Winter Olympics Hockey Schedule: How to Watch Team USA in Action

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Just months after the culmination of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Olympic sport is back in the shape of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China.

One of the main attractions at this year's Winter Olympics is set to be hockey, as Team USA will hope to return home with gold medals proudly hanging around their necks.

The women's team enters the Olympics as reigning gold-medallists and will seek to defend their title. Their roster features 13 of the players who took gold at the winter games in South Korea four years ago.

The likes of Brianna Decker, Amanda Kessel, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Lee Stecklein will all be competing at their third Olympic games.

The U.S. men's team is up against more of a challenge in their path for gold. This year's team is the youngest since 1994 and is missing its usual National Hockey League stars, as the NHL held its players from participating in the event over coronavirus concerns.

This has set the stage for a potential effective replay of the infamous "Miracle on Ice" match between the Soviet Union and Team USA at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Their hopes for gold will rest on young players like Matty Beniers and defenseman Jake Sanderson. In the absence of major NHL stars, the Russian Olympic Committee, Canada and Finland have been touted as possible contenders for gold.

The games officially begin today—February 4, at 6:30 a.m. ET—with the celebration of the Opening Ceremony, despite events having kicked off earlier in the week with curling inaugurating the competition on Wednesday.

A number of hockey games have already been played, so here's the full ice hockey schedule for the remainder of this year's XXIV Olympic Winter Games.

NBC Sports will be providing coverage of the hockey games, which will also be available on Peacock.

Beijing olympics hockey — BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: Anna Savonina #72 of Team ROC, Kaleigh Quennec #8 of Team Switzerland and Yelena Dergacheva #59 of Team ROC compete in the third period during their Women's Preliminary Round Group... Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

Team USA Men's and Women's Hockey Schedule

Team USA's women will seek to defend their gold medal obtained at the last games, while the men will hope to secure a spot on the podium, following a bitter knock-out in the quarterfinal stages four years ago in South Korea.

If Team USA makes it through the preliminary group rounds, they will compete in the playoffs in hopes of securing a spot in the final and fighting for the gold medal.

February 5: Women's preliminary round, Group A – USA vs. Russian Olympic Committee, 8:10 a.m. ET.

February 6: Women's preliminary round, Group A – Switzerland vs. USA, 8:10 a.m. ET.

February 7: Women's preliminary round, Group A – USA vs. Canada, 11:10 p.m. ET.

February 10: Men's preliminary round, Group A – USA vs. China, 8:10 a.m. ET.

February 11: Men's preliminary round, Group A – Canada vs. USA, 11:10 p.m. ET

February 13: Men's preliminary round, Group A – USA vs. Germany, 8:10 a.m. ET

Team USA women's hockey — BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 3: Alex Carpenter of USA #25 celebrates her goal with teammates during the Women's Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group A match between Team United States (USA) and Team Finland at Wukesong... Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

Full Olympic Hockey Schedule

February 4: Women's preliminary round, Group A – Canada vs. Finland, 11:10 p.m ET.

February 5:

Women's preliminary round, Group B – Japan vs. Denmark, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Women's preliminary round, Group B – Czech Republic vs. Sweden, 3:40 a.m. ET.

February 6:

Women's preliminary round, Group B – China vs. Japan, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Women's preliminary round, Group A – Switzerland vs. USA, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Women's preliminary round, Group A – Russian Olympic Committee vs. Canada, 11:10 p.m. ET.

February 7:

Women's preliminary round, Group B – Denmark vs. Czech Republic, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Women's preliminary round, Group B – China vs. Sweden, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Women's preliminary round, Group A – Switzerland vs. Finland, 8:10 a.m. ET.

February 8:

Women's preliminary round, Group B – Japan vs. Czech Republic, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Women's preliminary round, Group B –Sweden vs. Denmark, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Women's preliminary round, Group A – Finland vs. Russia, 8:10 a.m. ET.

Men's preliminary round, Group B – Russian Olympic Committee vs. Switzerland, 3:40 a.m. ET.

February 9:

Men's preliminary round, Group B – Czech Republic vs. Denmark, 8:10 a.m. ET.

Men's preliminary round, Group C – Sweden vs. Latvia, 11:10 p.m. ET.

Team USA Hockey 2018 — GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 21: Players from Team United States and Team Czech Republic shake hands after the Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals on day twelve of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Hockey... Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

February 10:

Men's preliminary round, Group C – Finland vs. Slovakia, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Men's preliminary round, Group A – Canada vs. Germany, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Men's preliminary round, Group B – Denmark vs. Russian Olympic Committee, 11:10 p.m. ET.
Women's playoff quarterfinals, 11:10 p.m. ET.

February 11:

Men's preliminary round, Group B – Czech Republic vs. Switzerland, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Men's preliminary round, Group C – Sweden vs. Slovakia, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Men's preliminary round, Group C – Latvia vs. Finland, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Women's playoff quarterfinals, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Women's playoff quarterfinals, 11:10 p.m. ET.

February 12:

Men's preliminary round, Group A – Germany vs. China, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Women's playoff quarterfinals, 3:40 a.m. ET.
Men's preliminary round, Group B – Russian Olympic Committee vs. Czech Republic, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Men's preliminary round, Group B – Switzerland vs. Denmark, 8:10 a.m. ET.
Men's preliminary round, Group C – Slovakia vs. Latvia, 11:10 p.m. ET.

February 13: