Photograph of the USA's Zach Parise (9) scoring past Switzerland's goalie Jonas Hiller and Switzerland's Thierry Paterlini (23) by Bruce Bennett/AP

Thanks to two goals by Zach Parise, the U.S. men's hockey team beat Switzerland 2-0 and advanced to the semi-finals. It wasn't until the third period, during a power play, when Parise was able to score the first goal against Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller, who made 42 saves (U.S. goalie Ryan Miller only faced 19 shots on goal). Parise, who plays for the NJ Devils, also made an empty net goal with 11 seconds left in the third.

The U.S. will face the winner of the Finland-Czech Republic game on Friday at 3 p.m. You can watch video of the game at NBCOlympics.com. And the U.S. women's hockey team will play for the gold medal—they face off against Canada tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.