OLYMPICS

OLYMPIC DEBUT: 1924 Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
ORIGINS: Hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924. All players in the communist system were "amateurs," and the USSR fielded the best the country had to offer. The best Americans, Swedes, Finns, and Canadians were professionals and barred from competition. The 1998 Games in Nagano were the first to allow NHL players for a 'dream tournament.' Women's hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1998.

STANDINGS

Group A	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
x-Finland	5	0	0	19	2	10
x-Switz.	2	1	2	10	12	6
x-Canada	3	2	0	15	9	6
x-Czech Rep.	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	0	3	2	9	23	2

Group A	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	0	36	1	6
Sweden	2	1	15	9	4
Russia	1	2	6	16	2
Italy	0	3	1	32	0

Group B	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
x-Slovakia	5	0	0	18	8	10
x-Russia	4	1	0	23	11	8
x-Sweden	3	2	0	15	12	6
x-U.S.A.	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazahkstan	1	4	0	9	16	2
Latvia	0	4	1	11	31	1

Group B	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
U.S.A.	3	0	18	3	6
Finland	2	1	10	7	4
Germany	1	2	2	9	2
Switzerland	0	3	1	12	0

Saturday, February 11 - Women: Finland 3, Germany 0 - Maija Hassinen stopped 24 shots in shutout; Sweden 3, Russia 1 - Sweden had three power-play goals; United States 6, Switzerland 0 - Recap - Elsmore-Sautter stopped 50 shots; Canada 16, Italy 0 - Recap - Kim St-Pierre faced just five shots

Sunday, February 12 - Women: Canada 12, Russia 0 - Recap - Meghan Agosta had a hat trick on her birthday; United States 5, Germany 0 - Recap - German goaltender Pam Dreyer stopped 55 of 60 shots

Monday, February 13 - Women: Sweden 11, Italy 0 - Italy managed just four shots on goal, none in the third period; Finland 4, Switzerland 0 - Three goals in the third break game open

Tuesday, February 14 - Women: Italy 1, Russia 5 - Sabina Florian scores Italy's first goal of the tournament; Canada 8, Sweden 1 - Recap - Gillian Apps with the hat-trick; Switzerland 1, Germany 2 - Christina Oswald's power-play goal in 2nd the game winner; United States 7, Finland 3 - Recap - USA scores five unanswered goals in third period to erase 3-2 deficit

Wednesday, February 15 - Men: Kazakhstan 2, Sweden 7 - Recap - Daniel Tjarnqvist netted two goals for Sweden; Canada 7, Italy 2 - Recap - Iginla scores two goals for Canada on the power play; Switzerland 0, Finland 5 - Recap -Olli Jokinen and Teemu Selanne with two goals each; Germany 1, Czech Republic 4 Recap - Tomas Kaberle with two power play goals; Hasek leaves with leg injury; Russia 3, Slovakia 5 - Recap - Marian Gaborik with two goals in the third period; Latvia 3, United States 3 - Recap - Jordan Leopold's third period goal salvages tie for U.S.

Thursday, February 16 - Men: Finland 6, Italy 0 - Recap - Selanne scores two goals, Fredrik Norrena gets shutout; Switzerland 3, Czech Republic 2 - Recap - Mark Streit's power play goal in the third is the game winner; Sweden 0, Russia 5 - Recap - Ovechkin one of five different goal scorers; Slovakia 6, Latvia 3 - Recap - Marian Hossa with two goals, one assist for Slovakia; Canada 5, Germany 1 - Recap - Simon Gagne with a goal and assist to lead Canada; United States 4, Kazakhstan 1 - Recap - Americans erupt for three first period goals

Friday, February 17 - Women: Classification : Russia 6, Switzerland 2 - Larisa Mishina with the hat-trick; Semifinal : United States 2, Sweden 3 (SO) - Recap - American's failed to score in the shootout; Classification : Germany 5, Italy 2 - Maria Leitner with two goals to pace Germany; Semifinal : Canada 6, Finland 0 - Recap - Hayley Wickenheiser a goal and two assists

Saturday, February 18 - Men: Kazakhstan 0, Russia 1 - Recap - Alexander Kharitonov provided the only offence in this game; Italy 3, Germany 3 - Recap - Marcel Goc's powerplay goal with under two minutes salvaged the tie; Canada 0, Switzerland 2 - Recap - Former Montreal Canadien Paul DiPietro scored twice for Swiss; Sweden 6, Latvia 1 - Recap - Daniel Alfredsson with two goals; Peter Forsberg with two assists; Slovakia 2, United States 1 - Recap - Peter Bondra's third period goal the game winner; Czech Republic 2, Finland 4 - Jere Lehtinen two goals and one assist

Sunday, February 19 - Men: Germany 2, Switzerland 2 - Recap - Tino Boos scored the game-tying goal; Russia 9, Latvia 2 - Recap - Ilya Kovalchuk scored four goals; Slovakia 2, Kazakhstan 1 - Recap - Hossa scored the winner in the third; United States 1, Sweden 2 - Recap - Alfreddson had two points; Forsberg didn't play; Czech Republic 4, Italy 1 - Recap - Three goals for Vaclav Prospal.; Finland 2, Canada 0 - Recap - Niittymaki shuts out the Canadians

Monday, February 20 - Women: 7th Place: Switzerland 11, Italy 0 - Daniela Diaz scored twice in first ten minutes; 5th Place: Russia 0, Germany 1 (SO) - Maritta Becker scored the winner in a shootout; Bronze Medal Game: United States 4, Finland 0 - Recap - Katie King scored three goals; Gold Medal Game: Sweden 1, Canada 4 - Recap - Canucks dominate Swedes for gold

Tuesday, February 21 - Men: Latvia 2, Kazakhstan 5 - Recap - Yevgeniy Koreshkov had two goals and two assists; Switzerland 3, Italy 3 - Recap - David Aebischer stopped 30 of 32 shots; Finland 2, Germany 0 - Recap - Saku Koivu with a goal and an assist; Canada 3, Czech Republic 2 - Recap - Canada scores for the first time in two games; Sweden 0, Slovakia 3 - Recap - Marian Hossa with a goal and an assist; United States 4, Russia 5 - Recap - Alexei Kovalev with the game winner

Wednesday, February 22 - Men: Quarterfinal - Switzerland 2, Sweden 6 - Recap - Mats Sundin with two goals; Daniel Alfredsson three assists; Quarterfinal - Finland 4, United States 3 - Recap - Olli Jokinen with two power-play goals; Quarterfinal - Russia 2, Canada 0 - Recap -Canada shut out for the third time in this tournament; Quarterfinal - Slovakia 1, Czech Republic 3 - Recap - Milan Hejduk's goal proved to be the winner

Friday, February 24 - Men: Semifinal : Czech Republic 3, Sweden 7 - Recap - Three goals in the first eight minutes of second period; Semifinal : Finland 4, Russia 0 - Recap - Finland reached the final for the first time since the 1992 Games

Saturday, February 25 - Men: Bronze Medal: Czech Republic 3, Russia 0 - Recap - Vokoun blanked Russia; Kovalchuk ejected

Sunday, February 26 - Men: Gold Medal: Sweden 3, Finland 2 - Recap - Nicklas Lidstrom scored game-winning goal