US beats Canada in overtime to claim first Olympic men’s hockey gold since 1980
Published on Monday, 23 February 2026 at 9:21 am
In a dramatic overtime finish, Hughes scored the decisive goal to lift the United States over Canada, sealing the Americans’ first Olympic men’s hockey championship since the Miracle on Ice in 1980. The sudden-victory tally capped a hard-fought contest and ended a 44-year gold-medal drought for the U.S. men’s program on Olympic ice.
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