Start times for Olympic playoff qualification and quarterfinal games set; TV info to come

02/17/2014 at 5:46am EST

Team Sweden GM Tommy Boustedt reported that the Olympic hockey teams met with the IIHF this morning to determine the start times of Tuesday's qualification round games and Wednesday's quarterfinals. Here are the qualification round starts, via Yahoo Sports' Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski (and I or Paul will update this post with TV info):

OLY first round games (Sochi times): Slovenia/Austria - noon; Russia/Norway 4:30; Swiss/Latvia 9; Czech/Slovakia 9 (Shayba Arena)
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) February 17, 2014

So, for Tuesday, February 19th, that's:

Slovenia-Austria at 3 AM EST
Russia-Norway at 7:30 AM
Switzerland-Latvia at 12 PM EST
And Czech-Slovakia at 12 PM.

Wednesday's quarterfinal start times are set, too:

SWE - AUT/SLO Feb 19, 12:00 (09:00 sv.tid)
— Tommy Boustedt (@TBoustedt) February 17, 2014

19 Feb Fin-Rus/Nor 16:30 Bolshoy CAN-SUI/Lat 21:00 Bolshoy USA-CZE/Svk 21:00 Shayba
— Tommy Boustedt (@TBoustedt) February 17, 2014

So on Wednesday, February 19th:

Sweden will play the winner of the Austria-Slovenia game at 3 AM EST
Finland will play the winner of the Russia-Norway game at 7:30 AM;
Canada will play the winner of the Switzerland-Latvia game at 12 PM EST;
And the U.S. will play the winner of the Czech-Slovakia game at 12 PM [edit: the U.S. game will air on NBCSN per NHL.com]

I thought Boudstedt's Tweet of himself sitting in the boardroom with IIHF president Rene Fasel and the other Olympic hockey teams' GM's was really cool to see:

Om 3 min startar direktoriatmötet. Matchtid, tröjfärg och bänk bestäms bl.a. pic.twitter.com/WI0fU1UN5Y
— Tommy Boustedt (@TBoustedt) February 17, 2014

Filed In:Kukla's Korner Hockey

02/17/2014

It's Hard To Play With Sidney Crosby

Kukla's Korner Hockey

02/17/2014

Waiting on the qualification and…

Kukla's Korner Hockey

Create an Account

In order to leave a comment, please create an account.

About Kukla's Korner Hockey

Paul Kukla founded Kukla’s Korner in 2005 and the site has since become the must-read site on the ‘net for all the latest happenings around the NHL.

From breaking news to in-depth stories around the league, KK Hockey is updated with fresh stories all day long and will bring you the latest news as quickly as possible.

Email Paul anytime at [email protected]