For the second straight year, Canada, USA, Czechia, and Switzerland return to the medal round of the women's World Championship.
A familiar foursome is set to compete for a medal at the 2023 IIHF women's World Championship. The same nations that played in the 2022 semifinals - Canada, USA, Czechia, and Switzerland - are back for another round.
Canada is set to play Switzerland, while Czechia and USA will square off to decide who plays for gold, and who plays for bronze.
Before we look ahead, however, here's a look at the quarterfinals.
Czechia 2 - Finland 1
Czechia played the closest contest edging Finland 2-1. Viivi Vainikka got Finland on the board first taking a hard pass at the goal mouth from Noora Tulus before tucking the puck home under Czechia's Blanka Skodova.
In the second period, Czechia got goals from Natalie Mlynkova, who grabbed a loose puck and walked out front before firing one through Anni Keisala. Then, only 49 seconds later, Katerina Mrazova scored the eventual game winner on a slap shot from the blueline. Skodova would stand tall for the remainder of the game turning aside 41 shots in total to give Czechia the 2-1 win.
USA 3 - Germany 0
In the second quarterfinal of the day, USA came up against a hot netminder in Germany Sandra Abstreiter. Abstreiter recently finished her fifth season with Providence College where the five-foot-eleven goalie recorded a 1.88 GAA and .926 save percentage in 33 games this season. Facing USA, Abstreiter stopped 49 shots, but it wasn't enough as USA took the 3-0 victory.
Amanda Kessel, Hannah Bilka, and Abbey Murphy scored for USA, with all three coming on special team situations. Kessel and Bilka scored powerplay markers, while Murphy notched a third period shorthanded goal.
Canada 3 - Sweden 2 (OT)
Canada jumped out to an early lead, but Sweden refused to give up in what turned out to be a dramatic quarterfinal.
In the first, Blayre Turnbull took a puck with speed from her own blueline and showed why she's not just a versatile player off the puck, but that she has hands and a deft touch. She shimmied through the defence and beat Emma Soderberg to open the scoring.
In the second, after Sarah Nurse put Canada up by two, Sweden got on the board with Lina Ljungblom beating Canada's Emerance Maschmeyer.
The teams would head to the final minute play with Sweden trailing Canada 2-1 before 16-year-old Hilda Svensson found a loose puck in the slot and scored to tie the game with only 10 seconds remaining.
In overtime, Sarah Nurse played hero, scoring her second of the game to lift Canada to the win.
Switzerland 5 - Japan 1
The trio of Alina Muller, Rahel Enzler and Lara Stalder have powered Switzerland throughout the tournament, and they did it again in the quarterfinals.
Stalder had a goal and four assists, factoring into each of Switzerland's goals. Enzler and Muller each contributed three points. Blueliner Lara Christen was the only other Swiss player to register a point in the win.