#2026-olympics

#2026-olympics

It has all come down to this at the 2026 Olympic Games for the two most dominant countries in international women's hockey. The United States and Canada face off on Thursday for the gold medal. Women's ice hockey was first introduced at the Olympics in 1998, and these are the only two countries to have won Olympic gold since.

To catch you up: Gold went to the Team France pair of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, despite Team USA - Madison Chock and Evan Bates - having long been the favorites to win, and many arguing that the pair performed near perfection. They ended up with the silver medal, while Team Canada, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, won bronze.

Welcome to the Olympics, Macklin Celebrini. The 19-year-old San Jose Sharks phenom -- he has 81 points in 55 games, 42 points more than his closest teammate -- played his way onto Team Canada but also had earned praise from players like captain Sidney Crosby, who played with him at the 2025 IIHF world championships. In his Olympic debut, he scored one of the game's most critical goals to give Canada a lead after the first period.

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