GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Tomas Tatar, fellow Griffins alum Tomas Kopecky and Slovakia will play Russia in Sunday's gold-medal game of the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki, Finland. Slovakia earned the chance at gold with Saturday's 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, while Russia eliminated host Finland and former Griffin Valtteri Filppula by a 6-2 count.

Thursday's quarterfinal action:

- 6 a.m. ET - Helsinki - Canada (Kyle Quincey) 3 vs. Slovakia (Tomas Kopecky, Tomas Tatar) 4
- 8:45 a.m. ET - Stockholm - Russia 5 vs. Norway (Ole-Kristian Tollefsen) 2
- 11:30 a.m. ET - Helsinki - United States (Justin Abdelkader, Jimmy Howard) 2 vs. Finland (Valtteri Filppula) 3
- 2:15 p.m. ET - Stockholm - Sweden (Jonathan Ericsson, Niklas Kronwall) 3 vs. Czech Republic 4

Saturday's semifinal round:

- 7:30 a.m. ET - Helsinki - Russia 6 vs. Finland (Valtteri Filppula) 2
- 11:30 a.m. ET - Helsinki - Czech Republic 1 vs. Slovakia (Tomas Kopecky, Tomas Tatar) 3

The schedule for the remainder of the tournament:

Bronze Medal Game - Sunday, May 20
- 9 a.m. ET - Helsinki - Czech Republic vs. Finland (Valtteri Filppula)

Gold Medal Game - Sunday, May 20
- 1:30 p.m. ET - Helsinki - Russia vs. Slovakia (Tomas Kopecky, Tomas Tatar)

For complete coverage, rosters, statistics and results for the 2012 IIHF World Championship, visit iihf.com.

The NBC Sports Network is televising at least 13 games of World Championship, including Sunday's gold-medal game (same-day delay).