With the group stage of ice hockey has now been completed, Olympic Men’s Hockey in Pyeongchang will continue with the elimination portion. The top teams from each division each got a bye in the first round of the playoffs as well as a the top second-place team, which includes Sweden, Canada, the Czech Republic and the Olympic Athletes of Russia.
Canada, who had the best record among second-place teams, will play the winner of Finland and Korea on Wednesday. Canada hasn’t lost a game in regulation yet, but did lose in a shootout to the Czech Republic.
The U.S. Men’s Hockey team will face off against Slovakia on Tuesday in a qualification round game. The winner will face the Czech Republic on Wednesday. The U.S. finished the group stage with a 1-1-0-1 record, but the win was a 2-1 victory over Slovakia Thursday. The two teams will meet again.
Sweden will play the winner of Switzerland and Germany, while the Olympic Athletes of Russia will play the winner of Norway and Slovenia. The semifinals will be Friday, while the bronze medal game will be Saturday and the gold medal game will be Sunday.
An official schedule with times can be found here.
What about the women’s schedule? They’ve been very exciting to watch and I can’t wait to see them and Canada in the GoldMedal game.
The semi-finals in the women’s tournament start later today with the USA against Finland and Canada against the Olympic Athletes from Russia team. The Bronze and Gold Medal games are on Wednesday.