Winter Olympics: USA and Canada narrowly avoid shocks in men’s ice-hockey quarter-finals

Feb 18, 2026 - 23:45
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Winter Olympics: USA and Canada narrowly avoid shocks in men’s ice-hockey quarter-finals
  • Americans rely on Quinn Hughes’s OT winner

  • Mitch Marner seals Canada’s 4-3 overtime win

  • Canadians lose star Sidney Crosby to injury

With NHL players returning to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, these Games were expected to be a relative stroll for Canada and USA. However, both star-packed teams struggled in Wednesday’s men’s ice hockey quarter-finals.

Quinn Hughes scored in overtime to put the US past Sweden 2-1 after giving up the tying goal to Mika Zibanejad with 91 seconds left in the third period. Dylan Larkin deflected Jack Hughes’ shot in for the only US goal in regulation. Continue reading...

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