Team USA's quest for its first Olympic men's hockey gold since 1980 began against Latvia at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, with the B/R staff on hand to deliver live analysis and reaction.
Dans Locmelis scored twice, including the first of three straight goals for Team Latvia in a 4-3 win against Team Germany at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at Rho Arena in Milan on Saturday.
The Team USA men’s hockey team at the 2026 Winter Olympics has generated a lot of excitement coming into the Milan-Cortina Games, and it got off to a hot start. The United States whalloped Latvia in the group stage opener,
With Latvia on a 5-on-3, Locmelis got the puck below in the right circle. He stepped up toward the face-off dot, turned and ripped it short side high into the small right-corner opening between goalie Philipp Grubauer 's left shoulder and his head.
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2026 Winter Olympics results: Jordan Stolz wins another gold, U.S. men's hockey surges past Denmark
Day 8 at the 2026 Winter Olympics concluded with a resilient win for the U.S. men's hockey team. After trailing Denmark 2-1 at the end of the first period, the Americans scored three goals in the second to pull away for a 6-3 win.
Germany and Latvia face off in this Group C men's ice hockey matchup during the 2026 Winter Olympics on Saturday.
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