USA vs. Canada again: World Championship quarterfinal set three months after Olympic gold thriller in Milan

Matthew Tkachuk said in early May that Team USA wasn’t going to Switzerland for a vacation.

He wasn’t kidding.

The United States beat Austria, 4-1, Tuesday at the IIHF World Championship, punching its ticket to the quarterfinals and setting up exactly what the hockey world wanted: USA vs. Canada.

Again.

Just three months after Team USA beat Canada in overtime to win its first Olympic gold medal in men's hockey since the 1980 Lake Placid team finished off its "Miracle on Ice" run...