Olympic Ice Hockey Betting Odds For PyeongChang 2018
Due to the allowance created long ago for professional hockey players to participate in the differently”amateur” Winter Olympics, the ability at the top of the betting boards for Men’s Olympic hockey has been much more balanced. That’s the case this season with all the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Ice Hockey odds, also. Unsurprisingly, the”unaffiliated” Olympic champions of Russia are sparse favorites to win the tournament, while Canada (also unsurprisingly) is right behind them.
In the Women’s tournament, the Olympic Ice Hockey odds favor the USA at -120, although the Canadian team has odds. While both the Men’s and Women’s entire team counts seem low, remember that Olympic Ice Hockey is a tournament with multiple seeding games and qualifiers. Some sportsbooks will offer chances on those preliminary contests, but these particular odds address only the Olympic gold medal winners.
Men’s Olympic Ice Hockey Olympic Medal Recap
After hammering the Czech Republic 6-4 (where was Jaromir Jagr?!) , Canada — who was favored to win the Silver had to be content with the Bronze as they saw surprise finalist Germany shoot up from the depths of their chances boards to challenge general favored Russia (OAR, +200) from the Gold medal match. And Germany set up a good fight, also, as they fought Russia during, losing 4-3 on the dinkiest, floppiest, fluke goal in Olympic Hockey history. Of course, since the Russian team broke their probationary guidelines by singing their national anthem after winning the tournament, the IOC might do something dumb like vacating their medal and awarding it to Germany afterwards.
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