Olympic men’s hockey tournament: What to know as several of NHL’s best start play in Milan Cortina.
SHARKS REPRESENTATION: F Macklin Celebrini (Canada); F Pavol Regenda (Slovakia); F Alexander Wennberg (Sweden); F Philipp Kurashev (Switzerland).
GROUP PLAY (Feb 11-15): The 12 countries play a round-robin within their respective groups, with three games per team. Teams earn three points for a regulation win, two points for overtime or shootout wins, one point for overtime or shootout losses, and zero points for regulation losses.
GROUP A: Canada, Czechia, France. Switzerland
GROUP B: Finland, Italy, Slovakia, Sweden
GROUP C: Denmark, Germany, Latvia, United States
QUALIFICATION ROUND (Feb. 17): Seedings 1 through 12 for the knockout stage are based on, in order, higher position within group, most points, greater goal differential, most goals for, and better 2020 IIHF World Ranking.
The top four teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. The qualification playoffs have No. 5 vs. No. 12, No. 6 vs. No. 11, No. 7 vs. No. 10, and No. 8 vs. No. 9.
QUARTERFINALS (Feb. 18): No. 1 vs. winner of 8/9; No. 2 vs. winner of 7/10; No. 3 vs. Winner of 6/11; No. 4 vs. Winner of 5/12.
SEMIFINALS – Feb. 20; BRONZE MEDAL GAME – Feb. 21; GOLD MEDAL GAME – Feb. 22.
OVERTIME FORMAT
Preliminary round – A five-minute 3-on-3 overtime. If no goal is scored, the teams will take part in a five-round shootout
Qualification playoffs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, or Bronze Medal Game — A 10-minute 3-on-3 overtime will be played. If no goal is scored, the teams will play a five-round shootout.
Gold Medal Game — 20-minute overtime periods will be played – at 3-on-3 strength – until a goal is scored.
ROUND ROBIN TELEVISION AND STREAMING SCHEDULE (all times Pacific)
Wednesday: Slovakia vs. Finland, 7:40 a.m. USA Network, Peacock; Sweden vs. Italy, 12:10 p.m., USA Network, Peacock
Thursday: Switzerland vs. France, 3:10 a.m. Peacock; Czechia vs. Canada, 7:40 a.m., USA Network, Peacock; Latvia vs. United States, 12:10 p.m., USA Network, Peacock; Germany vs. Denmark, 12:10 p.m., USA Network, Peacock.
Friday: Finland vs. Sweden, 3:10 a.m., USA Network, Peacock; Italy vs. Slovakia, 3:10 a.m., Peacock; France vs. Czechia, 7:40 a.m., Peacock, Canada vs. Switzerland, 12:10 p.m., Peacock
Saturday: Sweden vs. Slovakia, 3:10 a.m., Peacock; Germany vs. Latvia, 3:10 a.m., CNBC, Peacock; Finland vs. Italy, 7:40 a.m., USA Network, Peacock; United States vs. Denmark, 12:10 p.m., USA Network, Peacock.
Sunday: Switzerland vs. Czechia, 3:10 a.m., CNBC, Peacock; Canada vs. France, 7:40 a.m., USA Network, Peacock; Denmark vs. Latvia, 10:10 a.m., CNBC, Peacock; United States vs. Germany, 12:10 p.m., USA Network, Peacock.
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