{"id":488087,"date":"2026-02-20T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488087\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:26:11","slug":"montreal-fans-gather-for-team-canadas-mens-hockey-semi-final-finland-leads-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488087\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal fans gather for Team Canada’s men’s hockey semi-final, Finland leads 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Team Canada\u2019s men\u2019s hockey plays against Finland in the semifinals at Milano Cortina 2026 \u2014 the second team to advance to the medal round \u2014 Montreal fans gather for a watch party in sports bar La Cage at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n

Finland currently has a 2-1 lead against Canada. <\/p>\n

Mikko Rantanen scored Finland\u2019s first point of the game during the first period, after ripping a shot past Jordan Binnington on the power play. With 16:34 remaining of the second period, Erik Haula scored a breakaway, shorthanded goal. <\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Cale Makar scored toward the end of the second period during a power play, following a tipped-in shot by Sam Reinhart. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Canada defeated Czechia in a tight 4-3 overtime game. Slovakia also secured a spot in the semis after defeating Germany 6-2 earlier that day.<\/p>\n

Canadian Captain Sidney Crosby has been ruled out for today\u2019s semi-final due to a lower-body injury during Wednesday\u2019s game, as announced by Hockey Canada on Friday morning. Instead, Connor McDavid is serving as captain, while Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon are alternates.<\/p>\n

\"MontrealMontreal fans watch Team Canada\u2019s men\u2019s hockey take on Finland in semi-final at Le Cage on Feb. 20, 2026.<\/p>\n

Finland is currently the lowest-remaining seed in the semis \u2014 the team achieved a comeback after defeating fifth-seeded Switzerland 3-2 in an overtime quarter-final battle.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s game follows the heartbreaking loss of Team Canada\u2019s women\u2019s hockey final against the USA yesterday. Canada played a narrowly tight game, losing 2-1 in the overtime round to receive the silver metal.<\/p>\n

\"\"Canada takes a team photo with their silver medals after losing to USA during overtime of the women\u2019s gold medal hockey game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nathan Denette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Team Canada\u2019s men\u2019s hockey plays against Finland in the semifinals at Milano Cortina 2026 \u2014 the second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-488087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}