the international rules
Yes, hockey is part of the Olympic Games, encompassing both field hockey and ice hockey, each featured in different editions of the Olympics.
Yes, both Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice Hockey are in the Winter Olympics.
Australia has never won the Ice Hockey Olympics.
No, because ice hockey is a winter sport. So no, but it will be in the 2014 winter olympics.
ice hockey
Yes the Us does have a team for mens Ice hockey. In the Olympics and the international ice hockey Championships.
1920
The Canada women's Olympics ice hockey team members took home the gold medal, while the United States of America women's Olympics ice hockey team members won the silver medal, and the Switzerland women's Olympics ice hockey team took the bronze medal.
Yes, ice hockey debuted at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp because, at the time, there were no Winter Olympics. Ice hockey has been a Winter Olympic event since the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
Ice Hockey: 1998 Winter Games in Nagano. Field Hockey: 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.
There aren't any NHL rules during the Olympics. The refs use International Hockey rules
The members of the United States of America women's Olympics ice hockey team won the silver medal in the Women's Ice Hockey competition in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.