THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — The hockey schedule for the 2010 Olympics is set.
The men’s team begins its quest for gold on Feb. 16, when it will face Norway at GM Place — dubbed Canada Hockey Place during the Olympic tournament.
All three of Canada’s preliminary games will be played in the mid-afternoon local time. It faces Switzerland on Feb. 18 and the U.S. on Feb. 21.
The gold medal game will be played at 12:15 p.m. local time on Feb. 28 — the final day of the Olympics.
The women’s team opens its tournament on Feb. 13 against Slovakia at Canada Hockey Place. The other two preliminary games — Feb. 15 against Switzerland and Feb. 17 against Sweden — will be played at UBC.
The International Ice Hockey Federation expects only minor changes to the schedule.
"Any possible changes will be due to television requests or logistical reasons," said IIHF sport director Dave Fitzpatrick. "Hopefully, very soon we will be able to consider the schedules we announced today as final."
