Olympic Hockey Qualifying Round Preview: Canucks’ Pettersson and Hronek both hoping to avoid eliminationWith the United States’ win over Germany on Sunday afternoon, the preliminary round portion of the Men’s Hockey schedule at the 2026 Winter Olympics has officially come to an end. The winners of these games will move on to the quarterfinal round of games, which takes place on Wednesday, February 18th. Germany vs. France: 3:10 AM PTKicking things off will be Germany and France. Germany’s sole win of the preliminary round came in the form of a 3-1 win over Denmark in each nation’s first game of the tournament back on February 12th. Meanwhile, Latvia seeks to pull off an upset after winning just one of their three preliminary round games.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2026 03:53 UTC