2010 Olympic hockey thread

[Terry]

This will be a GDT for all non-Canadian games.

Men's hockey schedule:

PRELIMINARY ROUND:

Tuesday, February 16

* 12:00 pm USA vs. SWITZERLAND
* 4:30 pm CANADA vs. NORWAY
* 9:00 pm RUSSIA vs. LATVIA

Wednesday, February 17

* 12:00 pm FINLAND vs. BELARUS
* 4:30 pm SWEDEN vs. GERMANY
* 9:00 pm CZECH REPUBLIC vs. SLOVAKIA

Thursday, February 18

* 12:00 pm USA vs. NORWAY
* 4:30 pm SWITZERLAND vs. CANADA
* 9:00 pm SLOVAKIA vs. RUSSIA

Friday, February 19
# 12:00 pm BELARUS vs. SWEDEN
# 4:30 pm CZECH REPUBLIC vs. LATVIA
# 9:00 pm FINLAND vs. GERMANY

Saturday, February 20
# 12:00 pm NORWAY vs. SWITZERLAND
# 4:30 pm LATVIA vs. SLOVAKIA
# 9:00 pm GERMANY vs. BELARUS

Sunday, February 21
# 12:00 pm RUSSIA vs. CZECH REPUBLIC
# 4:45 pm CANADA vs. USA
# 9:00 pm SWEDEN vs. FINLAND

QUALIFICATION PLAYOFF FORMAT:

At the conclusion of the Preliminary Round, all 12 teams are ranked 1-to-12 in Group "D".

The top four teams (1D, 2D, 3D, 4D) advance directly to the Quarter-finals.

The remaining eight teams play the Qualification Playoff with the following match-ups:
5D - 12D (Winner becomes E1)
6D - 11D (Winner becomes E2)
7D - 10D (Winner becomes E3)
- 9D (Winner becomes E4)

QUALIFICATION PLAYOFF SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, February 23
# 12:00 pm QUALIFICATION 1
# 4:30 pm QUALIFICATION 2
# 7:00 pm QUALIFICATION 3 (at UBC Thunderbird Arena)
# 9:00 pm QUALIFICATION 4

(if qualified, USA game will be scheduled for 12:00)
(if qualified, Canada game will be scheduled for 4:30)

QUARTER-FINALS FORMAT:

At the conclusion of the Qualification Playoff, teams play the Quarter-finals with the following match-ups:
1D - E4 (Winner becomes F1)
2D - E3 (Winner becomes F2)
3D - E2 (Winner becomes F3)
4D - E1 (Winner becomes F4)

QUARTER-FINALS SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, February 24
# 12:00 pm QUARTERFINAL 1
# 4:30 pm QUARTERFINAL 2
# 7:00 pm QUARTERFINAL 3 (at UBC Thunderbird Arena)
# 9:00 pm QUARTERFINAL 4

(if qualified, USA game will be scheduled for 12:00)
(if qualified, Canada game will be scheduled for 4:30)

SEMI-FINALS SCHEDULE:
Friday, February 26
# 12:00 pm Semifinal 1 (F1 vs. F4)
# 6:30 pm Semifinal 2 (F2 vs. F3)

(if qualified, USA game will be scheduled for 12:00)
(if qualified, Canada game will be scheduled for 6:30)

BRONZE MEDAL GAME:
Saturday, February 27
# 7:00 pm (Semifinal losers)

GOLD MEDAL GAME:
Sunday, February 28
# 12:15 pm (Semifinal winners)

Women's hockey schedule:

Saturday, February 13

* 12:00 pm SWEDEN vs. SWITZERLAND
* 5:00 pm CANADA vs. SLOVAKIA (Canada Hockey Place)

Sunday, February 14

* 12:00 pm USA vs. CHINA
* 4:30 pm FINLAND vs. RUSSIA

Monday, February 15

* 2:30 pm SWITZERLAND vs. CANADA
* 7:00 pm SWEDEN vs. SLOVAKIA

Tuesday, February 16

* 2:30 pm RUSSIA vs. USA
* 7:00 pm FINLAND vs. CHINA

Wednesday, February 17

* 2:30 pm CANADA vs. SWEDEN
* 7:00 pm SLOVAKIA vs. SWITZERLAND

Thursday, February 18

* 2:30 pm USA vs. FINLAND
* 7:00 pm CHINA vs. RUSSIA

PLAYOFF ROUND

Saturday, February 20

* 2:30 pm Placement Game 1
* 7:00 pm Placement Game 2

(if qualified Canada will play 19:00 game)

Monday, February 22

* 12:00 pm Semi-final 1 (Canada Hockey Place)
* 2:00 pm Placement Game 3
* 5:00 pm Semi-final 2 (Canada Hockey Place)
* 7:00 pm Placement Game 4

(if qualified USA will play 12:00 game)
(if qualified Canada will play 17:00 game)

MEDAL GAMES

Thursday, February 25

* 11:00 am Bronze Medal Game (Canada Hockey Place)
* 3:30 pm Gold Medal Game (Canada Hockey Place)

All times are Pacific.

[Terry]

Sweden/Switzerland game's on now. Nothing too exciting yet but not boring, either. Nice to see that the score clock is counting down instead of up, like in other international games.

[Terry]

BTW, Kevin Quinn's calling the game. I wonder if he'll use his "overtime winner" call if a game gets settled that way during the tournament.

[Terry]

Game ended 3-0 for Sweden, although the Swiss got ripped off of a goal late in the game.

[Smyth94]

boo i wanted the swiss to win

[Terry]

US beat China 12-1. It was nice to see China get a goal, though.

[BCNB]

Is it ever weird hearing Gene Principe and Pierre McGuire on the same broadcast.

[thedarkangel1975]

I think woman's hockey should have more contact. I think that would off set some of these lopsided scores.

[jayman74]

Feb 16, 2010 20:15:28 GMT -5 BCNB said:

Is it ever weird hearing Gene Principe and Pierre McGuire on the same broadcast.

It's been really weird seeing a lot of them on panels together (Nick Kypreos, John Garrett - Sportsnet sucks), and some Ron MacLean sound allike but he's not involved. I was wondering if it was part of CTV's bid to have a multi-network coverage plan which won them the coverage. They are more than happy to advertise shit on other channels but they always slip in the line of "exclusive coverage".