Who are the favorites and underdogs in the men's and women's 2026 Olympic ice hockey tournaments?

The U.S. has won 11 of the last 16 world championships and has a pair of Olympic golds, but it’s still jarring to see the Americans so heavily favored against Canada in hockey, women’s or men’s. Canada has won five of the seven Olympic golds and is 4-2 against the Americans in gold medal games.

Team USA and Canada have battled for the Olympic gold six times prior to Milan. Canada owns a 4-2 record in those matchups. The Canadians have also won five of the last six golds in women's hockey. Team USA has arguably its deepest team to ever play on Olympic ice in 2026.

The rematch is here as USA women's hockey takes on Canada in the gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Here's how to watch, stream and more.

American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin has put in two dominant runs to win the women’s slalom by a massive 1.50 seconds. It ended a run of eight straight Olympic races without a medal for arguably the greatest Alpine skier of all time.

When Sidney Crosby's shot sailed into the net in 2010, securing Olympic gold on home soil, a 13-year-old Mitch Marner ran around his neighbourhood with his brother, celebrating. Sixteen years later, it's Marner who's the Olympic hero,

Team USA's Caroline Harvey, Haley Winn, Kirsten Simms trying to recreate a gold medal feeling they've had before originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Team USA's women's hockey roster is much younger than Canada's heading into Thursday's gold medal match.

Day 11 of the 2026 Winter Olympics saw the Canadian women's team pursuit speed skaters claim gold as the Games near their final stretch