Odds, X-factors and how each team can win in Olympic men’s hockey semifinals
After an electric set of quarterfinal matchups, the stage is set for what should be two terrific semifinals.…
Team USA knocks out Sweden in overtime to reach Olympic men’s hockey semifinals
MILAN — This was hardly the first time these players had victory so rudely and suddenly snatched out…
NHL Draft prospect Alberts Šmits turns heads with Olympic men’s hockey performance
MILAN — Four years ago in Beijing, a teenage prospect arrived on the Olympic stage, took the men’s…
Are the Olympics headed for men’s and women’s U.S.-Canada gold medal games?
The Athletic has live coverage of Canada vs Czechia in the 2026 Winter Olympics men’s hockey quarterfinal. Red…
Celebrating Jarome Iginla, his Winter Olympics success and the ‘Golden Goal’: Excerpt
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The following is an excerpt from “Black Aces:…
Georges Laraque was an NHL enforcer, but his 26-year-old hat trick lives on: Excerpt
The following is an excerpt from “Black Aces: Essential Stories from Hockey’s Black Trailblazers” by The Athletic’s Julian…
Chris Pronger: This is when the Olympics get fun, but things also can flip fast
Chris Pronger is a guest columnist for The Athletic during the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. There were a…
Pierre Crinon suspended by French hockey federation after Tom Wilson fight
Canada’s Tom Wilson and France’s Pierre Crinon got into a rare Olympics fight in the third period of…
Olympic hockey arena to install lighter boards after player feedback
The dark color of the Santagiulia rink boards is affecting players’ ability to see the puck. Bruce Bennett…
USA escapes Denmark in men’s Olympic hockey but Jeremy Swayman struggles
MILAN — It’s the kind of goal you’ll see on repeat for a long, long time on blooper…
Hot mic catches Matthew Tkachuk’s taunt of Leon Draisaitl: ‘Always the bridesmaid’
MILAN — Leon Draisaitl is among the four or five best hockey players on the planet. And if there’s…
Sweden’s star-studded NHL roster shows some teeth but loses its Olympic tiebreaker
MILAN — Four days into the men’s Olympic tournament and Sweden still hasn’t quite found the kind of…