This year’s women’s tournament is one of the most highly anticipated events in recent memory. Not only because of the excitement of the United States taking on Canada, but also because of the introduction of the Professional Women’s Hockey League, players from all around the globe are showing their talents nightly.

Day 3 of the 2026 Winter Olympics has come to a bittersweet end for Team Canada as injury blunted the women's hockey win after a bronze medal was earned early on the slopes.

With NHL players finally returning to the Olympics, Team Canada announced its captain and alternate captains for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic men’s hockey team.

After a 12-year hiatus, NHL players are back for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Here's how the 12 countries participating stack up.

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However, when it comes to the total number of medals won by Canada at any past edition of the Winter Games, the country's best performance came at PyeongChang 2018, where Canadian athletes brought home 29 medals — 14 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze — again, finishing third in the overall standings.

Gasser, looking for her third straight gold, quickly became a non-factor after crashing on her first jump and failing to stick the landing on her second. That opened the door for Murase, the 2022 bronze medalist in the event, who now has followed her 2025 big air world championship gold with an Olympic gold.

Team Canada is loaded

As the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin, all eyes were on teams from around the globe proudly donning their countries' uniforms for the opening ceremony, including Team USA in outfits designed by Ralph Lauren.