Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics — 2014 edition of the ice hockey torunaments during the Olympic Winter Games
Canada swept both the men's and women's ice hockey gold medals at Sochi 2014, repeating their 2010 Vancouver double.
Key Facts
- Men's teams competing
- 12 teams
- Women's teams competing
- 8 teams
- Bolshoy Ice Dome capacity
- 12,000 seats
- Shayba Arena capacity
- 7,000 seats
- Tournament start date
- 8 February 2014
- Men's final date
- 23 February 2014
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Ice hockey was scheduled as a major discipline at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, with twelve men's teams and eight women's teams qualifying to compete. Two purpose-built IIHF-standard arenas within the Olympic Park were constructed to host the competitions.
The ice hockey tournaments ran from 8 February to 23 February 2014 at the Bolshoy Ice Dome and Shayba Arena in Sochi, Russia. Both Canada's men's and women's national teams competed through their respective tournaments without a single defeat, claiming gold medals in each event.
Canada's men's and women's teams each claimed gold medals, replicating their double gold achievement from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The result confirmed Canada's sustained dominance in Olympic ice hockey across both genders over consecutive Winter Games.
Result
at Bolshoy Ice Dome & Shayba Arena, Sochi