Canada produced a blistering display to sweep aside Russia 7-3 and reach the semi-finals of the men's ice hockey.
The host nation looked to have well and truly put last week's group stage loss to the United States behind them as they thrashed the Russians.
A rematch against the Americans in the final remains a possibility after the US beat Switzerland 2-0.
They go on to face Finland or the Czech Republic in the semi-finals, while Canada will meet Sweden or Slovakia.
A tight match had been predicted between two of the sport's giants in the second quarter-final, but Canada blew away Russia in the opening period.
USA squeeze past Switzerland in Ice Hockey
With a packed crowd behind them, the hosts went ahead after two minutes through Ryan Getzlaf before goals from Dan Boyle, Rick Nash and Brenden Morrow made it 4-1 at the end of the first period.
The shellshocked Russians could not respond at the start of the second and a humiliation looked on the cards when Corey Perry and Shea Weber made it 6-1 to Canada.
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/ice_hockey/8535751.stm
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