This morning marks the start of the semifinals in the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament, featuring Canada, the top seed, taking on the defending gold medalists, Finland.
Both teams made it through their quarterfinal matches with narrow overtime victories. Finland edged out Switzerland 3-2, while Canada secured a 4-3 win against the Czech Republic. Notably, none of the overtime stretches reached three minutes.
As we look forward to the game, there’s lingering uncertainty around Canada’s captain, Sidney Crosby. He sustained a lower body injury during the quarterfinals held on Wednesday.
Coach John Cooper expressed confidence, saying, “Sid will never be taken out of the tournament. We’ve got the best players together to watch him. We’re taking it one day at a time and won’t risk anyone’s health. But if he’s good to go, he’ll play.” Further updates are expected within the next day.
The semifinal matchup will determine who moves on to the gold medal game on Sunday against either the United States or Slovakia, while the losing team will face off for bronze against the other semifinal loser.
Game Timing
The Canada vs. Finland semifinal is set to kick off today at 10:40 a.m. ET.
How to Watch
If you’re keen to catch the game, it’ll be available on USA Network starting at 11:50 a.m. ET. You can also stream it with a Peacock subscription.
Peacock offers two subscription tiers – Premium with ads for $10.99 monthly, and Premium Plus, which is ad-free, at $16.99. They have an annual plan too, allowing customers to pay for 10 months and get 12.
If you’re looking to save, there’s also an option to watch the Men’s Hockey Semifinals through USA Network via a five-day free trial of DIRECTV.
Team Rosters
Here’s a quick look at the rosters for Team Canada and Finland:
Canada
- Travis Sanheim (D) – Flyers
- Devon Toews (D) – Avalanche
- Kale Makar (D) – Avalanche
- Thomas Hurley (D) – Star
- Shea Theodore (D) – Golden Knights
- Josh Morrissey (D) – Jets
- Colton Parayko (D) – Blues
- Drew Doughty (D) – Kings
- Sam Bennett (F) – Panthers
- Nick Suzuki (F)
- Sam Reinhart (F) – Panthers
- Bo Horvat (F) – Islanders
- Macklin Celebrini (F) – Sharks
- Seth Jarvis (F) – Hurricanes
- Nathan MacKinnon (F) – Avalanche
- Brandon Hagel (F) – Lightning
- Tom Wilson (F) – Capitals
- Mark Stone (F) – Golden Knights
- Brad Marchand (F) – Panthers
- Sidney Crosby (F) – Penguins
- Mitch Marner (F) – Golden Knights
- Connor McDavid (F) – Oilers
- Darcy Kuemper (G) – Kings
- Logan Thompson (G) – Capitals
- Jordan Binnington (G) – Blues
Finland
- Olli Metta (D) – Mammoth
- Mikko Lehtonen (D)
- Henri Jokiharju (D) – Bruins
- Ether Lindell (D) – Star
- Nicholas Matimpalo (D) – Senator
- Miro Heiskanen (D) – Star
- Rasmus Ristolainen (D) – Flyers
- Niko Mikkola (D) – Panthers
- Anton Randell (F) – Panthers
- Sebastian Aho (F) – Hurricanes
- Lupe Hintz (F) – Star
- Itu Luostarinen (F) – Panthers
- Eli Tolvanen (F) – Kraken
- Joel Armia (F) – Kings
- Eric Haula (F) – Predators
- Artturi Lehkonen (F) – Avalanche
- Mikael Granlund (F) – Ducks
- Kaapo Kakko (F) – Kraken
- Teuvo Teravainen (F) – Blackhawks
- Oliver Kapanen (F) – Canadian
- Joel Kiviranta (F) – Avalanche
- Mikko Rantanen (F) – Star
- Kevin Lankinen (G) – Canucks
- Joonas Korpisalo (G) – Bruins
- Juuse Saros (G) – Predators
Winter Olympics Closing
The 2026 Winter Olympics will wrap up with a closing ceremony on February 22nd at 2:30 p.m. ET.
