Hockey headlines for February 17, 2026

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Canada escapes disaster in semis, beating Swiss 2-1 to set up U.S. showdown for gold (Globe & Mail)
Team USA carrying unprecedented dominance into gold medal showdown after latest Olympic gem (New York Post)
San Jose Sharks, veteran forward mutually agree to terminate contract (San Jose Mercury News)
Hurricanes goalie, once a waiver-wire castoff, cements future with new contract (Raleigh News & Observer)
Heated rivalry between Canada and U.S. comes down to yet another women’s gold-medal showdown (Globe & Mail)
The great Marie-Philip Poulin leads Canada to a gold-medal rematch. They'll need much more against U.S. (Toronto Sun)
In Olympic hockey, some of the scouting reports are inside jobs (Globe & Mail)
Canada’s 1956 Olympic bronze-medal men’s hockey team left a special legacy (Globe & Mail)
Cale Makar leaving distinctive mark for Canada in Olympic debut (New York Post)
Nine points later, Canada gets a taste of what McDavid does for Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
Even at age 10, B.C. Olympic star Macklin Celebrini seemed bound for great things (Vancouver Province)
Path to gold set for Predators' Roman Josi, Juuse Saros, Filip Forsberg at Olympics (The Tennessean)
Tage Thompson, Rasmus Dahlin on path to meet in Wednesday's Olympic quarterfinals (Buffalo News)
Red Wings’ Raymond looks to make amends in Olympic qualifier (MLive.com)
Non-Olympian Red Wings returning to rink as practice resumes (Detroit News)
Ottawa Senators' non-Olympians hit the ice to prepare for playoff push (Ottawa Sun)
Elias Pettersson trade speculation trumps training camp 2.0 (Vancouver Province)
Penguins defenseman Ilya Solovyov is enjoying a new start (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Crunch time for Marlies could earn prospects a look from the Maple Leafs (Toronto Sun)
Getting the call: How Sabres players found out they were heading to the NHL (Buffalo News)
‘You’re cheering for your best friend’: Winnipeggers travel to see Seth Jarvis chase Olympic hockey gold (Winnipeg Free Press)