
Tournament 1st with NHL players since 2014
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The men’s hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is underway.
The tournament, the first with NHL players since the 2014 Sochi Olympics, features all 12 teams playing three preliminary games in their respective groups, then all 12 moving on to a single-elimination playoff that will conclude with the gold-medal game Feb. 22.
The games will be played at either the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena or the Rho Ice Hockey Arena in Milano.
Each NHL team has at least one player participating in the Olympics. The Florida Panthers have an NHL-high 10 players. The Vegas Golden Knights have nine and the Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild and Tampa Bay Lightning each have eight.
Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 men’s hockey schedule (all times ET):
Group B
Slovakia 4, Finland 1
Sweden 5, Italy 2
Group A
Switzerland 4, France 0
Canada 5, Czechia 0
Group C
United States 5, Latvia 1
Germany 3, Denmark 1
Group B
Finland 4, Sweden 1
Slovakia 3, Italy 2
Group A
Czechia 6, France 3
Canada 5, Switzerland 1
Group B
Sweden vs Slovakia, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock, ICI TOU.TV, CBC Gem, SN, RDS) — Santagiulia Arena
Finland vs. Italy, 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, ICI Télé, CBC Gem, SN, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Group C
Germany vs. Latvia, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock, CNBC, ICI Télé, CBC Gem, TSN) — Rho Arena
USA vs. Denmark, 3:10 p.m. (Peacock, USA, ICI Télé, CBC Gem, TSN) — Santagiulia Arena
Group A
Switzerland vs. Czechia, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock, CNBC, ICI TOU.TV, CBC Gem, SN, RDS) — Santagiulia Arena
Canada vs. France, 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, USA, ICI Télé, CBC Gem, RDS2, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Group C
Denmark vs. Latvia, 1:10 p.m. (Peacock, CNBC, ICI Télé, CBC Gem) — Rho Arena
USA vs. Germany, 3:10 p.m. (Peacock, USA, ICI Télé, CBC Gem, TSN, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Qualification playoff, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Qualification playoff, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC) — Rho Arena
Qualification playoff, 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Qualification playoff, 3:10 p.m. (Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Quarterfinal — 6:10 a.m. (Peacock, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Quarterfinal, 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, USA, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Quarterfinal, 12:10 p.m. (Peacock, USA, CBC Gem, CBC) — Rho Arena
Quarterfinal, 3:10 p.m (Peacock, NBC, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Semifinal — 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, USA, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Semifinal — 3:10 p.m. (Peacock, NBC, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Bronze medal game — 2:40 p.m. (Peacock, USA, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
Gold medal game — 8:10 a.m. (Peacock, NBC, CBC Gem, CBC) — Santagiulia Arena
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