The men’s curling team from the United States has only brought home the gold medal once before. Can this year’s team led by a New York native do it again?

Danny Casper, 24, leads the men’s team of curlers at the Milan Cortina Olympics, hungry to try and bring back gold for Team USA. John Shuster led the U.S. men to gold for the very first time by defeating Sweden at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

In order to punch his ticket to Italy, Casper and his team had to take down Team Shuster at the U.S. Olympic Curling Trials. Team Shuster has competed for the U.S. at the last five consecutive Olympic Games.

Casper’s team is also made up of Luc Violette, Ben Richardson and Aidan Oldenburg. Rich Ruohonen is an alternate.

Casper, a Westchester native, has curling in his blood. Carla Casper, his great aunt, competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and her husband, Tom Casper, coached the U.S. men’s team at the 1998 Games.

Casper’s dad signed him up for curling when he was 12 years old.

How to watch curling?

The competition started early, with the first curlers taking to the ice on Wednesday, Feb. 4, two days before the Opening Ceremony. Curling events will continue all the way through to the end of the Olympic Games on Feb. 22.

The men’s team starts round robin play on Feb. 11, an entire week before the semifinals on Feb. 19. Here’s a look at their schedule:

Wednesday, Feb. 11:

Czechia vs. USA — 1:05 p.m. EST

Thursday, Feb. 12:

USA vs. Switzerland — 8:05 a.m. EST

Friday, Feb. 13:

Canada vs. USA — 3:05 p.m. EST

Saturday, Feb. 14:

Germany vs. USA — 8:05 a.m. EST

Sunday, Feb. 15:

USA vs. Sweden — 3:05 a.m. EST

Sunday, Feb. 15:

Norway vs. USA — 1:05 p.m. EST

Tuesday, Feb. 17:

USA vs. China — 13:05 a.m. EST

Tuesday, Feb. 17:

USA vs. Italy — 1:05 p.m. EST

Wednesday, Feb. 18:

USA vs. Great Britain — 1:05 p.m. EST

Thursday, Feb. 19:

Friday, Feb. 20:

Saturday, Feb. 21:

Curling events at the 2026 Olympics will air on NBC New York and USA Network. Streaming will be available on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, the NBC Olympics app and the NBC app.

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