U.S. players celebrate winning the men’s gold medal ice hockey match between Canada and USA at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 22, 2026. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images
MILAN—No miracle needed. The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century.
Jack Hughes scored in overtime, and the United States defeated Canada 2–1 in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday to earn the nation’s third men’s title at the Games and its first since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980—46 years to the day of the upset over the Soviet Union, too.
