"As Avalanche star Paul Stastny has discovered the hard way, it's not always easy being the No. 1 center on the top-seeded team in the Olympic tournament, where all eyes in the hockey world are watching you.

After surviving an elimination game Wednesday afternoon with a 2-0 victory against Switzerland, one question dogged the Americans, despite the fact they remain undefeated in four games: Does Team USA have the firepower to claim the nation's first gold medal in hockey since 1980?

U.S. coach Ron Wilson has heard the criticism. And it makes him cranky.

"If you said at the beginning of the tournament that we'd be 4-0 and the No. 1 seed, everybody would say, 'You're on crack or something,' " Wilson said. "Yet here we are, getting the job done, and we're looking at everything that's wrong with our team."

Stastny made a pass that helped set up the game-winning goal, scored early in the third period by Zach Parise on a power play."