Are we supposed to take Daly's word for it or is this just public posturing to try and shame the Milan organizers (which they certainly deserve for all the delays) in order to threaten NHL participation?

Well that was a disappointing opening ceremony. Not to mention the boss is late too...   Anyway this is another victim of bureaucracy, the initial creative director quit in October and we get this kind of show.   Original plan: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17EVayTpig/

Japan missed their last shot with hammer in the 10th last night against the Philippines for them to stay alive.  USA's remaining 2 games are against Philippines and Netherlands, so they have a tough road ahead, although they've already beaten Japan, so that helps for tiebreaker purposes.

They have already beaten Japan, so a win would them in a strong place.

It's a very scenic drive! What else are you going to do between games? 

Phi must beat the USA to have a realistic chance of advancing to the next round

The match between Kairat Almaty and Olympiacos was moved from Almaty to Astana and will start at 16:30 (GMT), 20:30 local time, due to low temperatures. At the time of of the match in Astana will be "only" -36 degrees Celsius

We have now!

Rankings after 5 games of the RR   Men       CHN 5   0     P USA 4   1     JPN 3   2     NED 3   2     PHI 3   2     KOR 1   4     NZL 1   4     POL 0   5     Women       JPN 5   0     P NOR 4   1     GER 3   2     USA 3   2     TUR 2   3     AUS 1   4     CZE 1   4     EST 1   4