2026 Olympic Games: U.S. leads Canada 1-0 in women's hockey game

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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

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Here’s how the lines are shaking out for the U.S. Women’s hockey team today. 

Britta Curl-Salemme - Alex Carpenter - Hilary Knight

Hannah Bilka - Taylor Heise - Abbey Murphy

Kendall Coyne Schofield - Kelly Pannek - Grace Zumwinkle

Joy Dunne - Tessa Janecke - Kirsten Simms

Hayley Scamurra

Megan Keller - Laila Edwards

Caroline Harvey - Haley Winn

Lee Stecklein - Cayla Barnes

Rory Guilday

Aerin Frankel

Gwyneth Philips

Two small changes from yesterday’s U.S. Win over Switzerland: Bilka and Curl-Salemme swap places. And the starter, Frankel, is back after a day off yesterday.

That's a top line with two of the best shooters in the game, and Curl-Salemme to fetch them the puck from the corners.

As Team Canada takes to the ice to warm up ahead of the much-anticipated preliminary matchup against the U.S. Women's team, Kori Cheverie is sitting benchside. 

The assistant coach didn't have a ticket to the opening ceremony last Friday. 

So coach Troy Ryan gave her his spot.

Here she is in San Siro Stadium.

Her expression says it all.

That's because Cheverie missed the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. She didn't go to the Games at all after testing positive for COVID-19 shortly before she was scheduled to leave. She ended up coaching the team from Canada.

In 2026, she finally got her moment.

Near-perfect curling from Sweden's Isabella Wranna, who made 97 per cent of her shots, is the difference between gold and silver as she combines with brother Rasmus to beat the United States 6-5.

It came down to the final stone, with Isabella securing two points to seal the victory after miscues by the Americans.

The U.S.'s Dropkin and Thiesse take silver. Earlier in the day, Italy defeated Great Britain to win bronze.

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.

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