4:10 p.m. - Details on the medal games
The loser of the respective semifinals will play for bronze, and the winner of those games will play for gold.
The bronze medal game will take place tomorrow at 1:35 p.m., while the gold medal game will take place on March 14 at 10:35 a.m.
Within the Games Canada continues to be the favourite, after reaching the podium in every Paralympics since the program's debut in 2006.
The last time they won gold was in the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.
4 p.m. - Canadians advance to the semifinals
After today's win Team Canada will play South Korea in the semifinals tomorrow.
The match is scheduled for 5:05 a.m. ET at Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiacco in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
The two other teams left in the competition are China and Sweden.
3:50 p.m. - Eighth and final end finishes early
Since the Canadians led with a massive advantage heading into the last end, the U.S. slowly gave in to end the game at 7-3 with four rocks left at a stand still.
With the win, Team Canada's record at 9-0 while the Americans hold three-way tie at the end of their run for a medal with a record of 3-6.
This victory names the Canadians as the first-ever team to go undefeated at the Paralympics in the preliminary round.
3:40 p.m. - Americans fall behind further
The U.S. continues to struggle with their execution to the rings, which resulted in them falling behind even further.
Going into the last end of the game the Canadians take a four-point lead of 7-3.
3:21 p.m. - Canada triples the lead of their rival
By the end of the sixth, Thums shot a rock put it got blocked in by several others to make that throw useless.
Heading into the second last round the Canadians are up 6-3.
3:07 p.m. - What happens after this game?
The winner of this game is set to advance to the semifinals.
The semifinals is set to get underway tomorrow morning at 5:05 a.m. ET with the bronze medal game to follow.
The country the winner of this game will face is to be determined.
3:02 p.m. - Canada walks away with one
Heading into the sixth the Canadians will exit the end with one point as their closest shot was a hairsbreadth away from taking over the button.
Team Canada leads 4-3 after playing with better execution on the sheet compared to the U.S.
There are three rounds left to play until the winner is decided.
2:58 p.m. - Canada launches a rock to edge out U.S.
Canada's Jon Thurston threw a long shot with the support of Ina Forrest and Collinda Joseph to take out the Americans.
That throw makes the house empty with a chance for either side to takeover.
There are four stones left to throw.
2:52 p.m. - Forrest slots in one for the red-and-white
Canada's Ina Forrest makes her mark over her squad's competition.
She sent two yellow rocks out spinning to continue to dominate the sheet over the opponent.
Forrest, 63, is the oldest athlete to compete at the Milano Cortina Winter Paralympic Games for Team Canada.
2:44 p.m. - Scoreboard tied at three
Team USA edged out Team Canada in their last throw to tie it up at three with four rounds of play remaining.
Despite several errors the U.S. has kept the fight against the undefeated Canadians, halfway through the match.
2:40 p.m. - Both sides battle it out to increase their lead
Canada's Mark Ideson made an excellent shot toward the house to put the Americans on edge.
Ideson's throw rubbed the yellow rock to come to a screeching halt just a centimetre or two closer to the button.
2:38 p.m. - One rock enters the rings with six left to play
Rocks of both colours are littered throughout the sheet, but only one has entered the house for Team Canada.
America has yet to make a mark of their own in the fourth.
2:30 p.m. - Canada's Tyler Turner watches from the sidelines
Tyler Turner attends the match on the eve of his competition.
In an interview with the CBC's Devin Heroux, Turner said he wasn't going to miss team Canada play live in this highly-anticipated game.
"This is so cool, I'm so excited to be here and cheering on Canada," he said. "I get to be neighbours with everyone in the village and now I get to watch them do their thing live."
2:25 p.m. - Canadians up by one
Canada finds itself up by one after Thums knocked one out to polish off the third end.
Heading into the fourth the score stands at 3-2.
So far the Canadians have been playing a better game with more accuracy from the throwing end.
2:24 p.m. - Ideson throws in two for Canada
To polish off the third end for Canada Ideson sees a second stone enter the rings in what continues to be a tight match up.
2:18 p.m. - Canada satisfied with performance in the third
With five rocks left in the third, the Canadians own the house with two rocks in the rings.
2:10 p.m. - The U.S. starts out weak
Neither end has gone well for the Americans in the third.
After four stones thrown, no yellow rocks have entered the rings despite multiple chances.
Currently, only one red rock sits on the centre line of the outer ring for the Canadians.
2:08 p.m. - Canada ties it at two
After 16 stones Canada's Jon Thurston turned the game around to tie it up at two a piece.
2:07 p.m. - Two stones remaining in the second
In a tightly contested second end the Canadians hold the advantage with one stone left to throw.
1:50 p.m. - Americans put two in the house to end the first
Skip Matthew Thums accurately shot two rocks to put the U.S. up by two over the Americans.
Whereas the Canadians struggled on their draws to put anything in the house.
1:40 p.m. - U.S. has last advantage
The Americans were given the hammer for a chance to overthrow the Canadians in the first end.
1:25 p.m. - Canada's journey in the competition
So far the Canadians remain undefeated in the competition since their first game against the Italians on March 7. They won in a tight contest, 9-8 through eight ends.
Earlier today they played South Korea and won 6-3 through eight ends after going up two points in the fourth.
1:20 p.m. - Representatives for Canada
The Canadians will be led by skip Mark Ideson followed by vice Jon Thiurston as well as Ina Forrest, Collinda Joseph and Gilbert Dash.
1:15 p.m. - Representatives for the U.S.
The Americans will be led by skip Matthew Thums followed by vice Oyuna Uranchimeg as well as Dan Rose, Katie Verderber, and Sean O'Neill.
1:15 p.m. - History between both sides
Wheelchair curling first debuted at the Paralympic Games in Torino 2006 for both sides.
But of all National Paralympic Committee’s Canada is the only one to have medalled at every Paralympic Winter Games. The Canadians have topped the podium in Torino 2006, Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, and took bronze in PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
However, the American’s though have had bad luck reaching the podium with their best result being a fourth-place finish at the Games in Vancouver 2010.
12:30 p.m. - Ice is being set
The ice technician has begun levelling the ice before both sides take to the sheet.
The match is set to begin at 1:35 p.m. local time (6:35 p.m. CET) on Sheet D at Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiacco in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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