The Chicago Blackhawks won’t have any players competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics, but will have some old faces playing.
This year’s tournament will be much different without the participation of the NHL, which declined to stop its season to send players to Pyeongchang. Instead the teams are made of mostly European players, including ex-NHL players.
Three groups of four teams will compete in three preliminary round games with one against every other team in their group before advancing to a four-round single elimination portion of the tournament. All 12 teams will advance past the group stage, with the winner of each group, along with the highest ranking runner-up, getting a first-round bye in the elimination stage.