World Cup of Hockey 2016 Schedule: Live stream, TV info & matchups
The 2016 World Cup of Hockey action begins today.
The 2016 World Cup of Hockey officially gets underway today with two games on the schedule including Team USA taking on Team Europe. Over the past week, fans have been entertained by the pre-tournament games, however, now it is time for the rubber to meet the road as the preliminary round robin tournament action is scheduled to begin this afternoon in Toronto.
According to a Daily News report, two games are on the World Cup schedule today as all eight teams get ready to battle it out. The 2016 World Cup is made up of six countries that include the United States, Canada, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden.
Those countries make up six of the eight teams. The other two squads are comprised of players from a variety of nations and make up Team North America and Team Europe.
Team North America is made up of players from the US and Canada – and they are all under the age of 23, while Team Europe has players from several countries that include Germany, Slovakia and Switzerland. The eight teams are divided into two groups, Group A and Group B.
Group A consists of Team Canada, Team USA, Team Czech Republic and Team Europe. Group B is made up of Team Sweden, Team Russia, Team North America and Team Finland.
Hockey fans will be able to keep up with all of the action in various ways throughout the tournament. The ESPN family of networks will air every game on the television side via ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPN News. They will also air games streaming online through Watch ESPN.
Below is a look at the complete World Cup schedule, start times and TV coverage.
Saturday, September 17
Group A: United States at Europe — 3:30 p.m. EST (ESPN2, SN, TVAS)
Group A: Czech Republic at Canada — 8 p.m. EST (ESPNEWS, SN, TVAS)
Sunday, September 18
Group B: Sweden at Russia — 3 p.m. EST (ESPN, SN, TVAS)
Group B: North America at Finland — 8 p.m. EST (ESPN2, SN, TVAS)
Monday, September 19
Group A: Europe at Czech Republic — 3 p.m. EST (ESPN2, SN, TVAS)
Group B: Russia at North America — 8 p.m. EST (ESPN2, SN, TVAS)
Tuesday, September 20
Group B: Finland at Sweden — 3 p.m. EST (ESPN, SN, TVAS)
Group A: Canada at United States — 8 p.m. EST (ESPN, SN, TVAS)
Wednesday, September 21
Group B: North America at Sweden — 3 p.m. EST (ESPN, SN, TVAS)
Group A: Europe at Canada — 8 p.m. EST (ESPN2, SN, TVAS)
Thursday, September 22
Group B: Finland at Russia — 3 p.m. EST (ESPN, SN, TVAS)
Group A: United States at Czech Republic — 8 p.m. EST (ESPN2, SN, TVAS)
World Cup semifinals
Saturday, September 24
Group B2 at Group A1 — 7 p.m. EST (ESPN2)
Sunday, September 25
Group A2 at Group B1 — 1 p.m. EST (ESPN)
World Cup final
Tuesday, September 27
Game 1, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, September 29
Game 2, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
Saturday, October 1
Game 3 (if needed), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
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