Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, a tournament of women took place next to the ice hockey tournament for men for the second time to Nagano.
For the Lord tournament could by negotiations between the IOC and the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) can be achieved with the North American professional league NHL 1998 that the NHL for the time of the Winter Games took a break as in Nagano. In return, the big six hockey nations were set for the final round and had to step in until a week later in the action.
Unlike 1998, especially the North American teams Canada and USA took advantage of the benefits which the use of players from the world's best hockey league offered in 2002. However, the U.S. men could use as little as the women from the home advantage to Olympic victory.
Venues
The games of the Olympic hockey tournament took place in two ice rinks in the area of Salt Lake City instead: In the 8500 -seat E-Center in West Valley City and in the Peak 's Ice Arena in Provo, which holds 8,000 spectators. The men's tournament was held here from February 9 to 24, the games of the ladies took place from 11 to 21 February.