AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

Canada's Ryan Getzlaf, left, celebrates after scoring past Russia's goalie Evgeni Nabokov (20) in the first period of a men's quarterfinal round ice hockey game.

We've been checking with Patrick Garrity of the Burlington Free Press from Vancouver during these 2010 Olympics and now that they're almost over we're catching up with him once more.

When VPR's Mitch Wertlieb spoke with Patrick yesterday the Canadian men's hockey team had yet to pull off their blow out win over Russia to advance to the semi finals. But Garrity says when it comes to men's hockey in Canada, nothing less than a gold will do.

Click listen to hear the interview.

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