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Hockey Paralympic Gold Medal Game Is Tonight

03/17/2018 at 3:18pm EDT

from USA Hockey,

The 2018 U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team meets Canada today in the gold-medal game of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The two teams enter today's game undefeated with matching 4-0 records. Puck drop is set for 12 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET, March 17) at Gangneung Hockey Center and will be broadcast live on NBCSN as well as live streamed on NBCOlympics.com.

THE RIVALRY GOES FOR GOLD

When the puck drops today, it will mark the first time since sled hockey was introduced in the 1994 Paralympic Winter Games that the United States and Canada will face-off in a Paralympic gold-medal game. Combined, the two teams have won the last four gold medals in Paralympic play, with the U.S. capturing three gold medals (2002, 2010, 2014) while Canada has won gold once (2006).

Puck drop at Gangneung Hockey Center is slated for 12 p.m. local time, making it an 11 p.m. ET puck drop on March 17 back in the United States. The contest will be televised live on NBCSN and also streamed live on NBCOlympics.com.

continued and in Canada, CBC will be streaming the game.

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