Joseph McLaughlin Sportz Nation - 2/21/26 Photo Caption: USA's Matthew Tkachuk (left) fights Canada's Branden Hagel (right) during the 2025 4 Nations Face-off in Montreal, Quebec. Credit: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images. And then there were two. After the past week and a half of action, the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics' Men's Ice Hockey Tournament enters its final day, and two nations are left standing. For the third time ever, the United States and Canada will meet in

Joseph McLaughlin Sportz Nation - 2/20/26 Photo Credit: Alexander Nemenov/Getty Images. After a thrilling finish to the quarterfinals, Team USA finds itself in the Milan Olympics Men's Hockey semi-finals and one game away from the Gold Medal Game after defeating Sweden 2-1 in overtime with Quinn Hughes scoring the game-winner. Now the Americans face off against a red-hot Slovakian team that has defied the odds to make it this far. Currently, betting odds heavily favor the Uni

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 2/20/2026 Norway Photo by Lars Baron/ Getty Images The 2026 Winter Olympics have become one of the biggest landslides in the event's history and it's thanks to Norway. In 2022 and 2018, Norway would set records in Most Gold Medals Achieved and Most Total Medals Received respectively. In 2026, they're on pace to break both of those. In fact, Norway has already set the record for Most Gold Medals in a single Winter Olympics in 2026 with 17 already

by Zak Drapeau Sportz Nation - 2/18/2026 The 2026 Winter Olympics are by far the most watched occurrence of the event in American viewership history, averaging 25.7-26.5 million viewers per day (Milano Cortina via olympics.com ) . The 25th addition of the Winter Olympics have been the first to stream straight to Peacock which has attributed to the large spike in viewers so far. And with the marquee event of the Men's Ice Hockey tournament set to start today, viewership is exp

Joseph McLaughlin Sportz Nation - 2/18/2026 Photo Credit: Geoff Burke/Imagn Images. After a successful set of preliminary matchups, Team USA gears up to play its first medal round game against Team Sweden in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Men's Hockey Playoff Quarterfinals. Team USA currently sits as the No. 2 seed in the Men's Hockey bracket after going 3-0 in group stage play. The Americans defeated the Latvians 5-1, the Danes 6-3, and the Germans 5-1 to earn a first

by Joseph McLaughlin Sportz Nation - 2/12/2026 Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images. The wait is almost over. Team USA's men's ice hockey team is only hours away from taking the ice for the first time in the Milan Olympics. It is the first time for many of Team USA's players, who are NHL players joining the Olympic Games for the first time since the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The Americans are co-favorites to win the gold medal with their geographic rival, Canada, setting their