OPINION
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: These Olympics Were The Redemption Games For Auston Matthews, J.T. Miller And So Many More (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Team USA Celebrates Olympic Gold With Gaudreau Brothers In Mind: 'We Did It For Them' (The Hockey News)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: In Hindsight, Maybe A Less-Than-Healthy Sidney Crosby Should Have Chosen To Play (The Hockey News)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Canada's Jon Cooper Blasts OT Format After Gold Medal Game: 'There's A Reason Why 3-On-3 Is Not In The Stanley Cup Final' (The Hockey News)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: How Team USA won a thrilling gold medal game against Canada (Sportsnet)
- CATHAL KELLY: That wasn’t the game, nor the Games, Canada wanted (Globe & Mail)
- DIETER KURTENBACH USA men’s hockey’s ugly, glorious 2026 gold is just the beginning (San Jose Mercury News)
- LA VELLE E. NEAL III: Minnesotans should rejoice in glow of Americans’ double Olympic hockey gold (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- STEVE POLITI: Jack Hughes’ golden goal will inspire a generation of American hockey players to dream big (NJ.com)
- BARRY SVRLUGA: Joy and pain for the U.S. and Canada, and a hockey game that had all the feels (Washington Post)
- GREG COTE: 46 years later and on top of world, USA hockey owns Canada’s sport (Miami Herald)
- MOLLIE WALKER: This USA hockey Olympic triumph was no miracle — they were built for this (New York Post)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: From their Brighton practice facility, the Bruins cheered on teammates, countrymen (Boston Globe)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens' Lane Hutson happy to see U.S. win Olympic gold medal (Montreal Gazette)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Bruce Arthur: Canada gave everything in its Olympic finale — and should have won. A golden opportunity ends in heartbreak and regret (Toronto Sun)
- TIM BENZ: Team USA didn’t need a miracle this time. It just needed to seize the momentVideo (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- COLIN STEPHENSON: Olympic glory hits home for Rangers (New York Newsday)
- JOHN DIETZ: US gold great, but should’ve come with 10 skaters on the ice (Chicago Daily Herald)
- ETHAN SEARS: Devils star silences doubters with forever goal that cements him as an 'American hero' (New York Post)
- JOHN NIYO: Golden moment for U.S. hockey was made in Michigan (Detroit News)
- MIKE VACCARO: There was no solace with silver in Olympic battle of hockey heavyweights — Canada’s faces said it all (New York Post)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has the stuff of champions after all (Toronto Star)