One of the biggest events at the Winter Games is men’s ice hockey, and the quarterfinals are here.
Slovakia and Germany are scheduled to face each other for a spot in the semifinals.
The Germans reached the quarterfinals following a somewhat inconsistent showing in the preliminary round. They guaranteed their place in the final eight by defeating France 5–1 in a qualification match.
Slovakia has been one of the most unexpected successes at the 2026 Winter Olympics, winning Group B to secure an automatic berth in the quarterfinals. They concluded the preliminary round with a record of 2–1.
Here’s how viewers can watch Slovakia vs. Germany in the men’s hockey quarterfinal rounds.
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What channel is Slovakia vs. Germany hockey on today?TV channel: N/ALive stream: Peacock
The men’s ice hockey quarterfinal between Slovakia and Germany will be live-streamed on Peacock.
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What time is Slovakia vs. Germany hockey today?Date: Wednesday, Feb. 18Time: 6:10 a.m. ET
The men’s ice hockey quarterfinal between Slovakia and Germany at the 2026 Winter Olympics is set for Wednesday, February 18, at 6:10 a.m. ET.
Olympic men’s hockey playoff scheduleQuarterfinals
Wednesday, February 18
Time (ET)MatchupTV/Live stream6:10 a.m.No. 3 Slovakia vs. No. 6 GermanyPeacock10:40 a.m.No. 1 Canada vs. No. 8 CzechiaUSA, Peacock12:10 p.m.No. 4 Finland vs. No. 5 SwitzerlandPeacock3:10 p.m.No. 2 USA vs. No. 7 SwedenNBC, PeacockSemifinals
Friday, February 20
Time (ET)MatchupTV/Live stream10:40 a.m.TBDPeacock1:10 p.m.TBDNBC, PeacockBronze Medal GameTime (ET)MatchupTV/Live stream2:40 p.m. TBDUSA, PeacockGold medal gameTime (ET)MatchupTV/Live stream8:10 a.m.TBDNBC, PeacockGermany Olympics hockey rosterNumberPlayerPos.Team29Leon DraisaitlFOilers40Alexander ElFMannheim72Dominik KahunFLausanne65Marc MichaelisFMannheim77JJ PeterkaFMammoth73Lukas ReichelFAbbotsford Canucks8Tobias RiederFMunchen44Josh SamanskiFOilers74Justin SchultzFMunchen19Wojcech StachowiakFSyracuse Crunch18Tim StutzleFSenators78Nico SturmFWild95Frederik TiffelsFBerlin62Parker TuomieFKoln9Leon GawankeDMannheim11Korbinian GeibelDBerlin49Lukas KaibleDMannheim41Jonas MullerDBerlin91Moritz MullerDKoln53Moritz SeiderDRed Wings38Fabio WagnerDIngolstadt6Kai WissmanDBerlin37Maximilian FranzrebGMannheim30Philipp GrubauerGKraken35Mathias NiederbergerGMunchenSlovakia Olympics hockey rosterNumberPlayerPos.Team34Peter CehlarikFLeksands IF6Lukas Cingel*FHC Kometa Brno15Dalibor DvorskyFBlues79Libor HudacekFOcelari Trinec11Milos KelemenFDynamo Pardubice23Adam LiskaFSeverestal8Oliver OkuliarFSkelleftea AK76Martin PospisilFFlames84Pavol RegendaFSharks21Adam RuzickaFMoskva20Juraj SlafkovskyFCanadiens91Matas SukelFVerva49Samuel TakacFBratislava90Tomas TatarFEV Zug14Peter CeresnakDDynamo Pardubice81Erik CernakDLightning42Martin FehervaryDCapitals28Martin GernatDYaroslavl29Michal IvanDBili Tygri64Patrik KochDOcelari Trinec15Martin MarincinDOcelari Trinec17Simon NemecDDevils30Adam GajanGUniv. of Minnesota31Samuel HlavajGUniv. of Iowa33Stanislav SkorvanekGMountfield
* — Injury replacement for Marek Hrivik.
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