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Monday, September 25, 2017

{allcanada} IIHF releases Olympic men’s and women’s hockey schedules

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The International Ice Hockey Federation released the schedule for the Olympic tournaments on Monday.

The men's side features 12 teams and Canada will be in group A along with the Czech Republic, Switzerland and host South Korea.

The three group winners plus the next best second-place team will automatically advance to the quarter-finals. The other four quarter-final spots will be awarded to the winners of playoff games between the final eight teams.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Canada	Russia	Sweden
Czech Republic	United States	Finland
Switzerland	Slovakia	Norway
South Korea	Slovenia	Germany

The Canadian women are also in Group A with the United States, Finland and Russia.

All four teams in Group A will automatically advance to the playoff rounds, along with the top two teams from Group B. The top two teams in Group A will advance directly to the semifinals.

Group A	Group B
Canada	Sweden
United States	Switzerland
Finland	Japan
Russia	South Korea

Below is the full schedule of games.

All Times Eastern

Men's Tournament

Group A

Date	Away	Home	Time
Feb. 15	Czech Republic	South Korea	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 15	Switzerland	Canada	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 16	Canada	Czech Republic	11:10 p.m.
Feb. 16	South Korea	Switzerland	11:10 p.m.
Feb. 18	Czech Republic	Switzerland	3:40 a.m.
Feb. 18	Canada	South Korea	8:10 a.m.

Group B

Date	Away	Home	Time
Feb. 14	Slovakia	Russia	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 14	United States	Slovenia	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 16	United States	Slovakia	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 16	Russia	Slovenia	3:40 a.m.
Feb. 17	Russia	United States	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 17	Slovenia	Slovakia	8:10 a.m.

Group C

Date	Away	Home	Time
Feb. 14	Finland	Germany	11:10 p.m.
Feb. 15	Norway	Sweden	3:40 a.m.
Feb. 16	Finland	Norway	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 16	Sweden	Germany	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 17	Germany	Norway	11:10 p.m.
Feb. 18	Sweden	Finland	8:10 a.m.

Women's Tournament

Group A

Date	Away	Home	Time
Feb. 11	Finland	United States	3:40 a.m.
Feb. 11	Canada	Russia	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 13	Canada	Finland	3:40 a.m.
Feb. 13	United States	Russia	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 14	United States	Canada	11:10 p.m.
Feb. 15	Russia	Finland	3:40 a.m.

Group B

Date	Away	Home	Time
Feb. 10	Japan	Sweden	3:40 a.m.
Feb. 10	Switzerland	South Korea	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 12	Switzerland	Japan	3:40 a.m.
Feb. 12	Sweden	South Korea	8:10 a.m.
Feb. 13	Sweden	Switzerland	11:10 p.m.
Feb. 14	South Korea	Japan	3:40 a.m.