The United States and Canada will play with targets on their backs when the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament begins on Wednesday, as the National Hockey League's star players return to the Games for the first time in 12 years.

TORONTO -- There’s an area in Hockey Canada’s Calgary-based headquarters known as the Hockey Shrine. It’s a meeting space full of photos of and tributes to championship Canadian teams of the past, whether they be from the Olympics, Canada Cup, World Cup of Hockey, World Junior Championship, World Championship -- the list goes on.

Team Canada looks to finish Day 1 strong after earning its first medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics

By Trevor Stynes MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canada's defence of their Olympic women's ice hockey title took longer than expected to get underway, and they also took a while to get the goals flowing before finishing off Switzerland on Saturday,

Team Canada made another change due to Brayden Point's injury. Adding Carolina Hurricanes star Seth Jarvis instead of Edmonton Oilers winger Zach Hyman is the right decision.