Although Macklin Celebrini finished the 2026 Olympics as the tournament’s leading goal scorer with five in six games, the San Jose Sharks superstar’s postgame comments to The Athletic made it clear that he still wants to take his share of the blame for Canada’s loss in the gold medal game.

“It’s really disappointing, especially with the group we had,” Celebrini said of the loss. “The whole time we believed in ourselves. We had lots of chances, I had lots of chances, I missed. You get put in those situations, you have to capitalize on your opportunities, and I didn’t.”

Celebrini is likely to be a face of Team Canada for the 2030 Olympics in France.

“We went through a lot,” Celebrini said. “We’re all going to remember this time, but unfortunately, it’s going to be more motivational than celebration.”

mack 🙁 https://t.co/ZDjNSbGv46 pic.twitter.com/zTukEYyFsK

— lolwtferic (@lolwtferic) February 22, 2026

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Cardwell, who seemed like he was close to returning, had a setback with his upper-body injury though, so he won’t be traveling

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) February 22, 2026

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Brendan Hoffmann has his first in the AHL to tie it at 3! pic.twitter.com/6LXKdpfXiy

— SJ Barracuda (@sjbarracuda) February 22, 2026

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