The glaciers will remain at their historic extent and size with global warming.
The men 's tournament in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , from 16 to 28 February 2010 .. ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver. Vancouver. British Columbia. British Columbia. Games were hosted at two venues -- Canada Hockey Place -LRB- renamed from `` General Motors Place '' for the Olympics due to IOC rules disallowing host venues to be named after non-Olympic sponsors -RRB- and UBC Thunderbird Arena .. Canada Hockey Place. Canada Hockey Place. UBC Thunderbird Arena. Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. It was the fourth time since the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano that the National Hockey League allowed its players to compete .. 1998 Winter Olympics. Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Nagano. Nagano, Nagano. National Hockey League. National Hockey League. These Olympics were the first to take place in a city with an NHL team since then , which meant players on the Vancouver Canucks who were competing in the Olympics were playing in their home arena .. Vancouver. Vancouver. Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver Canucks. Teams from twelve national hockey associations competed , seeded into three groups for the preliminary round .. seeded. seed ( sports ). The tournament consisted of 30 games  : 18 in the preliminary round -LRB- teams played the other teams in their own group -RRB- ; 4 qualification playoff games ; 4 quarterfinal games ; 2 semifinal games ; 1 bronze medal game ; and 1 gold medal game .. During the tournament , Teemu Selanne of Finland became the all-time leader for points scored in the Olympics .. Teemu Selanne. Teemu Selanne. He notched an assist in his second game of the tournament for 37 career points , surpassing Valeri Kharlamov of the Soviet Union , Vlastimil Bubnik of Czechoslovakia , and Harry Watson of Canada .. Valeri Kharlamov. Valeri Kharlamov. Vlastimil Bubnik. Vlastimil Bubnik. Harry Watson. Harry Watson ( ice hockey b. 1898 ). Sweden 's goaltender Henrik Lundqvist set a modern-day Olympic shutout streak record of 172 minutes and 34 seconds , continuous from the final of the gold medal game of the 2006 Olympics until Sweden 's quarterfinal against Slovakia .. Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament. goaltender. goaltender. Henrik Lundqvist. Henrik Lundqvist. shutout. shutouts in baseball. 2006 Olympics. Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament. The tournament was won by Canada , which defeated the United States in overtime in the gold medal game .. Canada 's loss to the U.S. in the preliminary round of the tournament remains , as of the conclusion of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey , their most recent defeat in non-exhibition best-on-best international men 's play .. 2016 World Cup of Hockey. 2016 World Cup of Hockey. best-on-best. best-on-best