There is a governing body for each sport that oversees the selection of the team for that sport.

That body will organize a qualifying competition shortly before each Olympic games. The top finishers of that competition will then be vetted by the governing body to assess their readiness to compete in the Games.

They have the final say over who's on the team.

you get 2 points

hockey is a sport where you use a hockey stick and a ball.

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Because the court is made of ice, and it is easier to keep down the air conditioning costs in the winter than in the summer, but I do admit, a nice hockey stadium on a hot summer day would be a great idea!

Fifty-seven countries participated in the 1988 Winter Games: Andorra

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bolivia

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Chinese Taipei

Costa Rica

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Fiji

Finland

France

East Germany

West Germany

Great Britain

Greece

Guam

Guatemala

Hungary

Iceland

India

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

North Korea

South Korea

Lebanon

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mexico

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Norway

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

San Marino

Soviet Union

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United States

Virgin Islands

Yugoslavia

They are called ends and their are 6-10 ends depending on the level of the curlers ususlly 10 but if it is tied they play an extra end.

There are fourteen NHL players on team Russia.

Canada defeated the USA 2-0 in the women's event while the gold medal in the men's event will be decided on Sunday, Feb 28 in a game between Canada and the USA.

The NHL includes members from over 20 countries, so they don't really have any specific country advantage.

In July of 1992, it was deciedd that women's hockey should take place in the Olympics. The first games of women's olympic hockey started in the 1998 winter Olympics.

7 - Joe Malone, Quebec, January 31, 1920, at Quebec is the most in NHL history.

Joe Malone, was the greatest scorer in the early history of the NHL, Malone began playing professional hockey in 1909. He became captain and coach of the Quebec Bulldogs in 1911 and promptly led them to two consecutive Stanley Cup championships. He scored 9 goals in one of the 1913 playoff games.

After the Quebec team folded, Malone joined the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL's first season, 1917-18. He scored 5 goals in their first game and ended the season with 44 goals in 20 games. The Quebec franchise resumed play in 1919 and Malone returned to the team. On January 31, 1920, he scored 7 goals in a game, still the NHL record, and he had 6 goals in the last game of the season. He led the league for the second time with 48 points on 39 goals and 9 assists. Malone returned to Montreal for one season, went to Hamilton, Ontario, for another, then played with Montreal again in 1922-23. He retired after just nine games the following season. He played 125 regular season games in the NHL, scoring 146 goals, with 21 assists. In 9 NHL playoff games, he had 5 goals.

World Junior Championship hockey games follow the regular 60 minute clock, divided into 3 20-minute periods. The only difference is that the clock runs up in international play; that is, it starts at 0:00 and runs to 20:00. [In the NHL it counts down.]

Throughout the NHL history the average age of rookie playing his first NHL game has been between 22 and 23 years. SOURCE: http://www.quanthockey.com/Distributions/RookieAgeDistribution.php

The United States won the overall medal count with 37 medals (9 gold, 15 silver, and 13 bronze). Germany came in second with a count of 30 medals (10 gold, 13 silver, and 7 bronze).

Ilya Bryzgalov

Evgeni Nabokov

Semyon Varlamov

Sergei Gonchar

Denis Grebeshkov

Dmitri Kalinin

Konstantin Korneyev

Andrei Markov

Ilya Nikulin

Fedor Tyutin

Anton Volchenkov

Maxim Afinogenov

Pavel Datsyuk

Sergei Fedorov

Ilya Kovalchuk

Viktor Kozlov

Evgeni Malkin

Alexei Morozov

Alexander Ovechkin

Alexander Radulov

Alexander Semin

Danis Zaripov

Sergei Zinoviev

Dan Dilworth was the best. He had a backhand that could not be stopped and he could release it at any time. I saw him fire a backhand...yes a backhand shot from just inside the blueline that hit the farside upper net on a world class goalie that didn't even know he took the shot! Dan was amazing and very underrated. He was the best of the 64 club in my mind.

Kevin Pangos

Dave Peterson, who was also the head coach of the 1992 U.S. Men's Olympic ice hockey team.

On Sunday, February 21st, 2010 by a final score of 5-3.

Sidney Crosby, Scott Niedmayer