On Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern the United States and Switzerland will kick off the Hockey Tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Six members of the Buffalo Sabres organization will be representing their countries. Lindy Ruff (Canada-Assistant Coach), Ryan Miller (United States), Henrik Tallinder (Sweden), Toni Lydman (Finland), Jochen Hecht (Germany) and Andrej Sekera (Slovakia) will all take to the ice over the next couple of weeks.
The preliminary round will begin on Tuesday afternoon and continue until Sunday evening. Next Monday will be a day off and the tournament will resume next Tuesday. All 12 teams will advance to the qualification round and will be reseeded based on their preliminary round results. The entire format can be found here.
If you are craving more Olympic hockey coverage you can check out the NHL.com Olympic hockey hub. It is very useful for articles, previews and up to the minute news from Vancouver.
Die by the Blade Olympic Coverage
I will put up a quick post everyday with the schedule for Sabres players and possibly a short preview of the game. I will also have a Game Thread posted for every USA game starting tomorrow with the game against Switzerland.
Follow the jump to find out the Olympic Schedule for Members of the Sabres organization.
| Tuesday | ||||
| Time | Visiting Team | Home Team | Television | Sabres Involved |
| 3:00 PM | USA | Switzerland | USA Network | Ryan Miller - USA |
| 7:30 PM | Canada | Norway | CNBC | Lindy Ruff - Canada (Asst. Coach) |
| Wednesday | ||||
| Time | Visiting Team | Home Team | Television | Sabres Involved |
| 3:00 PM | Finland | Belarus | MSNBC | Toni Lydman - Finland |
| 7:30 PM | Sweden | Germany | CNBC | Henrik Tallinder - Sweden, Jochen Hecht - Germany |
| 11:55 PM | Czech Republic | Slovakia | CNBC | Andrej Sekera - Slovakia |
| Thursday | ||||
| Time | Visiting Team | Home Team | Television | Sabres Involved |
| 3:00 PM | USA | Norway | USA Network | Ryan Miller - USA |
| 7:30 PM | Switzerland | Canada | CNBC | Lindy Ruff - Canada (Asst. Coach) |
| 11:55 PM | Slovakia | Russia | CNBC | Andrej Sekera - Slovakia |
| Friday | ||||
| Time | Visiting Team | Home Team | Television | Sabres Involved |
| 3:00 PM | Belarus | Sweden | MSNBC | Henrik Tallinder - Sweden |
| 11:55 PM | Finland | Germany | MSNBC | Toni Lydman - Finland, Jochen Hecht - Germany |
| Saturday | ||||
| Time | Visiting Team | Home Team | Television | Sabres Involved |
| 7:30 PM | Latvia | Slovakia | MSNBC | Andrej Sekera - Slovakia |
| 11:55 PM | Germany | Belarus | MSNBC | Jochen Hecht - Germany |
| Sunday | ||||
| Time | Visiting Team | Home Team | Television | Sabres Involved |
| 7:45 PM | Canada | USA | MSNBC | Ryan Miller - USA, Lindy Ruff - Canada (Asst. Coach) |
| 11:55 PM | Sweden | Finland | MSNBC | Henrik Tallinder - Sweden, Toni Lydman - Finland |