Watch Hockey Vancouver 2010 Olympics : Germany vs Belarus Live Streaming

Watch Hockey Vancouver 2010 Olympics : Germany vs Belarus Live Streaming, Starts at 12.00 UTC/GMT+7

It’s been eight years since either Germany or Belarus won a hockey game at the Olympics. The drought is about to end for one of those nations.

With each team seeking to salvage a victory in its Group C preliminary-round finale, the Germans and Belarusians will face off Saturday night.

Each team enters this matchup having dropped its first two games in Vancouver. After losing its opener 5-1 to Finland, Belarus gave a gallant effort Friday but fell 4-2 to defending gold medalist Sweden.

The Germans have fared even worse. They’ve yet to score in these Olympics, much less win. Germany got blown out 5-0 by the Finns on Friday, two nights after falling 2-0 to the Swedes.

Times were better for these teams less than a decade ago. Both Belarus and Germany won multiple games in 2002 at Salt Lake City, where the Belarusians finished fourth. Belarus did not send a hockey team to the 2006 Turin Games, while the Germans left Italy with three losses, two ties and a 10th-place finish.

Belarus enters this matchup with the most cause for optimism following a solid showing against the Swedes. Dmitri Meleshko scored twice and Andrei Mezin made 34 saves to keep the game close.