Olympic viewing guide: Men's hockey semis highlight a huge Day 14

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Day 14 of the Milano-Cortina Winter Games is a huge one for Canada.

The country will of course be glued to the men's hockey team's semifinal against Finland. But there's also Rachel Homan's women's curling semi, while flag-bearer Marielle Thompson goes for her third Olympic medal in ski cross. Plus, Canada has two more shots at gold in short-track speed skating, where Courtney Sarault and Steven Dubois can both tie Canadian medal records.

Let's get into all that and more in our daily viewing guide.

In chronological order:

Freestyle skiing: Marielle Thompson in women's ski cross (final at 7:10 a.m. ET)

Canada's greatest ski cross racer won Olympic gold in 2014 and took silver in 2022 while adding a world championship in 2019. Last winter, Thompson was in the hunt for her second consecutive World Cup title and the fifth of her career when she suffered a season-ending injury to her right knee — the same one she wrecked ahead of the last two Winter Games. It took her a while to regain her form, but the 33-year-old returned to the podium with a pair of World Cup bronze medals last month and carried the Canadian flag at the Olympic opening ceremony with moguls star Mikael Kingsbury.

Canada has two other skiers in this event. Hannah Schmidt ranks ninth in the World Cup standings and Britt Phelan is 12th. Neither has won a medal this season.

The favourite is Sweden's Sandra Naeslund, who captured Olympic gold in 2022, grabbed her third world title the following year and won an incredible 17 consecutive World Cup events from December 2021 to February 2023. Naeslund's last