Ice Hockey Winter Olympics 2018

Ice hockey at the 2018 winter olympics medal summary.

Ice hockey winter olympics 2018. Eight countries qualified for the tournament. Qualification for the men s tournament at the 2018 winter olympics was determined by the iihf world ranking following the 2015 men s world ice hockey championships the host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the olympics while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the olympics. Access official results for the ice hockey event ice hockey men at the pyeongchang winter games olympics plus view video highlights of top performances. After five consecutive olympic tournaments in which the national hockey league allowed its players t.

Ice hockey men gold medal game nikita gusev 97 of the olympic athlete from russia shoots and scores against dominik kahun 72 and danny aus den birken 33 of germany in the third period during the ice hockey men s gold medal game on day 16 of the pyeongchang 2018 winter olympic games at gangneung hockey centre on february 25 2018 in gangneung republic of korea. Six a side men s ice hockey has been on the programme of every edition of the winter games since 1924 in chamonix. Twelve countries qualified for the tournament. In a spirited battle between the two women s hockey superpowers while the canadian men were sharp against sweden.

Subscribe to nbc sports. After five consecutive olympic tournaments in which the national hockey league the world s premier professional league allowed its players to participate in the olympics and adjusted its schedule to. The men s tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 winter olympics was held in gangneung south korea between 14 and 25 february 2018. Ice hockey spread to europe around the turn of the century and the first olympic games to include ice hockey for men were the 1920 antwerp summer games.

Watch the full shootout between the usa and canada. The united states won 3 2 to win the gold medal. Under a special agreement with the ioc and the iihf twelve north korean players joined the host team. Five of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the international ice hockey federation one south korea automatically qualified as hosts while the two others took part in a qualification tournament.

Eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the international ice hockey federation one south korea automatically qualified as hosts while the three others took part in a qualification tournament. The tournament featured 12 countries eight qualifying through the iihf world ranking 3 through. Maxim noreau lauriane rougeau men s tournament. These were the team rosters of the nations participating in the men s ice hockey tournament of the 2018 winter olympics each team was permitted a roster of 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders.