Olympic viewing guide: Can Brad Gushue help redeem Canadian curling?

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After racking up four medals on Day 3, including its first gold, Canada was held off the podium today in Beijing. But the women's hockey team scored a satisfying 4-2 win over the defending-champion United States, with Canadian goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens making 51 saves. The victory capped a perfect round robin for Canada and should boost its confidence for the archrivals' likely rematch in the gold-medal game. Next up for the Canadians is a quarter-final vs. Sweden on Friday.

Through four days of full competition, Canada has won six medals — a gold, a silver and four bronze. That's tied for the sixth-highest total.

Canada has a chance to add to its medal count on Day 5 with a pair of hopefuls in short track speed skating — including flag-bearer Charles Hamelin. Today's viewing guide will cover that, along with one of Canada's strongest gold-medal contenders hitting the ice in search of redemption for his country. Plus, the first gold medal (of many?) for one of the most fascinating athletes in these Games.

Here's what to watch on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning:

John Morris and Rachel Homan's heartbreaking loss to Italy in their do-or-die mixed doubles game on Sunday night was painful for a number of reasons. But this one really cuts to the core: it made it so that, right now, the country long synonymous with curling dominance is not a reigning Olympic medallist in any version of the sport.

It gets worse. Canada has now failed to even reach the playoffs in two of the last three Olympic curling tournaments. Homan's early exit in mixed doubles