The 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics men’s ice hockey tournament starts in just two days. Although Canada and the United States are considered to be the favorites, there are five really good teams, and even 8 or 10 who could

MILAN (AP) — Canadian women's hockey captain Marie-Philip Poulin limped off hurt in her team's game against Czechia at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Monday, a day before the highly anticipated preliminary round matchup against the U.

After suffering a devastating loss to Canada in the gold medal game four years ago, the U.S. women's hockey team is out for some revenge at the 2026 Winter Olympics. With a collection of proven Olympic veterans and rising stars, the Americans have shown through their first two games that they have the team to compete for another gold medal.

Americans Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe missed out on medals in the women’s 1,000-meter speedskating final. Bowe holds the world record in the event, but Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands won gold by setting an Olympic record. Jackson, one of Team USA's flag bearers, is the reigning 500-meter Olympic champion.

The U.S. women's hockey team has improved to 3-0 at the 2026 Winter Olympics with a 5-0 win over Switzerland in preliminary play. Haley Winn, Joy Dunne, Hannah Bilka, Alex Carpenter and Caroline Harvey scored for Team USA.

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The Canadian women have won gold at five of the last six Winter Olympics, but USA has all the momentum heading into the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.

The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics ice hockey events will take place at the Milano Rho and Milano Santagiulia ice hockey arenas, kicking off with preliminary round matches on Thursday, Feb. 5, running through to the men's gold medal match on Sunday, Feb. 22. A full schedule of the ice hockey events can be found down below.

A nonprofit organization is working to add a new landmark to the village of Lake Placid honoring the most famous moment from the 1980 Winter Olympics, the "Miracle on Ice." It will commemorate Team USA's upset victory over the Soviet Union in ice hockey and will be known as the "Monument to a Miracle.

Gasser, looking for her third straight gold, quickly became a non-factor after crashing on her first jump and failing to stick the landing on her second. That opened the door for Murase, the 2022 bronze medalist in the event, who now has followed her 2025 big air world championship gold with an Olympic gold.

Canada has won nine Olympic gold medals in men’s ice hockey. Their first Olympic gold medal came in 1920 at the Antwerp Summer Olympics. The team dominated for three decades before the rise of the Soviet Union. Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey gold medals came in the following years: