Ice hockey will run the entire length of the Olympics, and feature some of the world's best players.

Team USA will face Finland on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena in Milano. Team USA's second preliminary game of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games is scheduled to start at 10:40 a.m. ET and will be televised on USA Network.

Beset by delays, concerns and last-minute building works, the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena finally opened its doors to Olympic crowds on Thursday.

MILAN (AP) — All the worries, strife and scrutiny that lingered around the construction of the main hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Olympics dissipated as the first game there into a celebration for the host country.

HBO's gay hockey romance series 'Heated Rivalry' was a breakout hit—and it's already boosting ticket sales for the sport, just in time for Milan's Winter Games.

The small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad to go to the Winter Games.

A women's ice hockey match at the 2026 Winter Olympics was postponed on the morning of the fixture after one of the teams suffered an outbreak of norovirus.

MILAN (AP) — What do golf carts have to do with hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics? Turns out, they are essential equipment. The trip from the locker rooms to the ice at the main hockey arena is so long that the heavily padded goaltenders get to ride in style in golf carts while their teammates make the mildly awkward walk in skates.

The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony is Friday, along with mixed doubles curling, figure skating and training for Alpine skiing, luge and ski jumping.