Ice Hockey Prediction: betting on ice hockey in Canada!

For those who are not very familiar with this discipline, the Ice Hockey , is practiced, as its name suggests, on the ice. In an attempt to stop the rubber disc called puck , there is in each team a goalkeeper, very equipped.

To advance the puck on the ice, it must be slid with the help of a butt. The game is divided into 3 periods of 20 minutes, and the players take turns regularly.

It opposes two teams of 5 players , and each of them aims to make the puck cross the goal line more times than his opponent. The one who has scored more goals than her opponent wins the game. A true pillar of competition, he will undoubtedly be able to help you with your Olympic Games Predictions .

🏒 Sport	Ice hockey
📅 Creation	Antwerp, 1920
🌍 More titled countries	Canada
🥇 Most medal-winning athletes	Jayna Hefford Hayley Wickenheiser
🏆 More titled atheists	Jayna Hefford C Hayley Wickenheiser

The history of Ice Hockey during the Olympics

As we have already indicated to you above, Ice Hockey is one of the sports kings of the Winter Olympic Games. This sport, unlike other winter sports, has the particularity of being played indoors and of creating a real craze all year round, thanks in particular to the NHL (National Hockey League). Like football, hockey can count on a collective game that is necessary to conquer a greater number of fans.

This north American championship , well known at home, allows us throughout the year to follow our favorite franchise, and to see the evolution of our best national players, even ahead of the world championship. If you want to know more about it, an entire article about the NHL is available on the site.

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Ice Hockey has been around since the beginning of the Winter Olympics, those of Antwerp in 1920. Even today, he still has a prominent place in this competition, and the nation that wins the Gold medal has a real recognition. Moreover, Canada largely leads the convinced men and women debates, and they won 22 medals over 30 editions, 13 of which were Gold . The second are the Russians with 9 in Gold and 13 in all, then the United States, the eternal finalists (15 times finalists, they won the title only 4 times).

This sport is perfect for making predictions, because it has very few surprises . Only last year has an exception. Indeed, our Canadians lost in the semi-final against surprising Germans, and it was finally the Russians who won in the final after extra time (4-3), their first gold medal since 1992, and the last medal in short since 2002.

The Germans, on the other hand, had never made it to the final, and had had to settle for a bronze medal, twice, in 1932 in Lake Placid, and in 1976 in Innsbruck.

To paint you a little better the current trends, here is the summary of the last 5 editions of the Olympic Games men's Winter ice hockey :

Place	Year	Winner	Finalist	third	fourth
Pyongyang	2018	Russia	Germany	Canada	Czech Republic
Sochi	2014	Canada	Sweden	Finland	United States
Vancouver	2010	Canada	United States	Finland	Slovakia
Turin	2006	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia
Salt Lake City	2002	Canada	United States	Russia	Belarus

Among women, Hockey was introduced in 1998 , and after six editions, it is often the same nations that we find on the podium, Canada (4 Gold and 2 Silver), the United States (2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze), Sweden (1 Silver and a Bronze), Finland (3 Bronze), and Switzerland, which succeeded won a bronze medal, after beating Sweden in the small final.

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The events of the 2023 Olympic hockey games

Before reaching the Olympics, some teams had to go through a preliminary qualification phase , this is the case for men, from Slovakia (which qualified at the expense of Belarus, Austria and Poland).

This is also the case of the team of Latvia (which qualified at the expense of France, Hungary and Italy), as well as the Denmark (who qualified against Norway, Slovenia and South Korea).

The Chinese have qualified themselves as the organizing country. Canada, the Russian Olympic Committee, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, Germany, the United States, and Switzerland have qualified directly thanks to their world ranking (ranking which is based on the latest results of the countries).

On the women's hockey side, the Chinese qualified on the same basis as the men, while Canada, the United States, the Russian Olympic Committee, Finland, Switzerland, and Japan will all go to Beijing thanks to their ranking.

Three teams were able to get rid of the roadblocks to reach China , this is the case of the Czech Republic (winner of Hungary, Norway, and Poland), Denmark (winner of Austria, Germany, and Italy), and Sweden (winner of France, Slovakia, and South Korea).

Twelve men's teams and ten women's teams will therefore be present in Beijing . They will be divided into three and two groups, respectively. During the group stages, each team plays each of the other nations in its group, and the best are then qualified for the second round.

During this phase, the teams that lose an Ice Hockey game are directly eliminated. The team that wins the final wins the Gold medal, the one that loses in the final takes the Silver one, and the Nation that loses in the semi-final but wins the small final wins the Bronze medal.

So here are the different female and male groups :

Women's Olympic Hockey Group

• Group A : Canada Women's National Team / Finland / ROC (Russia) / Switzerland / USA
• Group B : China / Denmark / Japan / Czech Republic / Sweden

Men's Olympic Hockey Group

• Group A : Germany / the Canadian Ice Hockey Team / China / the USA
• Group B : Denmark / the Czech Republic / the ROC (the Russian Olympic Committee, which replaces Russia, suspended for mass doping) / Switzerland
• Group C : Finland / Latvia / Slovenia / Sweden

The course of the 2023 Olympic Games hockey events

So that you can follow all these events as well as possible, here is the summary of all the Ice Hockey matches that will take place in Beijing :

Men's calendar, with Team Canada fixtures in bold :

