if the bakery is selling them online?

Update: Canada does it again. There's some argument whether Gushue's hammer shot did what he meant, but the result is once again Canada getting two points with the last shot. The lead 6-3 after six ends. The US is just not making their shot consistently in this match.

Update: The US blanks the 7th end. They now have the hammer in the even ends, and trailing by three they'll need it. The US third is curling poorly tonight, and his poor second shot changed the end from a good chance of the team getting two points to having to go for the blank.

Update: The US plays a good end in the eighth, scoring two. They trail by 1, 6-5. My guess is the Canadians might try to blank the 9th end to keep the hammer in the 10th.

Update: Canada instead scores five in the ninth end, and the US concedes. The curlers from the great white north were just perfect today. They'll go on to the gold medal game, while the US needs a win for the bronze.