It's not the finish Team Canada wanted at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, after Jack Hughes came away with the OT winner for Team USA

Jack Hughes scored at 1:41 of overtime, and Team USA defeated Team Canada 2-1 in the gold medal game of the men's hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at Santaguilia Arena on Sunday.

Amid growing cross-border political animosity, the game meant even more than usual to Canadian fans who had flown in for one of the marquee events of the Winter Games.

Jack Hughes scored the winner in overtime to help the United States defeat Canada and win gold at the Olympics for the first time since 1980.

The 2026 Milano-Cortina Games officially come to an end today with more Olympic history: a closing ceremony inside a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The show inside the Olympic Arena in Verona, the city where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set,

Iconic sports moments produce iconic images, and there were plenty during and after the U.S. men's hockey team's 2-1 overtime win over Canada in an epic gold medal game Sunday morning at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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