Olympic viewing guide: Why Chris Chelios' son is playing for China

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Steven Dubois surprised us again. After winning an improbable silver in the men's 1,500 metres on Wednesday, the Canadian short track speed skater added an unexpected bronze in the 500m this morning. Both times, Dubois appeared to be eliminated in the semifinals before being awarded a spot in the final due to a foul by another skater. Talk about, a la one of the performers in tonight's Super Bowl halftime show, seizing your opportunities. 

Still, Canada is lagging a bit. After piling up 12 medals over the first six days of full competition, the country has added just two (both bronze) in the past three days and is still stuck on one gold.

Two of Canada's better gold-medal contenders are getting into crunch time as the women's and men's hockey events ramp up. We'll start today's viewing guide there, and talk about the strange Chinese men's hockey team that Canada is about to meet again in the men's playoffs. Plus, two Canadian medal chances coming up on Day 10 and why the Super Bowl is happening during the Olympics.

Here's what to watch on Sunday night and Monday morning:

After a bunch of de facto warmup games for the Canadian women's and men's teams, the heat is turning up. Here's what's happening in both tournaments:

Women's

Canada can do its part to set up another gold-medal showdown with the archrival United States by beating Switzerland in their semifinal tonight at 11:10 p.m. ET. That shouldn't be a problem. Appropriately for Super Bowl Sunday, Canada is listed as a football-like 7.5-point (goal) favourite over the Swiss, who they pounded