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Dan Treacy
NHL players returned to the Olympics for the first time since 2014, allowing each country to send its best as representatives on the world stage. Unexpectedly, the competition was intense from day one, but it was the United States who came away with gold.
Thirty games were packed into a tight 12-day window, creating a spring to the end. Each of the 12 teams played group stage games before jumping into the bracketed portion of the tournament, as some teams were forced to play their way in through a one-game playoff.
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Ultimately, the United States beat Canada in a thrilling gold medal match, winning gold for the first time since 1980 and only the third time ever.
Here’s a look at the entire men’s hockey standings and scores from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina.
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The group stage of men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics consists of three groups, each of which have four teams. Here are the standings:
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Here’s the complete Olympic men’s hockey schedule from Milan and Cortina, through the gold medal match.
Dan Treacy is a content producer for Sporting News, joining in 2022 after graduating from Boston University. He founded @allsportsnews on Instagram in 2012 and has written for Lineups and Yardbarker.
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