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Dan Treacy
NHL players are back at the Olympics for the first time since 2014, allowing each country to send its best as representatives on the world stage. The competition figures to be intense from day one.
With 30 games packed into a tight 12-day window, it could be a battle of attrition. Each of the 12 teams will play group stage games before jumping into the bracketed portion of the tournament, with some teams having to play their way in through a one-game playoff.
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Less than two weeks after Olympic hockey begins, gold medals will be handed out to the team that proves to be hockey’s best on the world stage.
Here’s a look at the updated 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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