When the men's hockey tournament started at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, no one would have been able to correctly predict the semifinalists.
Canada and the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) seemed like locks to qualify for the medal round, the Czech Republic was seen as a bit of an outsider and Germany appeared to have zero chance of making it to the quarterfinals.
With Sweden and Finland out of the running for gold, the Canadians and Russians are on a collision course for a star-studded final if they knock off the Germans and Czechs, respectively.