Megan Keller deked a defender and slid in a game-winning goal in overtime to lead Team USA past Canada in Thursday's Winter Olympics gold medal game.
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Hilary Knight, Team USA win women's hockey Olympic gold medal with dramatic overtime win over Canada
Hilary Knight graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall and played for the Connecticut Polar Bears junior team.
Winter Olympics was a huge day for the United States. Alysa Liu became the first American to win gold in women's singles ice skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002 after an electric free skate vaulted her into the lead.
This was the seventh gold medal match — and fifth in a row — between the two hockey powerhouses.
For much of Thursday's final, it seemed Canada would refuse to relinquish the throne of Olympic women's ice hockey to this younger American squad. But the U.S. found the grit to topple them, 2-1.
Three minutes into overtime, Megan Keller of the U.S. pushed the puck past Canadian goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens to end a 2-1 U.S. victory that instantly added another plot twist to the history of women’s hockey’s two superpowers, the only two nations to win Olympic gold medals since the sport made its debut in 1998.
Megan Keller scores in overtime to clinch Winter Olympic gold for the United States in a last-gasp 2-1 win over great rivals Canada.
The Olympics men's hockey bracket has reached its final four. Here is the complete schedule heading to the semifinals.
MILAN — Dylan Larkin's hard work at the 2026 Winter Olympics was rewarded with as big a goal as he's scored in his career, one that delighted his USA teammates.
Olympic men’s ice hockey remains the undisputed crown jewel of the Winter Games, a high-stakes theater where national pride is forged on the blade of a skate. Over the last several decades, the tournament has evolved from a battleground
Switzerland defeated Sweden 2-1 in overtime to win the bronze medal in women's hockey Thursday at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
When U.S. hockey defender Laila Edwards skated onto the Olympic ice ahead of Thursday’s gold medal win against Canada, she immediately scanned the stands for the real MVP.
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