"Team USA's exhilarating upset of Canada on Sunday might as well be ancient history, so far had the players in red, white and blue put it behind them as they prepared for their Olympic quarterfinal playoff game against Switzerland Wednesday.

Criticism of their performance against Canada from their general manager, Brian Burke, achieved its purpose. The top-seeded Americans say they're thoroughly prepared to face No. 8 Switzerland, which defeated Belarus 3-2 in a shootout Tuesday behind a strong performance by Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller.

"I think Burkie wants to keep us where we need to be, which is appropriately paranoid," said U.S. goalie Ryan Miller, who has a 1.67 goals-against average and .933save percentage leading the U.S. to three preliminary-round wins. "And we all know what's at stake, and beating Canada wasn't the goal coming here. It was to beat any team in our way."

The U.S. defeated Switzerland 3-1 last week in the teams' Olympic opener. Switzerland later beat Norway and lost to Canada, 3-2 in a shootout."