Olympic Ice Hockey Betting Odds For PyeongChang 2018
Because of the allowance created long ago for professional hockey players to take part in the differently”amateur” Winter Olympics, the ability at the peak of the betting boards for Men’s Olympic hockey has been much more balanced. That’s the case this year using the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Ice Hockey odds. Unsurprisingly, the”unaffiliated” Olympic champions of Russia are narrow favorites to win the tournament, while Canada (also unsurprisingly) is right behind them.
In the Women’s championship, the Olympic Ice Hockey odds favor the USA at -120, although the Canadian team has even odds. While both the Men’s and Women’s entire team counts appear low, keep in mind the Olympic Ice Hockey is a tournament with multiple seeding games and qualifiers. Some sportsbooks will offer chances on these preliminary contests, but these particular odds address just 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 had been chosen to win the Silver had to be content with the Bronze since they watched surprise finalist Germany shoot up from the depths of their odds boards to challenge overall favorite Russia (OAR, +200) from the Gold medal match. And Germany put up a fantastic fight, too, since they fought Russia during, losing 4-3 on the dinkiest, floppiest, fluke goal in Olympic Hockey history. Obviously, since the Russian team broke their probationary guidelines by singing their national anthem after winning the tournament, the IOC might do something dumb just like vacating their medal and awarding it to Germany afterwards.
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