Inside Slovakia's Olympic hockey team: A complete roster and more to know 2026 men's team originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The road to the 2026 Olympic semifinals was -- to say the very least -- a winding one for Slovakia.

Team USA defeated Slovakia, 6-2, in the 2026 Winter Olympic ice hockey semifinal. USA will play Canada in the gold-medal game.

In Friday's medal events, Team USA picked up another gold medal in the men's Freestyle Skiing halfpipe final, where Alex Ferreira finally captured gold to complete his set after winning silver and bronze in 2018 and 2022. Ferreira threw down a 93.75 in his third and final run of the night to jump ahead of Estonia's Henry Sildaru for the gold medal.

The defending gold-medal team of Finland was awarded the bronze medal in the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games following a 6-1 win over Slovakia.

Follow live updates on FloHockey for the Winter Olympics bronze medal game between Finland and Slovakia on Saturday, Feb. 21.

USA and Slovakia face off today for a spot in the men's hockey gold medal game at Milano Cortina. Here's how to watch.

The U.S. men's hockey team defeated Slovakia on Friday in the semifinals of the Olympic tournament at Santaguilia Ice Arena in Milan, Italy.

MILAN (AP) — Finland won the bronze medal in men’s hockey at the Olympics for a third consecutive time with NHL players participating, beating Slovakia 6-1 on Saturday night. Erik Haula scored two goals and Joel Armia had a goal and two assists for Finland,

USA routed Slovakia in the second Olympic men's semifinal, hours after Canada squeezed by Finland. Team USA moves on to Sunday's gold medal match.

Dalibor Dvorsky is a goal-scorer. It's in his DNA. The rookie forward for the St. Louis Blues has three goals for Team Slovakia during its surprising run to the semifinals of the men's hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen has won his first Olympic medal after Finland's 6-1 win over Slovakia in the 2026 Winter Olympic bronze-medal game.

The USA men's ice hockey team will play Slovakia in the Winter Olympic 2026 semifinal in Italy on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.