On the closing day of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, the males’s hockey gold medal recreation is lastly right here.
The United States will be looking to double up on hockey gold medals after the girls’s workforce took gold with a 2-1 overtime win over Canada in a basic on Thursday. The males’s tournament-favorite, Canada, nonetheless, can be attempting to make sure that does not occur.
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How did each groups get right here?
Both the USA and Canada survived and superior with additional time wins of their quarterfinal matchups. Top-seeded Canada discovered itself trailing Czechia twice, however a objective from Nick Suzuki with 3:27 left in regulation equalized and compelled OT. Mitch Marner scored the successful objective for the Canadians three-and-a-half minutes into sudden dying.
Team USA’s 1-0 lead over Sweden regarded prefer it was going to be sufficient by the majority of its quarterfinal game, however a last-minute objective by Mika Zibanejad pushed the Swedes into OT and put the Americans on their heels. Quinn Hughes emerged as the hero for the United States, scoring the successful objective 4 minutes into the three-on-three sudden dying interval.
In Friday’s semifinals, Team USA beat Slovakia handily, 6-2. Canada, in the meantime, beat Finland 3-2, overcoming a 2-0 deficit.
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Slovakia and Finland performed in Saturday’s bronze medal recreation.
Here’s the full schedule for the males’s hockey gold medal recreation between the USA and Canada on Sunday:
2026 Winter Olympics males’s ice hockey schedule
Gold medal recreation: Sunday, Feb. 22
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USA vs. Canada, 8:10 a.m. ET | Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena | NBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com