By Hockey Canada

MILAN, Italy – Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team dropped a 2-1 decision in overtime to the United States on Sunday to bring home a silver medal from the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

After the Americans took an 1-0 lead early in the first period, Devon Toews (Abbotsford, BC/Colorado, BC) took advantage of a broken play off a faceoff and found Cale Makar (Calgary, AB/Colorado, NHL), who netted the equalizer with less than two minutes remaining in the second. The score remained deadlocked at 1-1 through regulation before the Jack Hughes beat Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington (Richmond Hill, ON/St. Louis, NHL) 1:41 into the extra frame. Binnington was stellar in net, turning aside 28 shots, including an incredible glove save in overtime.

“We asked our group to come into this tournament and grow as a team, and we came here to play six games and get better each game. I did not think we could play better than we did against Finland, and these guys proved me wrong today,” said head coach Jon Cooper (Prince George, BC/Tampa Bay, NHL). “I thought it was a flawless performance by a group of players that did nothing but bleed red and white for three-plus periods of hockey, and I could not be more proud of this group. Unfortunately it was not meant to be for us today, but our guys were exceptional.”

Following the gold medal game, Connor McDavid (Newmarket, ON/Edmonton, NHL) was named Most Valuable Player, Best Forward and a media all-star after leading the tournament in scoring with 13 points (2-11—13) in six games. Makar and Macklin Celebrini (Vancouver, BC/San Jose, NHL), who was second in tournament scoring with 10 points (5-5—10), were also named to the media all-star team.

“I am disappointed, and obviously it is not fun when you lose regardless of how it happens. I feel for the entire group, because the guys played incredible,” said captain Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, NS/Pittsburgh, NHL). “It is tough to digest the loss this quickly, and obviously the thought [of potentially not having another Olympic opportunity] crossed my mind. It was unfortunate that I was not able to be out there tonight, but I give a lot of credit to the guys.”

“It is special any time you get to be in the room with a group like this, but it is obviously disappointing to lose,” said Celebrini. “We did everything that we wanted to do in the game, but we did not bury our chances and unfortunately it did not go our way. We will remember this feeling for a long time.”

A full game summary game be found at HockeyCanada.ca.

Canada finished the preliminary round in first place in Group A after wins over Czechia (5-0), Switzerland (5-1) and France (10-2). It booked its spot in the gold medal game after a 4-3 overtime win over Czechia in the quarterfinals and a 3-2 win over Finland in the semifinals.

Canada has collected nine men’s hockey gold medals (2014, 2010, 2002, 1952, 1948, 1932, 1928, 1924, 1920) at the Olympic Winter Games, to go along with five silver (2026, 1994, 1992, 1960, 1936) and three bronze (2018, 1968, 1956).

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