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Team USA vs. Canada: How to watch the women's ice hockey final at the 2026 Winter Olympics today

The U.S. women's ice hockey team will be playing in the gold medal game against Canada at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics this Thursday. This is the seventh time in history that the two clubs have met in the gold medal game; Canada has won gold in five of those games, while the U.S. has won gold twice. Who will come out on top this year? We'll find out Thursday, Feb. 19 when the game airs live on Peacock and USA.

Read on for a complete schedule of every remaining U.S. men's and women's hockey game at this year's games, a rundown of who is playing for Team USA, and how to watch all the action. And if you want to learn even more about every event at this year's Winter Games, here's a guide to everything you need to know about the Milan Cortina Games. 

Date: Thursday, Feb. 19

Time: 1:10 p.m. ET

Location: Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena

TV channel: USA

Streaming: Peacock, DirecTV, and more

Every men's and women's ice hockey game at the Olympics, including the women's gold medal final this Thursday, is available to stream on Peacock. 

The Team USA women's ice hockey final will air live on USA on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 1:10 p.m. ET.

These are the athletes on Team USA's men's team, including their hometowns and professional teams:

  • Jake Sanderson (Whitefish, Mont./Ottawa Senators)

  • Brock Faber (Maple Grove, Minn./Minnesota Wild)

  • Matt Boldy (Millis, Mass./Minnesota Wild)

  • Kyle Connor (Shelby Township, Mich./Winnipeg Jets)

  • Jack Eichel (North Chelmsford, Mass./Vegas Golden Knights)

  • Jake Guentzel (Woodbury, Minn./Tampa Bay Lightning)

  • Noah Hanifin (Northwood, Mass./Vegas Golden Knights)

  • Connor Hellebuyck (Commerce, Mich./Winnipeg Jets)

  • Jack Hughes (Canton, Mich./New Jersey Devils)

  • Quinn Hughes (Canton, Mich./Minnesota Wild)

  • Clayton Keller (St. Louis/Utah Mammoth)

  • Jackson LaCombe (Eden Prairie, Minn./Anaheim Ducks)

  • Dylan Larkin (Waterford, Mich./Detroit Red Wings)

  • Auston Matthews (Scottsdale, Ariz./Toronto Maple Leafs)

  • Charlie McAvoy (Long Beach, N.Y./Boston Bruins)

  • J.T. Miller (East Palestine, Ohio/New York Rangers)

  • Brock Nelson (Warroad, Minn./Colorado Avalanche)

  • Jake Oettinger (Lakeville, Minn./Dallas Stars)

  • Jaccob Slavin (Erie, Colo./Carolina Hurricanes)

  • Jeremy Swayman (Anchorage, Alaska/Boston Bruins)

  • Tage Thompson (Orange, Conn./Buffalo Sabres)

  • Brady Tkachuk (St. Louis, Mo./Ottawa Senators)

  • Matthew Tkachuk (St. Louis, Mo./Florida Panthers)

  • Vincent Trocheck (Pittsburgh, Pa./New York Rangers)

  • Zach Werenski (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Columbus Blue Jackets).

Tuesday, February 17

  • Qualification Playoff: Germany vs. France, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock)

  • Qualification Playoff: Switzerland vs. Italy, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock)

  • Qualification Playoff: Czechia vs. Denmark, 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, USA)

  • Qualification Playoff: Sweden vs. Latvia, 3:10 p.m. (Peacock, USA)

Wednesday, February 18

  • Men's Quarterfinal 1: Slovakia vs. Germany, 6:10 a.m. (Peacock)

  • Men's Quarterfinal 2: Canada vs. Czechia, 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, USA)

  • Men's Quarterfinal 3: Finland vs. Switzerland, 12:10 p.m. (Peacock)

  • Men's Quarterfinal 4: USA vs. Sweden, 3:10 p.m. (Peacock, NBC)

Friday, February 20

  • Men's Semifinal 1: Teams TBD, 10:40 a.m. (Peacock, re-air at 11:50 a.m. and 6 p.m. on USA)

  • Men's Semifinal 2: Teams TBD, 3:10 p.m. (Peacock, NBC, re-air at 11 p.m. on USA)

Saturday, February 21

  • Men's Bronze Medal Final: Teams TBD: 2:40 p.m. (Peacock, USA, re-air at 7 p.m. on CNBC, re-air at 11 p.m. on USA)

Sunday, February 22

  • Hockey Preview, 7:45 a.m. (NBC)

  • Gold Medal Final: Teams TBD, 8:10 a.m. (Peacock, NBC, re-air at 4:30 p.m. on USA)

The athletes on Team USA's women's team are:

  • Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho/Seattle Torrent)

  • Kendall Coyne Schofield (Palos Heights, Ill./Minnesota Frost)

  • Lee Stecklein (Roseville, Minn./Minnesota Frost)

  • Cayla Barnes (Eastvale, Calif./Seattle Torrent)

  • Alex Carpenter (North Reading, Mass./Seattle Torrent)

  • Megan Keller (Farmington Hills, Mich./Boston Fleet)

  • Kelly Pannek (Plymouth, Minn./Minnesota Frost)

  • Caroline Harvey (Salem, N.H./University of Wisconsin)

  • Abbey Murphy (Evergreen Park, Ill./University of Minnesota)

  • Hayley Scamurra (Buffalo, N.Y./Montreal Victoire)

  • Grace Zumwinkle (Excelsior, Minn./Minnesota Frost)

  • Hannah Bilka (Coppell, Texas/Seattle Torrent)

  • Britta Curl-Salemme (Bismarck, N.D./Minnesota Frost)

  • Joy Dunne (O’Fallon, Mo./Ohio State University)

  • Laila Edwards (Cleveland Heights, Ohio/University of Wisconsin)

  • Aerin Frankel (Chappaqua, N.Y./Boston Fleet)

  • Rory Guilday (Chanhassen, Minn./Ottawa Charge)

  • Taylor Heise (Lake City, Minn./Minnesota Frost)

  • Tessa Janecke (Orangeville, Ill./Penn State University)

  • Ava McNaughton (Seven Fields, Pa./University of Wisconsin)

  • Gwyneth Philips (Athens, Ohio/Ottawa Charge)

  • Kirsten Simms (Plymouth, Mich./University of Wisconsin)

  • Haley Winn (Rochester, N.Y./Boston Fleet)

Thursday, February 19

  • Bronze Medal Final: Switzerland vs. Sweden, 8:40 a.m. (Peacock, re-air at 12 p.m. and 10 p.m. on USA)

  • Gold Medal Final: Team USA vs. Canada, 1:10 p.m. (Peacock, USA, re-air at 11 p.m. on USA)

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