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Canada
put an end to 50 years of waiting as its men’s team defeated the
United States 5-2 for the gold medal. Russia, denied a berth in the
gold-medal game by a furious U.S. charge in the teams’ 22nd
anniversary celebration of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice,” coasted in the
bronze-medal game 7-2 over Belarus, which had shocked Sweden in the
teams’ quarterfinal game. And after eight straight losses to the
United States, the Canadian women assuaged the four-year chafe of the
U.S. women’s having defeated them in the inaugural Olympic Winter
Games gold medal game at Nagano. Final score: Canada 3, United States
2 - in the face of an 11-4 power-play disadvantage.
MEN (FEB 24)
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CANADA |
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UNITED STATES |
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RUSSIA |
WOMEN (FEB 21)
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CANADA |
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UNITED STATES |
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SWEDEN |
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MEDAL TALLY |
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Total |
Canada |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
United States |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Russia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Sweden |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Total |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
VENUES & EVENTS
E Center
(Capacity = 10451)
3200 South Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, Utah 84119
The Peaks Ice Arena (Capacity = 8000)
100 North Seven Peaks Boulevard, Provo, Utah (Utah County)
82 km/51miles from the Olympic Village
The 55 ice hockey games will be spread out over two venues -- The Peaks Ice Arena and the E Center. The Peaks Ice Arena is located in Provo, Utah, and is approximately 82 kilometers (51 miles) from the Olympic Village. The E Center is a 28,000 sq m (300,000 sq ft) indoor facility for sports and entertainment. It is also home to the Utah Grizzlies, an International Hockey League team, and has a capacity of 10,451. The E Center is located in West Valley City.
The men's tournament features 14 teams and is played over three rounds — preliminary, final round and playoff round. The top six teams from the 1998 Games qualified directly. They are Czech Republic, Russia, Finland, Canada, Sweden and the United States. They will be joined by Slovakia and Switzerland, as qualifiers from the 1999 world championships, and six teams who went through Olympic qualifying tournaments—Belarus, Austria, Latvia, Ukraine, France and Germany.
The six top teams from 1998 advance to the final round automatically. The others play a round-robin tournament with the winner from each of two groups going into the final round.
The women's tournament has eight teams and is played over a preliminary round and a playoff round. The six top teams from the 2000 world championships qualified directly. They are Canada, United States, Finland, Sweden, Russian and China. They will be joined by Kazakhstan and Germany who went through Olympic qualifying tournaments. Teams will play a round-robin competition, in two groups, with the top two teams from each group going into the playoff round.
Only one bronze medal will be awarded in each competition, decided by a playoff match.
Men's teams will have 23 players, while women's teams will have 20. A team has only six players on the ice at a time: one goalkeeper, two defenders and three forwards. Games are made up of three 20-minute periods, separated by two 15-minute intermissions. The Olympic rink is about 15 feet wider than an NHL rink, giving players more room to skate.
Also, in Olympic hockey physical play is treated much more harshly than in the NHL. For example, a second major penalty in the same game carries an automatic game-misconduct penalty, and any player starting a fight is assessed a match penalty.
