The International Ice Hockey Federation unveiled the schedule Tuesday for the men’s and women’s tournaments at the 2026 Olympics in Milan and Cortina. The U.S. and Canada renew their rivalry in the preliminary round on Feb.

The U.S. women's hockey team will face Czechia in its first game of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, while the U.S. men play Latvia in their opener. The women's tournament starts Feb. 5, one day before the Opening Ceremony,

The schedules for the 2026 men's and women's Olympic hockey tournaments are out. This is expected to be the first Olympics with NHL players since 2014 in Sochi, Russia, and the first-ever with PWHL players on the women's side since the league began play in 2024.