- Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ice Hockey at the2010 Winter Olympics will be held atGeneral Motors Place , home of theNational Hockey League 'sVancouver Canucks , and atUBC Winter Sports Centre , home of theCanadian Interuniversity Sport 'sUBC Thunderbirds . Ice Hockey will differ from previousWinter Olympic Games in that both men's and women's hockey will be played on a narrower,NHL -sized ice rink, measuring 200 ft × 85 ft (61 m × 26 m), instead of the international size of 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61 m × 30 m). This change is expected to save $10 million (CAD) in construction costs and allow more than 35,000 more spectators to attend Olympic hockey games. [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2010Vancouver/2006/06/08/1620669-sun.html VANOC shrinks Olympic ice] [http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=8bbd29a3-1b09-411f-8efc-21c1ca6ca823&k=72793 VANOC saves $10 million by having Olympic hockey tourney played on NHL ice]Qualification
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