What's the Olympic hockey schedule today? USA, Canada play for gold

On the final day of the2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, the men's hockey gold medal game is finally here.

TheUnited States will be looking to double up on hockey gold medalsafter the women's teamtook gold with a 2-1 overtime win over Canadain a classic on Thursday. The men's tournament-favorite, Canada, however, will be trying to ensure that doesn't happen.

How did both teams get here?

Both the USA and Canada survived and advanced with overtime wins in their quarterfinal matchups. Top-seeded Canada found itselftrailing Czechia twice, but a goal from Nick Suzuki with 3:27 left in regulation equalized and forced OT. Mitch Marner scored the winning goal for the Canadians three-and-a-half minutes into sudden death.

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Team USA's 1-0 lead over Sweden looked like it was going to be enough through the majority ofits quarterfinal game, but a last-minute goal by Mika Zibanejad pushed the Swedes into OT and put the Americans on their heels.Quinn Hughes emerged as the herofor the United States, scoring the winning goal four minutes into the three-on-three sudden death period.

In Friday's semifinals,Team USA beat Slovakia handily, 6-2. Canada, meanwhile,beat Finland 3-2, overcoming a 2-0 deficit.

Slovakia and Finland played in Saturday's bronze medal game.

Here's the full schedule for the men's hockey gold medal game between the USA and Canada on Sunday:

2026 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey schedule

Gold medal game: Sunday, Feb. 22

• USA vs. Canada, 8:10 a.m. ET | Milan Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena | NBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com

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AJ Dybantsa's near-triple-double lifts No. 23 BYU past No. 6 Iowa State

AJ Dybantsa recorded 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to lead No. 23 BYU to a riveting 79-69 upset over No. 6 Iowa State on Saturday night in Big 12 play at Provo, Utah.

Kennard Davis Jr. scored 17 points for the Cougars (20-7, 8-6 Big 12), who improved to 11-2 at home. Mihailo Boskovic added a career-best 13 points for BYU.

Tamin Lipsey scored 19 points and Jamarion Batemon added 14 off the bench for Iowa State (23-4, 10-4), which was coming off consecutive Top-10 wins over then-No. 9 Kansas and No. 2 Houston.

Joshua Jefferson added 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Cyclones.

It was BYU's second game since losing standout Richie Saunders to a season-ending ACL tear.

The Cougars shot 50% from the field, including 7 of 25 (28%) from 3-point range. BYU held a resounding 39-28 advantage on the boards.

The Cyclones connected on 42.6% of their attempts and a third of their shots from behind the arc (8 of 24) while leading for less than 4 1/2 minutes.

Lipsey drained a 3-pointer to pull the Cyclones within 57-54 with 7:21 left in the game.

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BYU responded with a 10-1 burst. Dybantsa had six points during the run, including two free throws to make it 67-55 with 4:08 remaining.

Davis buried a 3-pointer to give the Cougars a 70-57 lead with 3:33 remaining.

Iowa State scored the next six points to creep within seven before Boskovic nailed a corner trey to give BYU a 73-63 advantage with 1:30 left.

With the score 75-65, Lipsey drove for a basket with 1:01 left but Davis made two free throws with 45 seconds left to push the lead back to 10.

Keba Keita slammed home a thunderous dunk with 32 seconds left to punctuate the upset.

Dybantsa scored 14 first-half points as BYU led 39-30 at the break. Jefferson had seven points in the half for the Cyclones.

Iowa State led 25-24 after a trey by Jefferson with 6:34 left in the half.

BYU responded with 13 straight points, with Dybantsa scoring six of those points to open a 37-25 lead with 54 seconds left.

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February 22, 2026

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Moustapha Thiam collected 28 points and eight rebounds to lead Cincinnati to an 84-68 upset win over No. 8 Kansas in a Big 12 Conference showdown on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.

Baba Miller contributed 18 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and Jalen Celestine added 14 points and eight boards for Cincinnati (15-12, 7-7 Big 12).

Day Day Thomas scored 10 points for the Bearcats, who matched a season high by winning their fourth straight game.

Flory Bidunga led Kansas (20-7, 10-4) with a double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Darryn Peterson tallied 17 points and Tre White added 11 for the Jayhawks, who have lost two of their last three contests following an eight-game winning streak.

A 17-2 rally allowed the Bearcats to break open a tightly contested game. Celestine had eight points and Thomas added five in the run that gave Cincinnati a 76-60 lead with 2:54 to play.

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Kohl Rosario finally snapped Kansas' drought with a layup. But the Bearcats outscored the Jayhawks 48-34 in the second half -- and 23-10 over the game's final 6:23

Elmarko Jackson tied the game at 49-49 with a nifty scoop layup as the Bearcats missed six straight shot attempts. But, Thiam's second three of the game gave Cincinnati a 61-56 lead.

In a back-and-forth first half that featured nine ties and 10 lead changes, Bidunga had it going early in the post, his reverse layup tied the game at 19-19.

Peterson's up and under through two defenders gave Kansas a 30-26 lead at the 4:51 mark. Late in the first half, an 8-2 Cincinnati run featured a 3-pointer and jumper from Thiam and a Celestine trey as the Bearcats took a 36-32 halftime lead.

The Jayhawks connected on 1 of 9 3-point attempts in the first half and shot 46.7% from the field. While Cincinnati shot 45.5% from the floor and 38.5 (5 of 13) from 3-point range.

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