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MEN'S OLYMPIC ICE HOCKEY
2010 - Vancouver:
Bracket
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Rosters
2014 - Sochi:
Bracket
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Rosters
2018 - PyeongChang:
Bracket
2022 - Beijing:
Bracket
2026 - Milano Cortina:
Bracket
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Rosters
Previous
Tournaments
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Men's Olympic Ice
Hockey Tournament
Ice hockey tournaments
have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The
men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer
Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter
Olympic Games program in 1924, in France. The Olympic
Games were originally intended for amateur athletes
until 1988, and the National Hockey League (NHL) did not
allow its players to compete until 1998. From 1924 to
1988, the tournament started with a round-robin series
of games and ended with the medal round. Medals were
awarded based on points accumulated during that round.
The games of the tournament follow the rules of the
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which differ
slightly from the rules used in the NHL.
In the men's tournament,
Canada was the most successful team of the first three
decades, winning six of seven gold medals.
Czechoslovakia, Sweden and the United States were also
competitive during this period and won multiple medals.
Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was
also counted as the Ice Hockey World Championship for
that year. The Soviet Union first participated in 1956
and overtook Canada as the dominant international team,
winning seven of the nine tournaments in which they
participated. The United States won gold medals in 1960
and in 1980, which included their "Miracle on Ice" upset
of the Soviet Union. Canada went 50 years without a gold
medal, before winning one in 2002, and following it up
with another in 2010. Other nations to win gold include
Great Britain in 1936, the Unified Team in 1992, Sweden
in 1994 and 2006 and the Czech Republic in 1998. Other
medal-winning nations include Switzerland, Germany,
Finland and Russia.
In 1986, the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow all athletes to
compete in Olympic Games starting in 1988. The NHL was
initially reluctant to allow its players to compete
because the Olympics are held in the middle of the NHL
season, and the league would have to halt play if many
of its players participated. However, NHL players were
allowed to compete starting in 1998. The format of the
tournament was adjusted to accommodate the NHL schedule;
a preliminary round was played without NHL players or
the top six teams—Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland,
Russia, Sweden and the United States—followed by a final
round which included them. The tournament format was
changed again in 2006; every team played five
preliminary games with the full use of NHL players. The
NHL did not allow its players to compete in the 2018 &
2022 Winter Olympic Games.
OLYMPIC GAMES ON TELEVISION:
    
HOCKEY CANADA, IIHF & SPENGLER CUP
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