The Quest for the Expensive Doughnut Begins!

The Men's Olympic Hockey Tournament begins this Wednesday in Group Play, and Team USA features two former Clarkson players who you may have heard of: Craig Conroy and Erik Cole. We'll be keeping track of Craig and Erik's progress as they're two of the top scoring players from the NHL on Team USA. Here's a schedule of the games and their broadcast times:

Wednesday, February 15th - Latvia v. USA (USA, 3:00p)

Thursday, February 16th - USA v. Kazakhstan (USA, 3:00p)

Saturday, February 18th - Slovakia v. USA (NBC, 2:00p)

Sunday, February 19th - USA v. Sweden (NBC, 11:00a)

Tuesday, February 21st - USA v. Russia (USA, 2:30p)

Wednesday, February 22nd - 1st Round (TBD)

Friday, February 24th - Semifinals (TBD, 10:30a, 3:00p)

Saturday, February 25th - Bronze Medal Game (NBC, 2:30p)

Sunday, February 26th - Gold Medal Game (NBC, 8:00a!)

With the awkward game times, it looks like a lot of taping and Tivo will be going on. As a courtesy, we'll not update you on any highlights until the following day. It's going to be hard enough to duck the scores to begin with, you don't need us messing with you too.

To keep you busy, the Syracuse Post-Standard has a great article featuring Craig and Erik, as well as Rochester's Brian Gionta, and Whiteboro's Robert Esche. USA Hockey has put together a really great looking Media Guide (PDF). Clarkson has a sweet little poster that you can print out and plaster everywhere. For a more convention defying experience, we highly recommend printing it out with a plotter and wrapping stuff up with 'em.