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Ice Hockey Olympics 2022: Schedule, Live Stream, TV Channel, Rules

It is a game played on an ice rink between two teams, each having five skaters and one goalie, where players have their ice skates on and move at speed to propel the puck past a goal line.

2022 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Schedule

2022 Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Dates and Venues

The 2022 ice hockey competition will be held at two places based in China. The first hosting venue is the Beijing National Indoor Stadium which has a capacity of 18,000, also known as the Olympic Green. The second hosting venue is the Wukeson Arena, having 10,000. The competition is to be held from 4th to 20th February 2022.

Olympic Ice Hockey Schedule 2022

*All times in Beijing Time. So you need to convert it to your timezone

Date Time Event Team
Thu 3 Feb 12:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A CAN VS SUI
12:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B CZE VS CHN
16:40 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B SWE VS JPN
21:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A FIN VS USA
Fri 4 Feb 12:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A ROC VS SUI
12:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B DEN VS CHN
Sat 5 Feb 12:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A CAN VS FIN
16:40 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B JPN VS DEN
16:40 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B CZE VS SWE
21:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A USA VS ROC
Sun 6 Feb 16:40 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B CHN VS JPN
21:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A SUI VS USA
Mon 7 Feb 12:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A ROC VS CAN
16:40 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B DEN VS CZE
21:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A SUI VS FIN
21:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B CHN VS SWE
Tue 8 Feb 12:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A USA VS CAN
16:40 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B JPN VS CZE
21:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group A FIN VS ROC
21:10 Women's Preliminary Round - Group B SWE VS DEN
Wed 9 Feb 16:40 Men's Preliminary Round - Group B ROC VS SUI
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group B CZE VS DEN
Thu 10 Feb 12:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group C SWE VS LAT
16:40 Men's Preliminary Round - Group C FIN VS SVK
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group A USA VS CHN
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group A CAN VS GER
Fri 11 Feb 12:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group B DEN VS ROC
12:10 Women's Play-offs Quarterfinals
16:40 Men's Preliminary Round - Group B CZE VS SUI
16:40 Men's Preliminary Round - Group C SWE VS SVK
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group C LAT VS FIN
21:10 Women's Play-offs Quarterfinals
Sat 12 Feb 12:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group A CAN VS USA
12:10 Women's Play-offs Quarterfinals
16:40 Men's Preliminary Round - Group A GER VS CHN
16:40 Women's Play-offs Quarterfinals
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group B ROC VS CZE
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group B SUI VS DEN
Sun 13 Feb 12:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group C SVK VS LAT
16:40 Men's Preliminary Round - Group C FIN VS SWE
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group A CHN VS CAN
21:10 Men's Preliminary Round - Group A USA VS GER
Mon 14 Feb 12:10 Women's Play-offs Semifinals
21:10 Women's Play-offs Semifinals
Tue 15 Feb 12:10 Men's Qualification Play-off
12:10 Men's Qualification Play-off
16:40 Men's Qualification Play-off
21:10 Men's Qualification Play-off
Wed 16 Feb 12:10 Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals
14:00 Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals
16:40 Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals
19:30 Women's Bronze Medal Game
21:30 Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals
Thu 17 Feb 12:10 Women's Gold Medal Game
Fri 18 Feb 12:10 Men's Play-offs Semifinals
21:10 Men's Play-offs Semifinals
Sat 19 Feb 21:10 Men's Bronze Medal Game
Sun 20 Feb 12:10 Men's Gold Medal Game

*Schedule subject to change | The event finals are shown in bold.

Olympic Ice Hockey Live Stream and Tv Channels

The major broadcast will be from China Central Television (CCTV) and NBCUniversal coverage In the United States. BBC & Eurosport in the UK and Seven Network in Australia.

For online streaming, you can depend on Peacock Premium or FuboTV for the USA. BBC iPlayer, Eurosport Player & Discovery Plus for the UK. Here is the complete Olympics 2022 Streaming Guide.

Ice Hockey Rules

  • The legal team is of 5 skaters and a goaltender.
  • Games are held for 30 minutes.
  • No overtime during the regular season.
  • No slap shots at all.
  • Offside & icing is called in the Granite League only.

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Ice Hockey Olympic History

Ice hockey has evolved from a simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland.