Ice Hockey
 Stick, puck, skates. Strength, stamina, power.
Two goals, one referee and two linesmen, an ice rink that the puck never leaves.
The fast rhythm, the physical contact playing an integral part of the game and passionate fans urging the players on.
Then, an emotional release, the oldest shout in the world: goal!
 Teams are made up of a maximum of 20 players and three goal keepers in men's ice hockey competitions and of a maximum of 18 players and two goal keepers in women's hockey competitions.
A team must not have more than six players on the ice at any one time while play is in progress:
a goal keeper
two defencemen
three forwards.
The Olympic tournament is structured in two phases. In the first, the teams are divided into two groups of six teams for the Men’s tournament and two groups of four teams for the Women’s tournament. Each team plays the other teams in their group once and at the end of the round robin each team is ranked based on their results.
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