TBD | 3:10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15 Men's Group A Switzerland vs. Czechia | 6:10 a.m. Canada vs. France | 10:40 a.m.

The U.S. men's hockey team hasn't won an Olympic gold medal since the Miracle on Ice in 1980, but this year's team might just be capable of ending that drought. The Americans have brought their best roster ever to Italy,

Team USA men's hockey will take on Latvia in their first game of the 2026 Olympics preliminary round. Here's the TV channel and start time.

The most prominent Latvia-born players to reach the NHL are defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh, who helped the Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 1996 and played 875 games in 15 NHL seasons, and goalie Arturs Irbe, who had 218 wins and 33 shutouts in 13 seasons.

As the NHL pauses its season for the first time since 2014, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy, will host the men's ice hockey event with NHL stars and elite international players from across the globe.

Elvis Merzlikins, a star NHL goalie for the Columbus Blue Jackets, is set to represent Team Latvia at the Olympics. He faces a tough opener against Team USA. Merzlikins sees this as a significant personal challenge to showcase his skills on the world's biggest stage.

NHL players are back at the Olympics, and preliminary play opened with two contests in Milan. Here's how Day 1 went.

And he does it in dominant fashion, the largest margin of victory in this event at the Olympics since 1984.” - Bill Spaulding on U.S. Speed Skater Jordan Stolz’s Record Breaking Win in the 1000M