OLYMPICS ROUNDUP – QUALIFICATION GAMES GET UNDERWAY TONIGHT
Now the fun begins.
The second round of the men’s ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics gets underway this evening, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
The qualification round features the bottom eight finishers from the opening round of play battling it out to make it to the quarterfinals. The first place teams from group play (Sweden, Czech Republic and Olympic Athletes from Russia), as well as the top second place finisher (Canada), all receive byes into the third round of play.
The United States and Slovakia, who finished with identical 1-2-0 marks in the first round, will face off in the first game of qualification on Monday night at 10:10pm Eastern Time. The Americans downed Slovakia by a 2-1 score earlier in the tourney.
The full schedule for the qualification and quarterfinals rounds is:
OLYMPIC MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QUALIFICATION ROUND SCHEDULE
| DATE | TIME | TEAM 1 | TEAM 2 |
| Monday, February 19 | 10:10pm | USA – 5 | Slovakia – 1 |
| Tuesday, February 20 | 2:40am | Slovenia – 1 | Norway – 2 (OT) |
| Tuesday, February 20 | 7:10am | Finland | Korea |
| Tuesday, February 20 | 7:10am | Switzerland | Germany |
OLYMPIC MEN’S ICE HOCKEY QUARTERFINALS SCHEDULE
| DATE | TIME | TEAM 1 | TEAM 2 |
| Tuesday, February 20 | 10:10pm | Czech Republic | USA |
| Wednesday, February 21 | 2:40am | OAR | Norway |
| Wednesday, February 21 | 7:10am | Canada | TBD |
| Wednesday, February 21 | 7:10am | Sweden | TBD |
ALUMNI UPDATE
Nine former and one current Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players are competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Their stats through Group Play:
CANADA
Andrew Ebbett – 2gp, 0-1-1
Chris Lee – 3gp, 0-3-3
Christian Thomas, 3gp, 1-0-1
CZECH REPUBLIC
Ondrej Nemec – 3gp, 0-0-0
GERMANY
Matthias Plachta – 3gp, 0-0-0
SOUTH KOREA
Bryan Young – 3gp, 0-0-0
NORWAY
Patrick Thoresen – 3gp, 1-0-1
SLOVAKIA
Thomas Surovy – 3gp, 0-1-1
USA
Chad Kolarik – 2gp, 0-0-0
Noah Welch – 3gp, 0-0-0
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