Today’s men’s hockey schedule
Finland vs. Austria
3:00am ET – NBCSN
This game already happened (whoops) and Finland won 8-4.
USA vs. Slovakia*
7:30am ET – NBCSN
*Sabres players involved: Ryan Miller
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Russia vs. Slovenia
7:30am ET – MSNBC
The hometown Russians begin their quest for gold-or-bust today against what should be a vastly inferior opponent. Can the Russians build enough confidence to springboard them all the way to gold?
Canada vs. Norway
12:00pm ET – USA Network
The favored Canadian team gets it first chance to show the world what they can do versus Norway. Everybody else gets their first chance to make fun of/praise the favored Canadian team depending on the result.
Note: All game times listed are EST. Games can also be streamed from NBC’s Olympic website or through their NBC Live Extra app.
There’s plenty of action on the ice today, and with the USA starting their tournament run, plenty of good reasons to find a bar open at 7:30am, or, for those of you who prefer not to drink heavily on Thursday morning, plenty of reasons to sneak open a browser tab at work. Consider this your game thread for all four games today, and go USA!
