"One of the showcase events at the Winter Olympics will be hockey, where NHL players are back for the first time since 2014 and the world's best women's players are competing in the Games for an eighth consecutive time. What's known: The main arena will have ice that's smaller than what the speedy, hard-hitting NHL players are used to. What's not known: Whether the rink will be fully built with a safe ice surface seating should be fine by the time play begins."
"How it works Each of the 12 teams on the men's side and 10 for the women have rosters of 22 skaters and three goaltenders, dressing 20 and two and playing 5 on 5 in regulation and 3 on 3 in overtime. The games will be familiar to NHL and PWHL fans: 60 minutes of regulation, divided into three periods, with no ties. If there is not a goal in overtime, shootouts skater vs. goaltender for five rounds are used to determine the result until the gold medal game, when play continues with sudden-death 20-minute period"
Hockey is a marquee Winter Olympics event with NHL players returning for the first time since 2014 and top women's players competing for an eighth straight Games. The main arena will have a smaller ice surface than typical NHL rinks, and final readiness hinges on whether the rink and ice surface are fully completed in time, though seating is expected to be fine. High-profile players such as Sidney Crosby and Hilary Knight are among those pursuing gold. Tournament structure includes 12 men's and 10 women's teams, 22-player rosters, standard 60-minute games, overtime formats, shootouts, and a sudden-death gold-medal period.
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