Today will be a frosty day in Ontario. The forecast for the Toronto area has temperatures dropping as low as -20 this morning, with strong winds making it feel much colder than that. The good news is there’s lots of sports to watch on TV from the Olympics to some Super Cup or something thingy that will take hours to play and that’s after 12 hours of pre-game coverage which has probably already started.
In actual hockey news, Canada’s Women’s hockey team made their delayed debut yesterday and defeated the Swiss team 4-0. It may not seem that lopsided form the score, but when you look at the simple shots-on-goal stat it 55-6 in favour of Canada. Credit where it’s due to the Swiss goalie Saskia Maurer who stopped all but 4 of those 55.
It was Toronto’s own Big Spoon who got the first goal for Canada.
Spooner scores our first goal in Milan! 🥳
Spooner marque notre premier but à Milan! 🥳#MilanoCortina2026 | @natspooner5 pic.twitter.com/eySIklmstT
— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) February 7, 2026
Then Canada’s power play got to work.
More power-play magic! 🔥
L’attaque massive qui frappe à nouveau! 🔥#MilanoCortina2026pic.twitter.com/svTXdgHLg8
— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) February 7, 2026
HONK!
Gosling’s first Olympic goal! 🤩
Un premier but de Gosling sur la scène olympique! 🤩#MilanoCortina2026pic.twitter.com/Uegwty9EVL
— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) February 7, 2026
And one more wrapped it all up from another Toronto Sceptres player.
Watts scores her first Olympic goal! 👏
Watts marque elle aussi son premier but aux JO! 👏#MilanoCortina2026pic.twitter.com/CCtJw7MAea
— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) February 7, 2026
The next game for them is Monday against Czechia, and then Tuesday they have what will no doubt be a huge event game against the USA.
Here’s a guide to what’s happening at the Olympics today.
Day 2: What to watch with Team Canada at Milano Cortina 2026
It’s Day 2 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Want to know which Team Canada athletes are in action and what medal events are happening?
The Marlies completed their last game before the AHL All-Star Classic last night at the Coliseum, winning 5-1 against the Springfield Thunderbirds (St. Louis Blues affiliates).
The two teams have a bit of history with each other, including a huge brawl from an earlier game this season in Springfield, so it’s no surprise there was some fighting in this game, and that it started literally off the first puck drop, clocked at four seconds into the game. By 15 seconds of game time they were up to three fights, but then things mostly settled down.
I have more on the game over here:
Marlies make quick work of the Thunderbirds after a wild start to the game
Three fights in the first 15 seconds.
But if you want to see a highlight now, you all know I love the tip-in goals, so here’s one from the game by Luke Haymes.
HAYMER WITH THE TIP ⚡️
Luke Haymes extends the lead! pic.twitter.com/jmY0hiJT4G
— Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) February 7, 2026
And here’s the game pack, including the action at the start of the game.
Enjoy Super Duper Sunday, and stay warm, perhaps with a hot and rich pasta dish. You have to love any Italian recipe where “the key is a generous amount of fat”.
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pork ragu with herbs (for gnocchi or pasta) | A kitchen in Rome
Marbled flesh and fat are key to this rich, succulent, dense ragu, boosted with powerful notes of bay, sage and rosemary
