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Daniel Chavkin
Canada couldn’t have started the Olympics any better, as the men’s hockey favorites blew out Czechia in a 5-0 opening victory.
The Canadian team had five different players score on Thursday, including Macklin Celebrini and Nathan MacKinnon, in its first Olympic game with NHL players since 2014. As Czechia is Canada’s biggest competition in Group A, that performance was bad news for the rest of the group.
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However, Switzerland also began the Olympics strong with a 4-0 win over France itself, putting the team in position for a potential underdog run. Timo Meier scored twice for the Swiss in that game, while goalie Leonardo Genoni produced a 27-save shutout.
Here’s how viewers can watch Canada play Switzerland in the Olympic men’s hockey preliminary rounds.
Friday’s Canada-Switzerland game won’t be broadcast on traditional television but it can be streamed via Peacock, which will carry every event of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics live.
The NBC-owned streaming service’s sports programming features live coverage of NFL Sunday Night Football, the NBA, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Premier League soccer, Big Ten football and basketball, Notre Dame football, Big East and Big 12 basketball, PGA Tour golf, and more.
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Canada and Switzerland will close out the hockey schedule on Friday with a game at 3:10 p.m. ET. Both teams are coming off wins on Thursday morning and will have similar lengths of rest entering the game.
The Group A game will be played at the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan.
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Daniel Chavkin is a Digital Content Producer for The Sporting News. A 2018 graduate from the University of Maryland, he has previously written for Sports Illustrated, NBC Sports and NFLTradeRumors.com.