Lewis Irving's jump is messy (95.47) and only enough for fourth place for Canada. The final jump of this session will be from Li Tianma, the bronze medallist in the men's individual event. He only needs 70.18 to send China through.

Welcome back to the penultimate edition of Olympic hockey predictions here at Last Word On Hockey, where we have been covering the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

The women's curling team will also play its penultimate game of the Olympics: a semifinal contest against Switzerland at 8:05 a.m. A round-robin win over Switzerland on Thursday punched the Americans' tickets to the semis. The Swiss now get a revenge opportunity after coming up on the wrong side of that 10th-end stone.

USA routed Slovakia in the second Olympic men's semifinal, hours after Canada squeezed by Finland. Team USA moves on to Sunday's gold medal match.

Team USA defeated Slovakia, 6-2, in the 2026 Winter Olympic ice hockey semifinal. USA will play Canada in the gold-medal game.

The U.S. is seeking its first Olympic gold in men’s hockey since the famed 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team engineered one of the most stunning upsets in sports history. The Americans have played in two gold-medal matches since then, suffering losses to nine-time Olympic champion Canada at the Vancouver Games in 2010 and the Salt Lake City Games in 2002.