Meanwhile, USA scratches LaCombe as the Olympic hockey tournament intensifies with preliminary round play winding down.

MILAN (AP) — Finland defender Jenni Hiirikoski’s fifth and potentially final Olympic Games are over due to an upper-body injury that will require surgery, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association announced on Saturday.

Canada, Finland, Czechia and Slovakia won Friday's men's hockey games at the 2026 Olympics. Switzerland's Kevin Fiala left the ice on a stretcher.

MILAN (AP) — As top-seeded Team USA practiced a day before its quarterfinal matchup against host Italy, the Canadians were on the nearby main rink reminding everyone it might not be time to count them out of the women’s hockey Olympic tournament just yet.

Slovakia opened the 2026 Winter Olympics with a decisive 4–1 victory over defending champion Finland, powered by two goals from Juraj Slafkovský and a 38-save performance from Samuel Hlavaj.

The blueprint delivered Finland its second win against Sweden in five Olympic meetings involving NHL players, the first since 1998 in Nagano. "Identity game, I felt like," said Fi

The moment that hockey fans have been waiting for is finally here, with the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics kicking into full swing on Thursday, January 12. This year, NHL stars return to the Olympic stage,

Slovakia and Finland face off in this Group B men's ice hockey matchup during the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.