VANCOUVER, BC (AP) -- Many of the competitions on Day 12 of the Winter Olympics are for medals.
But at least one non-medal event promises to be just as exciting. The men's hockey quarterfinals get underway today.
The United States is taking on Switzerland (3 p.m. Eastern time). Then Russia and Canada face off in a game many thought would be the gold medal game, not a quarterfinal.
The U.S. beat the Swiss 3-1 in the Olympic opener a week ago, but elimination is on the line this time.
In the women's giant slalom, Americans Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso will each try for a third medal at Vancouver. Mancuso is still chasing gold in these games, but she's the defending champ in the giant slalom. She won at Turin in 2006.
Medals will also be handed out in women's bobsled, two women's speedskating events, women's freestyle aerials and the men's 40-kilometer relay in cross-country skiing.
Alpine Skiing
At Whistler Creekside
Women's Giant Slalom First Run, 1 p.m.
Women's Giant Slalom Second Run, 4:15 p.m.
Bobsleigh
At The Whistler Sliding Centre
Women's Run 3, 8 p.m.
Women's Run 4, 9 p.m.
Cross-Country Skiing
At Whistler Olympic Park
Men's 4X10Km Relay Classic/Free, 2:15 p.m.
Curling
At Vancouver Olympic Centre
Men Tiebreaker - Sweden vs. Britain, 5 p.m.
Freestyle Skiing
At Cypress Mountain
Women's Aerials Final-Jump 1, 10:30 p.m.
Women's Aerials Final-Jump 2, 10:58 p.m.
Ice Hockey Men Quarterfinals
At Canada Hockey Place
United States vs. Switzerland, 3 p.m.
Russia vs. Canada, 7:30 p.m.
Sweden vs. Slovakia, 12 mid.
At UBC Thunderbird Arena
Finland vs. Czech Republic, 10 p.m.
Short Track Speedskating
At Pacific Coliseum
Women's 1000 Preliminary Heats, 8 p.m.
Men's 500 Preliminary Heats, 8:47 p.m.
Women's 3000 Relay Finals, 9:26 p.m.
Speedskating
At Richmond Olympic Oval
Women's 5000, 4 p.m.
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