2026 Olympic Games: It's win or go home for Canadian men's hockey team against Czechia

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After a slow start, the Canadian men heated up and cruised to victory over Italy.

It's an 8-3 final and Canada is now 7-1 at the Olympics as the semifinals approach. One more round-robin game left.

The lines are in for today's men's hockey quarterfinal matchup against Czechia.

Jordan Binnington gets the start in net. Brad Marchand draws in on the fourth line.

No Sam Bennett or Josh Morrissey.

Here's the full lineup ahead of puck drop at 10:40 a.m. ET:

Forward:

Macklin Celebrini - Connor McDavid - Tom WilsonBrandon Hagel - Nathan MacKinnon - Nick SuzukiMitch Marner - Sidney Crosby - Mark StoneBrad Marchand - Bo Horvat - Sam ReinhartSeth Jarvis

Defence:

Devon Toews - Cale MakarThomas Harley - Drew DoughtyTravis Sanheim - Colton ParaykoShea Theodore

Goaltender:

Jordan BinningtonLogan Thompson

Canada steals four in the sixth end to take a 7-3 lead on Italy.

It was 3-0 Italy leading after three ends in this game.

"We can’t do anything about that last shot. Reset right now," said Italian coach Ryan Fry.

Italian Joel Retornaz with a wide open miss on a blank attempt. Canada steals the fifth end to tie it 3-3.

Fry won gold with Canada's Brad Jacobs at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Meanwhile in another crucial game, Great Britain leads USA 6-2 in the fifth end. Both teams have 4-4 records.

It's win or go home time in the men's Olympic hockey tournament. Canada will play its first elimination game this morning at 10:40 a.m. ET against Czechia.

The Canadians handled the Czechs easily in the preliminary round, 5-0. But it's not a team Canada can take lightly.

They've got one of the best shooters in the world, David Pastrňák. There's also Martin Nečas, who's tied for third in scoring in this tournament, with seven points in four games.

Meanwhile, Canada has looked unbeatable, outscoring opponents 20-3 over just three games.

Klæbo now has five gold medals at a Winter Games to tie U.S. Long-track speed skater Eric Heiden's record from Lake Placid 1980. He could break that record if he wins Saturday's 50-kilometre mass start classic cross-country race.

Here's how Klæbo stacks up in the Olympic history books:

The limit does not exist for Norway's speed king, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. 

The cross-country phenom claimed his fifth gold medal at the Milano-Cortina Olympics this morning and tied the Winter Games record. He also tied U.S. Swimmer Michael Phelps's Olympic gold record with 10 medals.

The 29-year-old is single-handedly keeping Norway at the top of the medal standings. (Norway currently has 15 golds — 10 of which are Klæbo's. They're one gold away from tying their gold-medal performance of 16 at Beijing in 2022).

Klæbo himself is only three medals back from tying the record for the most total Olympic medals at any Games — Summer or Winter. That title is currently held by Marit Bjorgen of Norway.

He currently has 12 Olympic medals (10 gold, one silver and one bronze).

Have we mentioned that he's stupid fast?

He averaged around 17 km/h pace up a seven-per-cent gradient hill in the men's sprint classic final on Feb. 10 to drop his competitors. Watch it for yourself.

There's one cross-country event to go — the men's 50-kilometre mass start classic on Saturday — for Klæbo to surge past the Winter Games gold-medal record.

Not one but two Canadian teams just had their best-ever result in cross-country skiing's team sprint free event, with both women and men finishing in sixth place. 

Antoine Cyr and Xavier McKeever finished with a time of 18:38.69, two seconds behind Great Britain. Norway claimed gold, ringing in Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo's Winter Games record of 10 Olympic gold medals. The U.S. Team won silver, while Italy took bronze. 

The Milano-Cortina Games are the first-time the men's 10-kilometre team sprint free has ever been run (it used to be 15 kilometres).

It's also the best-ever result for Canada in any men's team sprint event.

The sixth-place result for Canadian women's team Alison Mackie and Liliane Gagnon in 20:49.43, eight seconds behind the U.S., is the best women's team sprint free result for Canada. 

They won silver in the team sprint classic (a different event) at Turin 2006.

Sweden took gold in the women's event with 20:29.99; Switzerland claimed silver and Germany won bronze. 

American Mikaela Shiffrin wins slalom for 3rd Olympic gold medal

Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States is victorious in the women's slalom at Milano Cortina 2026. Shiffrin earns the fourth Olympic medal of her career (three gold and one silver).

The most decorated skier in history has ended her eight-year Olympic medal drought. 

After some disappointing showings so far in the Games, Team USA's Shiffrin dominated in the slalom event in Cortina d'Ampezzo — carving her way to gold. 

The 30-year-old Shiffrin was quick out of the gate of her first run but appeared to be in trouble after she stumbled through one gate about halfway down. She recovered quickly and then pumped her fist when she saw her time, landing her in first. 

"I felt like I nailed it with some question marks, but the time was good," Shiffrin said, adding she had "big energy" when she dropped in.

Shiffrin secured that top spot in her second run by 1.50 seconds, confident and fast through every turn and every gate. 

The race isn't officially over yet, with dozens of lower-ranked racers still to take the course. But Shiffrin is the leader after the fastest 30 skiers from the first run.

World champion Camille Rast of Switzerland was in silver medal position with Anna Swenn Larsson of Sweden in third.

The Canadian curling men are back on the ice after locking up a semifinal spot yesterday. 

It's Canada versus Italy right now. The atmosphere is electric at the curling rink in Cortina d'Ampezzo. 

Canada is 6-1 and Italy is 4-3.

Brad Jacobs' squad has already booked a spot in the medal rounds. The team will then close out the preliminary stage on Thursday against third-place Norway (4-3).

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