hockey teams and the women's hockey teams battling it out. so, for a very brief period of time, i may not feel as warm towards canadians as i normally do until those matches are over. >> those matches are ago. we'll take you to sochi where women's hockey and team canada on the ice as we speak right now. you can see the torch. canada has won the last three olympic gold medals but team usa beat them in the world championship in april. who will win today's match is anyone's guess. meanwhile, the united states has taken a lead in the medal count with 23 total medals. 7 of those gold. nbc's anne thompson has been counting those gold for us. she's live in sochi. anne, we're going to give a spoiler alert to those folks listening. although it may not be much of a spoiler. the women's teams locked at zero after the first period. tomorrow, it will be the men's