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Marc Lancaster
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Monday’s matchup with Switzerland looms as a classic trap game for the U.S. women’s hockey team.
With the most anticipated game of the Olympics — USA vs. Canada — coming up Tuesday, the Americans will need to stay focused and take care of business against the Swiss.
WATCH: USA vs. Switzerland women's hockey LIVE on Peacock
Coach John Wroblewski’s team has rolled through his first two games in Group A play, beating Czechia and Finland by a combined score of 10-1 and totaling 91 shots on goal to just 25 for the opposition. Seven players have scored for Team USA, with Alex Carpenter, Hayley Scamurra and Hilary Knight netting two goals apiece.
Knight’s goal against Finland was the 14th of her Olympic career, tying the U.S. record shared by Natalie Darwitz and Katie King. If the captain scores again in Milan, she’ll stake sole claim to the record.
The Swiss opened the tournament with a shootout win over Czechia but fell 4-0 to Canada on Saturday. The U.S. will try to dismiss them in similar fashion ahead of Tuesday’s showdown to end group play.
Here’s how to watch all the action from Milan.
USA vs. Switzerland will air live on USA Network with Kenny Albert on play-by-play and AJ Mleczko providing analysis. Fans can stream the game on Peacock, which will carry every event of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics 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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The USA vs. Switzerland game is set to begin at 2:40 p.m. ET, or 8:40 p.m. local time in Milan. The game will be played at the Santagiulia IHO Arena in Milan, Team USA’s first contest in the venue that will host the semifinals and medal-round games.
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.