Vancouver 2010 - Men's Hockey Schedule

The hockey schedule for the 2010 Olympics is set.

The Canadian men's team begins its quest for gold on Feb. 16, when it will face Norway at GM Place - dubbed Canada Hockey Place during the Olympic tournament.

All three of Canada's preliminary games will be played in the mid-afternoon local time. It faces Switzerland on Feb. 18 and the U.S. on Feb. 21.

The gold medal game will be played at 12:15 p.m. local time on Feb. 28 - the final day of the Olympics.

The women's team opens its tournament on Feb. 13 against Slovakia at Canada Hockey Place. The other two preliminary games - Feb. 15 against Switzerland and Feb. 17 against Sweden - will be played at UBC.

The International Ice Hockey Federation expects only minor changes to the schedule.

"Any possible changes will be due to television requests or logistical reasons," said IIHF sport director Dave Fitzpatrick. "Hopefully, very soon we will be able to consider the schedules we announced today as final."

MEN'S TOURNAMENT
(All times listed are Pacific Time)

Venues: Canada Hockey Place and UBC Thunderbird Arena (UBC)

PRELIMINARY ROUND
Tue 16.02.2009
A 12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE USA - SUI
A 16.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE CAN - NOR
B 21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE RUS - LAT

Wed 17.02.2009
C 12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE FIN - BLR
C 16.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE SWE - GER
B 21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE CZE - SVK

Thu 18.02.2009
A 12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE USA - NOR
A 16.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE SUI - CAN
B 21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE SVK - RUS

Fri 19.02.2009
C 12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE BLR - SWE
B 16.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE CZE - LAT
C 21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE FIN - GER

Sat 20.02.2009
A 12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE NOR - SUI
B 16.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE LAT - SVK
C 21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE GER - BLR

Sun 21.02.2009

B 12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE RUS - CZE
A 16.45 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE CAN - USA
C 21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE SWE - FIN

QUALIFICATION PLAYOFF
8 Tue 23.02.2009
12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE QP1
16.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE QP2
19.00 UBC QP3
21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE QP4

NOTES:
QP1 - if playing in Qualification playoffs, USA to play in the 12.00 game
QP2 - if playing in Qualification playoffs, CAN to play in the 16.30 game

QUARTER-FINAL ROUND
9 Wed 24.02.2009
12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE QF1
16.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE QF2
19.00 UBC QF3
21.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE QF4

NOTES:
QF1 or QF4 - if qualified, USA to play in either the 12.00 or 21.00 game
QF2 - if qualified, CAN to play in the 16.30 game

10 Thu 25.02.2009  DAY OFF

SEMI-FINAL ROUND
11 Fri 26.02.2009

12.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE SF1
18.30 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE SF2

NOTES:
SF1 - if qualified, USA to play in the 12.00 game
SF2 - if qualified, CAN to play in the 18.30 game

BRONZE MEDAL GAME
12 Sat 27.02.2009

19.00 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE

GOLD MEDAL GAME
13 Sun 28.02.2009

12:15 CANADA HOCKEY PLACE

Who will win?

(HINT: Rhymes with Banada.)