The GIST: It’s all hockey, all the time with the Team USA women’s gold medal game against Canada set for today at 1:10 p.m. ET while the boys recover from yesterday’s taxing quarter-final (QF) dub. Channel your inner Herb Brooks — great moments are born from great opportunity, after all.
💪 Team USA enters the women’s final as heavy favorites: Dominant doesn’t even do it justice — the red, white, and blue have demolished the competition since arriving in Milan, allowing just one goal across six games. That notably includes a 5–0 group-stage win over their forever foe Canadians. In goaltender brick wall Aerin Frankel we trust.
- And this rivalry showdown is about so much more than international bragging rights. Today is five-time Olympian and captain Hilary Knight’s final Olympic game — and her team wants to send their trailblazing leader out with a gold medal to match that new engagement ring.
😅 American men skate into semis with narrow 2–1 overtime QF win: It’s always a great day to beat Sweden at the Olympics, but yesterday’s game was a nailbiter. The Swedes evened the score at 1–1 with just 91 seconds to go, sending the game to sudden death 3-on-3 overtime. That’s where defenseman Quinn Hughes banished those Victorian ghosts and nailed the game-winner.
- The quest for the first American men’s hockey gold since 1980 (yes, the Miracle year) continues with a semis showdown against Slovakia Friday at 3:10 p.m. ET. Can’t wait.