Stakes of the match	Date	Hour	First Team	Second Team
Group A match	feb 10	15:10	Canada	Germany
		15:10	USA	China
	12 feb	6:10 a.m.	Canada	USA
		10:40 a.m.	China	Germany
	feb 13	15:10	Canada	China
		15:10	USA	Germany
Group B match	feb 9	10:40 a.m.	Russia	Switzerland
		15:10	Czech Republic	Denmark
	11 feb	6:10 a.m.	Russia	Denmark
		10:40 a.m.	Czech Republic	Switzerland
	12 feb	15:10	Russia	Czech Republic
		15:10	Denmark	Switzerland
Group C match	feb 10	10:40 a.m.	Sweden	Latvia
		6:10 a.m.	Finland	Slovakia
	11 feb	10:40 a.m.	Sweden	Slovakia
		10:40 a.m.	Finland	Latvia
	feb 13	6:10 a.m.	Slovakia	Latvia
		10:40 a.m.	Sweden	Finland
Qualifying Round	feb 15	5:10 a.m.	?	?
		7:00 a.m.	?	?
		9:40 a.m.	?	?
		14:10	?	?
Quarter-Final	feb 16	5:10 a.m.	?	?
		7:00 a.m.	?	?
		9:40 a.m.	?	?
		14:10	?	?
Semi-Final	feb 18	5:10 a.m.	?	?
		14:10	?	?
Match for the 3rd place	feb 19	14:10	?	?
Final	feb 20	5:10 a.m.	?	?

In summary, for their first match, the Canadian team will challenge Germany for their first match, then the USA, before finishing with the Chinese locals.

Women's ice hockey calendar, with Team Canada fixtures in bold :

Stakes of the match	Date	Hour	First Team	Second Team
Group A match	3 feb	5:10 a.m.	Canada	Switzerland
		14:10	Finland	United States
	feb 4	5:10 a.m.	Russia	Switzerland
	feb 5	5:10 a.m.	Canada	Finland
		14:10	United States	Russia
	feb 6	14:10	United States	Switzerland
	7 feb	14:10	Finland	Switzerland
		5:10 a.m.	Canada	Russia
	feb 8	5:10 a.m.	United States	Canada
		14:10	Russia	Finland
Group B match	3 feb	5:10 a.m.	China	Czech Republic
		9:40 a.m.	Japan	Sweden
	feb 4	5:10 a.m.	Denmark	China
	feb 5	9:40 a.m.	Denmark	Japan
		9:40 a.m.	Czech Republic	Sweden
	feb 6	9:40 a.m.	China	Japan
	7 feb	9:40 a.m.	Czech Republic	Denmark
		14:10	Sweden	China
	feb 8	9:40 a.m.	Japan	Czech Republic
		14:10	Sweden	Denmark
Quarter-Final	feb 10	5:10 a.m.	?	?
	11 feb	9:40 a.m.	?	?
		5:10 a.m.	?	?
	12 feb	9:40 a.m.	?	?
Semi-Final	feb 13	5:10 a.m.	?	?
	feb 14	9:40 a.m.	?	?
Match for the 3rd place	feb 16	12:30 p.m.	?	?
Final	feb 16	5:10 a.m.	?	?

Analyze the best ice hockey teams & players

To best help you make your Ice Hockey predictions, here is a summary of the best teams, and the best players.

Best ice hockey players

The Corona Virus has brought bad news for all Ice Hockey fans. Indeed, because of the pandemic, the NHL season has been delayed, games are to be caught up, and the League has therefore decided to ban its players from traveling to Beijing to compete in the Olympic Games.

This decision definitely puts all the cards back, and the choice of the selected players still remains unclear. The national teams should be composed largely of players playing in the lower divisions in North America, or in Europe.

The North American league had made this decision four years ago , which had already, at the time, changed a lot of things, with the title obtained by the Russian Olympic Committee, falling in the final of the Germans.

Thus, the Ottawa Senators, the Edmonton Oilers, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montreal Canadians, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Boston Bruins, the Tampa Bay Lightning, or all the other contenders for the Stanley Cup title will not be released by their club, which risk of significant harm to Canada's benefits .

Among women, it is not yet known whether the best women's hockey players on the planet will go to Beijing, because the IIHF (the referring International Ice Hockey Federation) has not communicated about this.

Without being sure yet, here is a short presentation of some names to know. In the United States, the striker Amanda Kessel has already participated in two Olympics, for a Gold medal (2018 in Pyongchang), and a Silver medal (2014 in Sochi).

Among our Canadian women, Halli Krzyzaniak and Emerance Maschmeyer have repeatedly proven their skills. The Finns Meeri Raisanen and Susanna Tapani, as well as the Germans Viona Harrer and Tanja Eisenschmid could well make the talk in China.

Best ice hockey teams

As announced just before, the non-release of male players by the NHL could completely change the face of the competition. Canada, and the USA, usually favorites, could well disappoint...

These are European nations that could benefit from it . In particular Germany and the Russian Olympic Committee, the latest finalists. Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, or even Switzerland, could also surprise.

For women, the choice is much easier. Canadian women are arch-favorites , and if they are finally led to lose, they should be the American champions. Finland and Sweden should compete for the last place on the podium, but could, for only the second time in history, break the North American hegemony, and reach the final of the Olympics.

Our prediction winner ice hockey JO

In case you are lacking inspiration and need some advice, here is our team's selection for the Ice hockey forecast for the 2023 Winter Olympics :

Men's ice hockey prediction

With the absence of the biggest stars of Ice Hockey, the competition promises to be even tighter than usual. The Canadians and the Americans, usually favorites, find themselves today outsiders.

The favorites are the Russians, but our team of experts sees another European nation shining : germany . Finalist four years ago, they have since progressed, and it is revanchist that they are advancing in Beijing.

At betway , they are sides at 25, an offer not to be missed for all lovers of sports betting, even if the statistics do not play in their favor.

Prognosis ice hockey women's olympics

Among the women, the competition promises to be less tight and raised, and this should turn, once again, in favor of a North American nation. Canada is listed at 1.90, while its neighbor is listed at 1.95, and our experts advise you to betting on Canadian women , always present in major competitions, enough to win your sports bet, or even the jackpot.