Orange&Black Going for Gold: A Guide to the First Week of Action

Competition begins this week for men’s hockey at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Five players from the Philadelphia Flyers are representing their respective home countries at the games: Kimmo Timonen (Finland), Mark Streit (Switzerland), Andrej Meszaros (Slovakia), Jakub Voracek (Czech Republic), and Michael Raffl (Austria). While the former three players are veterans of the Olympic games, Voracek and Raffl will be making their first appearances.

We here at Flyerdelphia will be keeping you abreast of how your Flyers do while in Sochi. Competition kicks off on Wednesday, and here’s a handy dandy schedule of the games in which these five players will appear:

Wednesday, February 12th

Jakub Voracek and the Czech Republic take on Sweden at 12 noon EST. At the same time, Mark Streit and Switzerland face off against Latvia.

Thursday, February 13th

For you late-nighters (or early morning-ers?), Kimmo Timonen and Finland meet Michael Raffl and Austria at 3am. Andrej Meszaros and Slovakia face Team USA at 7:30am.

Friday, February 14th

Meszaros gets Valentine’s Day off, but the other four Flyers in Sochi will see some action. Voracek has a 3am matchup against Latvia, Streit meets Switzerland at 7:30am, Raffl’s up at 12 noon against Canada, and Timonen also has a noon game, this one against Norway.

Saturday, February 15th

Another 3am game, this one for Meszaros against Slovenia. Voracek’s team and Streit’s team will meet at noon.

Sunday, February 16th

In the last day of play before qualification games begin on Tuesday the 18th, everyone but Streit and Voracek will take the ice. Raffl’s got the 3am game this time, against Norway, Meszaros faces Russia at 7:30am, and Timonen faces Canada at noon.