How to Watch Ice Hockey — Milano Cortina 2026
Quick answer
Ice Hockey at Milano Cortina 2026 airs on Peacock (every event live) and NBC (prime-time highlights). Use Peacock for full coverage; NBC for curated prime-time viewing.
Ice hockey gets more total broadcast hours than any other Winter Olympic sport. With men’s and women’s tournaments each featuring round-robin play, quarterfinals, semifinals, and gold-medal games, there are games nearly every day from February 8 through February 22.
Where to Watch
- Peacock: Every game streams live, including the ones not on TV. During the round-robin phase, multiple games happen simultaneously — Peacock is the only place to choose which one you watch.
- NBC: Semifinals and gold-medal games air in prime time. The men’s and women’s gold-medal games are appointment television.
- USA Network: Quarterfinals and selected round-robin games with U.S. involvement air during daytime hours.
When Games Air
Hockey games in Italy are scheduled at 12:10 p.m., 4:40 p.m., and 9:10 p.m. local time — that’s 6:10 a.m., 10:40 a.m., and 3:10 p.m. ET. The afternoon ET games are the easiest to watch live.
In Peacock: Sports > Olympics > Ice Hockey. You’ll see both the men’s and women’s brackets with individual game streams.