11.   So it seems appropriate that the Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes are dead even in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal round as the games move to Boston.

12.   The Americans felt the pressure that the quarterfinal round can produce earlier.

13.   The Canadians lost in the quarterfinal round to eventual champion the Czech Republic.

14.   The cruel part of that prediction is that one will knock out the other in the quarterfinal round should they both get that far.

15.   The last time the Crimson advanced beyond the quarterfinal round was two years ago, and that year they took the ECAC title.

16.   Welch will lead the top-seeded United States team against Poland on Wednesday in the quarterfinal round of the World Team Cup.

17.   Yale has three regular-season games remaining, followed by the ECAC playoffs, for which it will be the host of the quarterfinal round.

18.   Paraguay still has a chance of advancing to the quarterfinal round as one of the best third-place finishers.

19.   Beach volleyball was going into the quarterfinal round later Saturday, while cycling and gymnastics competitions were continuing.

20.   Canada, which had already secured its place in the quarterfinal round with earlier wins over Slovakia and Norway, finished atop the A-group.