Lauren Kyle shares two-word message before Connor McDavid’s Olympic opener against Czechia.

Day 4 at the 2026 Winter Olympics ended with a statement from the U.S. women's hockey team. In the most anticipated game of the preliminary round, Team USA dominated Canada from start to finish, rolling to a 5-0 win and handing the Canadians their first shutout loss in Olympic history.

People across the hockey world are pretty accustomed to seeing Pittsburgh Penguins' captain Sidney Crosby take things to a whole other level during international play.

The 2026 Winter Olympics, featuring 16 sports with 116 medal events, will take place from Feb. 4 to Feb. 22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Preliminary events will begin on Feb. 4, the opening ceremony will be Feb.

Four games took the stage on day two of the 2026 Winter Olympic men’s hockey tournament. Two members of the Anaheim Ducks took the ice on the grandest stage of the sport, Radko Gudas and Lukas Dostal, while one served as a healthy scratch for his team, Jackson LaCombe.

Here is a look at where the medal count stands for Team USA and other nations as the competition heats up at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

MILAN (AP) — As top-seeded Team USA practiced a day before its quarterfinal matchup against host Italy, the Canadians were on the nearby main rink reminding everyone it might not be time to count them out of the women’s hockey Olympic tournament just yet.

Canada has begun the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in dominant form, routing Czechia 5-0 in its opening game. Macklin Celebrini, Mark Stone, Bo Horvat, Nathan MacKinnon and Nick Suzuki scored for Canada.

At 38, when most athletes are long past their international prime, one Swiss ice hockey veteran just forced the hockey world to pause and take notice. Hours before a high-stakes showdown with Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics,