Quinn Hughes and Mitch Marner are the toast of their respective countries as Olympic powerhouses United States and Canada both survived scares to advance to the Olympic semifinals. Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe react to an exciting day of hockey, with Slovakia eliminating Germany and Finland beating Switzerland in yet another overtime game to punch their tickets to the semifinals, as well.

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USA and Canada advance to Olympic semifinals after OT wins