Their respective semifinal wins on Monday set up a seventh gold-medal showdown between Team USA and Canada later this week.

The USA will face women's hockey champions Canada in the Olympic final but they had contrasting semi-final victories on Monday.Canada maintained their record of appearing in the gold medal game of every women's hockey tournament since it became part of the Winter Games at Nagano in 1998.

The United States and Canada will once again battle for an Olympic gold medal this week at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. The two hockey powerhouses will now have met in seven of the eight finals in Olympic women's hockey history, including each of the last five.

French hockey star banned from Winter Olympics just one day after ejection for fighting in blowout loss to Canada

Midway through the men's Olympic hockey tournament, officials from the NHL and IIHF continue to work together on creating a cohesive standard for what constitutes goaltender interference.

After a 5-1 victory over Germany on Sunday, the next opportunity for a hat trick for America comes on Wednesday, when they play in the quarterfinals against Sweden or Latvia.

After exciting preliminary contests, it's onto the playoff round for men's ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The playoff stage begins early Tuesday with four qualification matchups before the quarterfinals take place on Wednesday.