The 12 teams are broken into three groups, listed below:
Group A
Canada
United States
Switzerland
Norway
Group B
Russia
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Latvia
Group C
Sweden
Finland
Belarus
Germany
Every team will play each team in its group once in the preliminary round. From there, a fourth group — Group D — will be formed, with the top four teams earning byes into the quarterfinal round. The remaining eight teams in Group D will play each other, with the four winners advancing to the quarterfinal round.
From there, the eight teams will participate in a simple single-elimination tournament, with a quarterfinal and semifinal round leading up to the gold-medal game. The losers from the semifinal round will play in the bronze-medal game.
The games will be played in Canada Hockey Palace (CHP) — which is the home of the Vancouver Canucks and seats 18,630 fans — or the UBC Thunderbird Arena (UBC), which holds 7,200 fans.
| PRELIMINARY ROUND | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Group | Time (ET) | Venue | Game | Home | Away | |
| 1 | Tuesday, Feb. 16 | A | 3 p.m. | CHP | 1 | USA | – | SUI |
| A | 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 2 | CAN | – | NOR | ||
| B | 12 a.m. | CHP | 3 | RUS | – | LAT | ||
| 2 | Wednesday, Feb. 17 | C | 3 p.m. | CHP | 4 | FIN | – | BLR |
| C | 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 5 | SWE | – | GER | ||
| B | 12 a.m. | CHP | 6 | CZE | – | SVK | ||
| 3 | Thursday, Feb. 18 | A | 3 p.m. | CHP | 7 | USA | – | NOR |
| A | 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 8 | SUI | – | CAN | ||
| B | 12 a.m. | CHP | 9 | SVK | – | RUS | ||
| 4 | Friday, Feb. 19 | C | 3 p.m. | CHP | 10 | BLR | – | SWE |
| B | 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 11 | CZE | – | LAT | ||
| C | 12 a.m. | CHP | 12 | FIN | – | GER | ||
| 5 | Saturday, Feb. 20 | A | 3 p.m. | CHP | 13 | NOR | – | SUI |
| B | 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 14 | LAT | – | SVK | ||
| C | 12 a.m. | CHP | 15 | GER | – | BLR | ||
| 6 | Sunday, Feb. 21 | B | 3 p.m. | CHP | 16 | RUS | – | CZE |
| A | 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 17 | CAN | – | USA | ||
| C | 12 a.m. | CHP | 18 | SWE | – | FIN | ||
| 7 | Monday, Feb. 22 | DAY OFF | ||||||
| QUALIFICATION PLAYOFF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Tuesday, Feb. 23 | 3 p.m. | CHP | 19 | QP1 | |||
| 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 20 | QP2 | |||||
| 10 p.m. | UBC | 21 | QP3 | |||||
| 12 a.m. | CHP | 22 | QP4 | |||||
| NOTES: | ||||||||
| QP1 – if playing in Qualification playoffs, USA to play in the 3 p.m. game | ||||||||
| QP2 – if playing in Qualification playoffs, CAN to play in the 7:30 p.m. game | ||||||||
| QUARTERFINAL ROUND | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Wednesday, Feb. 24 | 3 p.m. | CHP | 23 | QF1 | |||
| 7:30 p.m. | CHP | 24 | QF2 | |||||
| 10 p.m. | UBC | 25 | QF3 | |||||
| 12 a.m. | CHP | 26 | QF4 | |||||
| NOTES: | ||||||||
| QF1 – if qualified, USA to play in the 3 p.m. game | ||||||||
| QF2 – if qualified, CAN to play in the 7:30 p.m. game | ||||||||
| 10 | Thursday, Feb. 25 | DAY OFF | ||||||
| SEMIFINAL ROUND | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Friday, Feb. 26 | 3 p.m. | CHP | 27 | SF1 | |||
| 10:30 p.m. | CHP | 28 | SF2 | |||||
| NOTES: | ||||||||
| SF1 – if qualified, USA to play in the 3 p.m. game | ||||||||
| SF2 – if qualified, CAN to play in the 10:30 p.m. game | ||||||||
| BRONZE MEDAL GAME | ||||||||
| 12 | Saturday, Feb. 27 | 10 p.m. | CHP | 29 | BRONZE | |||
| GOLD MEDAL GAME | ||||||||
| 13 | Sunday, Feb. 28 | 3:15 p.m. | CHP | 30 | GOLD | |||
