 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutambo weOlympic ice hockeymuPyeongChang muna 2018 yakaitwa pasina kutora chikamu kwevatambi veNHL, kekutanga kubva pa1994 Winter Olympics muLillehammer. Vakanga vafarirwa kukunda menduru yegoridhe vaiva vokuRussia nemhaka yeligi yavo yomunyika, KHL, kutora zororo reOlympic uye kubvumira nyeredzi dzakadai saPavel Datsyuk naIlya Kovalchuk kutamba muchikwata. Somuuyo wechinetso chedoping, IOC yakarambidza mubatanidzwa weRussia, asi yakabvumira vatambi veRussia kukwikwidza pasi pemureza weOlympic mushure mekupfuura miedzo yekudzivirira doping. Mutambo wokupedzisira wakatambwa pakati pevaGermany, avo nenzira isingatarisirwi vakaparadza vaCanada mumasemifinal, uye Vatambi veOlympic vanobva kuRussia. Mumutambo wokupedzisira, maRussia akakunda, vakakunda Germany 43, uye vakakunda menduru yegoridhe mushure mekunge Kirill Kaprizov arova chinangwa chekukunda munguva yekuwedzera. Vatambi vokuRussia vakaimba rwiyo rwairambidzwa pamhemberero yokupa menduru, asi IOC yakasarudza kusaita chiito chipi nechipi. Canada yakakunda Czech Republic 64. 