(Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP via Getty Images) ALEXANDER NEMENOV via Getty ImagesMILAN (AP) — The United States and Canada will face off for Olympic gold for a seventh time since women’s hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Games in a border rivalry that never gets old. AdvertisementThe outcomes set up the latest showdown between the sport’s global powers in the gold medal final on Thursday. Now it’s on to the gold medal game in a tournament the U.S. already beat Canada 5-0 in a preliminary round game last week. The Americans won Olympic gold in 1998 and 2018, with Canada winning the other five tournaments. It’s the gold medal game,” Heise said of a potential rematch against Canada.

Source: Huffington Post February 17, 2026 01:23 UTC