W.H.C. day 12

what a finish.  Germany just beat Latvia 4-3 in the shootout and is in the quarter finals.  earlier the US beat Russia 5-3 and Sweden beat Slovakia 4-2.  the U.S. finishes first with 18, followed by Russia with 17, Sweden with 16, Germany with 11, Latvia with 10, Denmark with 7, Slovakia with 4 and Italy with 1.  in France, Canada beat Finland 5-2.  pretty much all Canada.  earlier Switzerland beat the Czech Republic 3-1 and Belarus beat Norway 4-3. Canada finishes first with 19 pts, Switzerland with 15, Czech Republic with 13, Finland with 11, France with 10, Norway with 8, Belarus with 7, and Slovenia with 1.  quarter final matchups on Thursday has the U.S. vs Finland (8am in Cologne), Russia vs Czech Republic (8am in Paris), Switzerland vs Sweden (12pm in Paris) and Canada vs Germany (12pm in Cologne).  all times Edmonton time.