Canada’s Olympic hockey schedules set

Canada opens defence of its Olympic men’s hockey gold Feb. 15 versus Switzerland and women’s gold Feb. 11 against Russia. Canada’s women, who are training full-time in Calgary, will try to extend the country’s run of gold to five in a row. Canada will ice a team of non-NHL players in the men’s tournament for the first time since 1994. The Canadian men take on the Czech Republic on Feb. 17 and conclude the preliminary round in Pool A the following day against host South Korea. The gold-medal game is Feb. 25. Canada’s women face Finland on Feb. 13 and the archrival Americans on Feb. 15. The championship game is Feb. 22.