Canadian women's hockey team faces off against the U.S. without captain Marie-Philip Poulin

Canada claims atomic number 47 in unawares caterpillar track mixed team up relay at Milano Cortina 2026

Canada collects their short track mixed team relay silver medals

Canadian short track team discuss winning Olympic silver in mixed relay

Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit in 3rd place following the rhythm dance

Team Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin injured during Canada's win over Czechia

France's Cizeron and ex-Canadian skater Fournier Beaudry lead after rhythm dance

Canada's Megan Oldham captures freeski slopestyle bronze at Milano Cortina 2026

Canada is sticking with the same lines the team used after Poulin went down yesterday.

We've got Emma Maltais, Blayre Turnbull and Natalie Spooner as the first line. A strong second line of Daryl Watts, Sarah Nurse and Sarah Fillier remains intact.

Laura Stacey is back on the checking line with Emily Clark and Turnbull. Leading scorer Julia Gosling is on the fourth line with Kristin O'Neill and Jenn Gardiner.

The D-pairings remain the same from the first game: Jocelyne Larocque and Renata Fast, Ella Shelton and Erin Ambrose, and Claire Thompson and Sophie Jaques. Kati Tabin is the seventh defender.

Ann-Renée Desbiens is starting, with Emerance Maschmeyer backing up.

At the sixth end, Cory Thiesse of Team USA nails her final stone hit-and-stick after a great takeout shot from teammate Korey Dropkin to set up the multiple point scoring opportunity on the U.S. Power play.

The U.S. Counts two, taking a 5-4 lead into the eighth end.

Sweden has the hammer — or final stone — of the end.

Germany's Julia Taubitz has claimed gold in an emotional finish for women's singles luge.

Elina Bota of Latvia won silver — her country's first medal of the Games — while the U.S.'s Emily Farquharson got bronze, for the U.S.'s first sliding medal of Milano Cortina 2026.

Canadians Embyr-Lee Susko and Trinity Ellis finished 15th and 17th.

After winning bronze in the 20-km biathlon earlier today, Norway's Sturla Holm Laegreid said in an interview that he wanted to dedicate the medal to his girlfriend, asking her to give him a second chance. 

"There's someone I wanted to share [the medal] with who might not be watching today. Six months ago I met the love of my life — the most beautiful and kindest person in the world," Laegreid told the Norwegian newspaper VG.

"Three months ago I made my biggest mistake and cheated on her," he said, tearing up. "I told her about it a week ago. It's been the worst week of my life."

"Sport has taken a slightly different place [in my life] the last few days," he said. "I only have eyes for her."

With two ends still to go in the curling mixed doubles final, nerves seem to be creeping into the match. Both the U.S. And Sweden have missed key shots in the sixth end.

It's now 4-3 for Sweden heading into the seventh. Team USA is curling at 72 per cent so far – that is, making 72 per cent of its shots. Sweden is curling at 85 per cent. 

We got a haka sighting at the 2026 Olympic Games

The team New Zealand contingent did the haka at the Olympic big air competition on Feb. 9.

It wouldn't be the Olympics without the Kiwis performing the haka — this time, a snowsuit edition. 

Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was met by a surprise haka in the Livigno, Italy, finish line by her New Zealand teammates after she defended her silver medal in the women's big air final on Monday night.

Sadowski-Synnott faced the haka, as is customary, to accept the expression. 

When they finished, the 24-year-old ran toward her teammates with the New Zealand flag draped around her shoulders.

The haka is a traditional Māori ceremonial or war dance that has become a central part of New Zealand's cultural identity.

To practise haka has been described as embodying gods and ancestors to feel empowered by their energy.

New Zealand's rugby team, the All Blacks, are known for performing a haka written about challenging themselves and their opponents before the start of their matches.

You've probably heard people talking about how today's game against the U.S. Doesn't mean a lot. Here's why:

The tournament is broken into two groups, with all the top teams in Group A. That's Canada, the U.S., Finland, Czechia and Switzerland. All of those teams automatically advance to the quarterfinal. 

The top three teams from Group B will advance, too. We know that will be Sweden, Italy and Germany. (Italy and Germany are playing right now, which will determine the final order in Group B.)

The first-place team in Group A will take on third in Group B, second in Group A will face second in Group B, and so on.

Of course, we won't know the exact standings in Group B until after Canada and Finland play on Thursday.

Canada has lost the last six games head-to-head against the Americans. That dates back to last year's world championship, and includes a difficult Rivalry Series this season where Canada was outscored 24-7.

Canada took a ton of penalties over those four games. The Americans have two potent power play units, so staying out of the box will be key.

We don't have the lineup for Canada yet, but we'll see how the lines shake out without Poulin. Will the coaching staff keep together its best line of Daryl Watts, Sarah Nurse and Sarah Fillier?

It wouldn't be surprising to see a goaltending battle between American Aerin Frankel and Canadian Ann-Renée Desbiens. They've been the PWHL's best two goaltenders over the last three seasons, with Desbiens posting slightly better stats. Desbiens also has the Olympics edge with two Winter Games under her belt. She's also never lost a game at the Olympics.

It's Swedish siblings Rasmus and Isabella Wranaa against Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse of the United States for all the marbles in mixed doubles curling.

The score is 2-1 Sweden after a sensational draw by Isabella on her final stone in the second end to count two.

Dropkin and Thiesse are the first American mixed doubles team to qualify for the Olympic medal round. They're coached by Canadian Cathy Overton Clapham, who played third on Jennifer Jones's world championship rink in 2008. 

As you've likely heard, the Canadians will be without their captain, Marie-Philip Poulin, who is day-to-day with a lower-body injury.

The injury appeared to happen in the first period of yesterday's 5-1 win over Czechia, when Poulin absorbed a big hit from Kristýna Kaltounková.

The puck drops at 2:10 p.m. ET. Here's my primer on the latest chapter in one of the best rivalries in all of sport.

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