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By Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Canada will be "out for blood" as they renew their rivalry at the Milano Cortina Games, U.S. veteran Alex Carpenter told reporters on Monday, with an upcoming group stage game that has the feel of a championship contest.
As the final anxious seconds ticked away in Italy's 3-2 win over Japan on Monday, Daniele Sauvageau, the team’s Canadian general manager, looked at 35-year-old Laura Fortino, a gold-medal winner with Canada in 2014 who now wears Italian blue,
Sidney Crosby will captain Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, joined by Connor McDavid and Cale Makar as alternate captains.
Canada were left fretting over their captain Marie-Philip Poulin after she took a heavy hit in the first period of her side's 5-1 win over the Czech Republic in the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament on Monday.
The Canadians will have more opportunities to add to their medal count on Day 2 of the Milano Cortina Winter Games
U.S. women's hockey captain Hilary Knight tied the Olympic goals record by an American player on Saturday vs. Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Two-time gold medallist Sidney Crosby will serve as captain of the Canadian men's Olympic ice hockey team at the Milano Cortina Winter Games, Hockey Canada announced on Sunday.