>>>At Salt Lake City, when is the first match of the Canadian hockey team?
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>>Women: Monday 1:00 PM Eastern vs. Kazakhstan
>>Men: The first game I can find scheduled is next Friday vs. Sweden. 6:00 PM Eastern
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>>You can get a complete schedule at www.saltlake2002.com. All times there are Mountain. Add two hours for Eastern.
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>The regular NHL schedule is still having about 2 games for each team left. So, I figured it was about late next week. That means, they'll have to play almost on a daily basis, as they start pretty late, and only about 9 days will be left for the entire tournament.

From the schedule I saw, team Canada doesn't start play until the final rounds.