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The U.S. men’s hockey team’s semifinal highlights Friday’s Olympic TV schedule

The Americans will face Slovakia live on NBC, and the other semifinal between Canada and Finland will be full of stars. Here's how to watch, plus the rest of Friday's highlights at Milan and Cortina.

Quinn Hughes celebrates after scoring the overtime winner for the United States against Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinals.
Quinn Hughes celebrates after scoring the overtime winner for the United States against Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinals.Read moreHassan Ammar / AP

After the drama of the U.S. women’s ice hockey team’s come-from-behind win in the gold medal game Thursday, the spotlight now shifts to the men’s tournament for the rest of the Olympics.

The quality of the United States’ 2-1 overtime win over Sweden in Wednesday’s quarterfinals, and the other three games that day, showed why it’s so great to have NHL players back on the big stage.

On Friday, the tension will rise even more. The Americans will face a Slovakia squad that has just seven NHL players but topped a group with Sweden and Finland and routed Germany in the quarterfinals, 6-2.

San Jose Sharks’ Pavol Regenda scored twice, and Flyers fans might recognize a few names from rival NHL teams: New Jersey’s Šimon Nemec, Washington’s Martin Fehérváry, and Montreal’s Juraj Slafkovský.

NBC will carry the U.S.-Slovakia game live at 3:10 p.m. Philadelphia time. USA Network will have the other semifinal, a star-studded Canada-Finland matchup, joining it in progress at 11:50 a.m. It starts at 10:40 a.m., with the entire game streamed on Peacock.

Other big events Friday include a U.S.-Switzerland women’s curling semifinal, starting at 8 a.m. on Peacock. USA will join it in progress at 8:45. It’s the first time that a U.S. women’s curling team has made an Olympic semifinal in 24 years — and this group includes a Delaware County native, Broomall’s Taylor Anderson-Heide.

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There’s also women’s speedskating’s 1,500 meters. The United States’ Brittany Bowe will hope to challenge Dutch star Femke Kok, who won gold in the 500 meters and silver in the 1,000. Bowe might also hope for a little stardust from her new fiancée, U.S. women’s hockey star Hilary Knight, after Knight popped the question in Milan earlier this week.

Friday’s Olympic TV schedule

As a general rule, our schedules include all live broadcasts on TV, but not tape-delayed broadcasts on cable channels. We’ll let you know what’s on NBC’s broadcasts, whether live or not.

NBC

  1. Noon: Bobsled — Two-woman first run

  2. 12:15 p.m.: Freestyle skiing — Men’s aerials final (tape-delayed)

  3. 1 p.m.: Speedskating — Women’s 1,500 meters (tape-delayed)

  4. 1:30 p.m.: Freestyle skiing — Men’s halfpipe final

  5. 3:10 p.m.: Ice hockey — United States vs. Slovakia, men’s semifinal

  6. 8 p.m.: Prime time highlights including long track and short-track speedskating, bobsled, and freestyle skiing

  7. 11:35 p.m.: Late night highlights including biathlon and freestyle skiing

USA Network

  1. 4 a.m.: Freestyle skiing — Women’s ski cross qualifying

  2. 4:30 a.m.: Freestyle skiing — Men’s aerials qualifying

  3. 6 a.m.: Freestyle skiing — Women’s ski cross final

  4. 7:30 a.m.: Freestyle skiing — Men’s aerials final

  5. 8:45 a.m.: Curling — United States vs. Switzerland women (joined in progress)

  6. 10:45 a.m.: Speedskating — Women’s 1,500 meters

  7. 11:50 a.m.: Ice hockey — Canada vs. Finland, men’s semifinal (joined in progress)

  8. 2:15 p.m.: Short-track speedskating — Women’s 1500 meters and men’s relay finals

How to watch the Olympics on TV and stream online

NBC’s TV coverage will have live events from noon to 5 p.m. Philadelphia time on weekdays and starting in the mornings on the weekends. There’s a six-hour time difference between Italy and here. The traditional prime-time coverage will have highlights of the day and storytelling features.

As far as the TV channels, the Olympics are airing on NBC, USA, CNBC, and NBCSN. Spanish coverage can be found on Telemundo and Universo.

NBCSN is carrying the Gold Zone whip-around show that was so popular during the Summer Olympics in 2024, with hosts including Scott Hanson of NFL RedZone. It used to be just on Peacock, NBC’s online streaming service, but now is on TV, too.

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Every event is available to stream live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. You’ll have to log in with your pay-TV provider, whether cable, satellite, or streaming platforms including YouTube TV, FuboTV, and Sling TV.

On Peacock, the events are on the platform’s premium subscription tier, which starts at $10.99 per month or $109.99 per year.

Here is the full event schedule for the entire Olympics, and here are live scores and results.