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Marc Lancaster
Forty-six years to the day from the Miracle on Ice, the current U.S. hockey team will look to cement its place in history in the 2026 Winter Olympics gold medal game.
Team USA faces Canada in a final that can trace its legacy through the history of the Winter Games. Canada defeated the U.S. to win the first Olympic hockey championship in 1920 and also prevailed in the two most recent winner-take-gold matchups between the neighbors in 2002 and 2010.
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Sidney Crosby famously scored the game-winner in overtime in the last matchup, and Canada’s captain is questionable for this matchup 16 years later after suffering an injury earlier in this year’s tournament.
Regardless of his status, though, both teams are stacked with elite players who have turned in one highlight after another during their time in Milan. Will Canada return to the top of the podium for the first time since 2014, or will the U.S. take home its first gold since 1980?
Here’s everything you need to know to watch.
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The men’s hockey gold medal game will be broadcast on NBC and can be streamed on Peacock, which will carry every event of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games live.
The NBC-owned streaming service’s sports programming features live coverage of NFL Sunday Night Football, the NBA, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Premier League soccer, Big Ten football and basketball, Notre Dame football, Big East and Big 12 basketball, PGA Tour golf and more.
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Fans can also watch the game on DIRECTV Stream, which carries NBC and hundreds of other networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
The USA-Canada men’s hockey gold medal game will begin at 8:10 a.m. ET on Sunday to close out the 2026 Winter Olympics schedule.
The game will be played at the Milano Santagiulia Arena in Milan.
Teams are reseeded for semifinals
Here are the medalists from men’s hockey at the last 10 Winter Olympics:
* Tournament included NHL players
^ Competition name for Russia or former Soviet Union
Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.