Results of U.S. men's curling vs. Canada.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia � On this sheet of ice, it was all Canada.
�Some redemption for the hockey team,� Canadian curler Marc Kennedy said, a day after the United States stunned Canada 5-3 in the country�s No. 1 pastime.
On the curling ice, Kevin Martin�s Canadians faced an early deficit against the U.S. on Monday, then fought right back to keep their Olympic unbeaten streak alive.
The favored Canada foursome (8-0) eliminated the Americans from contention with a shortened 7-2 victory in nine ends. John Shuster�s U.S. team still had one more game, Monday night against China.
For a while, Canada was just plain bad by its high standards � as in less than 40 percent accuracy for Martin, its 43-year-old ace.
�We hung on,� he said. �The last five ends were strong, but the first two or three, whoa. We came out with a little bit of complacency, a little lack of focus after yesterday. Yesterday was a big win for us.�
Martin already had secured the No. 1 seed going into Thursday�s semifinals with a win Sunday over Switzerland, but his team wasn�t nearly as sharp in this one. The Canadians had a bye for Monday night�s session before finishing the round-robin schedule Tuesday against China.
It says a lot about Martin�s bunch that they can play poorly and still win so soundly.
�I don�t think it�s just him. All four guys are phenomenal players,� U.S. No. 4 shooter Jason Smith said. �They�ve played together for a while now, and they know each other. They play well.�
While Martin enjoyed a nice dinner with his wife Sunday � their first real date night since arriving in Vancouver earlier this month � his teammates were tuned in to the hockey team�s shocking loss.
�I�ve still got a lot of confidence in the hockey players,� John Morris said. �It will be a tough road, but we�ll be cheering for those guys.�
The American curlers haven�t given their fans much to cheer about during a disappointing Olympics. Shuster captured a bronze in Turin four years ago, the first American Olympic medal in the sport and first in a major men�s competition since 1978.
But the U.S. never found a groove in Vancouver. The team lost three straight matches in extra ends at one point.
�We really came out here and played some good games and lost a bunch of close ones,� Shuster said. �We�re a team that puts threes and fours on the board on a pretty regular basis and capitalizes on opportunities. We haven�t done that at all. We�ve played good and just haven�t quite gotten there.