Who are the favorites and underdogs heading into the men's and women's 2026 Olympic ice hockey tournaments?

After suffering a devastating loss to Canada in the gold medal game four years ago, the U.S. women's hockey team is out for some revenge at the 2026 Winter Olympics. With a collection of proven Olympic veterans and rising stars, the Americans have shown through their first two games that they have the team to compete for another gold medal.

Matt Severance reveals his best bets for men's hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics from Milano Cortina, Italy

In their second game of the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Team USA took down Finland in an impressive 5-0 fashion.

The 2026 Olympic men's hockey tournament officially begins on Wednesday, Feb. 11, with the preliminary rounds, and it's shaping up to be an intense run of games between 12 teams. What makes the 2026 Olympics stand of is that it brings the return of NHL players,

The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony is Friday, along with mixed doubles curling, figure skating and training for Alpine skiing, luge and ski jumping.

The U.S. kept its foot on the gas in the middle stanza, with Joy Dunne and Hayley Scamuura scoring just over a minute apart to widen the gap. There was an instance where it looked like Czechia was going to fight back, as Barbora Jurickova scored on a breakaway after serving a penalty to make it 3-1. However, that was as close as the game got.

Day 2 of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina sees eight medal events alongside curling mixed doubles and women’s hockey action. The early spotlight belongs to U.S. star Lindsey Vonn. The 41-year-old three-time Olympic medalist makes the first of three planned attempts at returning to the podium,

Olympian and U.S. ice hockey captain Hilary Knight tied the record for the most career Olympic goals on Saturday, making team history and cementing the U.S.'s 5-0 win over Finland.

Team Finland and Team Switzerland have had players affected by norovirus