The USA men's Olympic hockey team has not won a gold medal since the 1980 Miracle On Ice team, and they entered the 2026 games expecting to break that drought. It's all right in front of them.
The Olympic semifinals are upon us, and with them come a few things to watch for. Each team has its work cut out for it with a trip to the gold medal game on the line, and Friday’s games will determine who that is.
Team Canada and Finland meet in a highly-anticipated semifinals matchup, with the winner just one more victory away from capturing the gold medal at the men's hockey tournament.
Team Canada earned a hard-fought quarterfinal win over Team Czechia in come-from-behind fashion on Wednesday, but it came at a major cost. Captain Sidney Crosby had to leave the game with a lower-body injury, and he did not return.
In the lore of the NHL, it's the Stanley Cup-winning teams that are remembered the most from seasons past. Yet, when looking back on the best of the best
For most teams, seeing your captain exit a game with injury while being down 2-1 five minutes into the second period is a recipe for a loss. Fortunately for the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team, they are not most teams.
Team Canada hasn’t lost a best-on-best hockey game at the Winter Olympics in two decades, and they were just barely able to keep that streak alive in a thrilling OT quarterfinal win over Team Czechia in Milan on Wednesday.
In a tournament stacked with superstars like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, and Sidney Crosby, it was Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki—a two-way center who was playing much of the tournament out of position as a winger—who delivered the moment that kept Canada’s gold-medal dreams alive.
It’s certainly not the worst news Team Canada could have received regarding the status of their captain the morning after he left their quarterfinal win with a lower-body injury.
Team Canada escaped with a dramatic 4–3 overtime win over Czechia in the Olympic quarterfinals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games — but the celebration was muted.
Team Canada head coach Jon Cooper met with the media on Thursday in Milan to deliver an injury update on captain Sidney Crosby. According to NHL insider
Fans of Team Canada and the Pittsburgh Penguins understandably feared the worst as they watched superstar captain Sidney Crosby head into the dressing room with an injury.
Yesterday, Canada had a close call. Without Nick Suzuki (who was in his element as center) and Mitch Marner, Canada’s men’s hockey team might already be home by now.
The NHL is currently on its Olympic break, but that has not slowed down the trade market at all. With the March 6 deadline now less than three weeks away, some of the biggest names in the league are being discussed behind closed doors.
During Canada’s dramatic overtime victory over Czechia in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Winter Olympics men’s hockey tournament, Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby was forced out of the game with an injury.
Canada avoided an upset in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, taking down Czechia in the men’s hockey quarterfinals. But the big concern surrounds Sidney Crosby, who left the game with a lower body injury and didn’t return.
Team Canada center Sidney Crosby still made an impact even after exiting with a gruesome right leg injury at the Milan Cortina Olympics quarterfinal against Czechia on Wednesday.
Sidney Crosby suffered an apparent leg injury in the second period of Team Canada's quarterfinal game against Czechia at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Wednesday.
Not a good sight for Canada. During the second period of the team’s quarterfinal game against Czechia, captain Sidney Crosby exited the game due to an apparent lower-body injury.
Team Canada survived an upset bid from Team Czechia during the quarterfinals of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, but it may have lost NHL all-time great Sidney Crosby in the process.
Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby exited Wednesday’s men’s hockey quarterfinal against Czechia in the second period due to an injury, with his status for the remainder of the game – and potentially the tournament – unclear.
For much of the last three years, one of the most common questions around the hockey world has been whether Sidney Crosby would ask for a trade out of Pittsburgh to chase another Stanley Cup with a contender, as the Penguins were on the downswing entering the early stages of a rebuild.