The main event of the 2026 Winter Olympics is finally here, with Team USA men’s hockey facing off against its hated rival, Canada, in the gold medal game of the Milan Cortina Games. Team USA vs. Canada marks one

USA and Canada face each other once again in the men's gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Follow for live updates and highlights.

Sidney Crosby is not playing for Canada in the men’s gold medal hockey game against the U.S. at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, four days after suffering an apparent right knee injury. Crosby’s status was revealed just over an hour before puck drop when the lineups came out.

Canada won their semifinal in a thriller over Finland, after once being down 2-0. Nathan MacKinnon fired the winner past Juuse Saros's blocker with less than a minute left in their semifinal tilt. MacKinnon,

Megan Keller scored the game-winner in overtime against Canada to deliver the Olympic women's hockey gold medal to Team USA.

The U.S. Olympic team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday, with at least one more good possibility when its men's hockey team wraps up the action on closing day with the title game against Canada.

Team USA is going to the gold medal game in the Winter Olympics, facing rival Canada, after defeating Slovakia 6-2 in the semifinal.

Dylan Larkin has been thinking about the U.S. facing Canada for gold at the Olympics for a year. All the dreams he had as a kid crystalized after he and his teammates lost to their rival in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off.