Day 16: What Team Canada did at Milano Cortina 2026
Team Canada is leaving Milano Cortina 2026 with 21 medals—5 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze.
The last of those was claimed on Sunday as the men’s hockey final closed out the competition.
Here’s a look at what Team Canada did on Day 16.
Hockey
Canada fell 2-1 in overtime to the United States in the men’s hockey gold medal game, capturing silver. Jack Hughes scored 1:41 into overtime to give the Americans their first men’s hockey Olympic gold since Lake Placid 1980.
Cale Makar scored Canada’s lone goal, which came in the second period to make it 1-1. Canada had plenty of great scoring chances throughout the game, throwing just about everything at American goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. Shots ended 42-28 in favour of Canada.
Freestyle Skiing
After being postponed by a day because of adverse weather, the women’s ski halfpipe took place under sunny skies. Amy Fraser laid down a great run in her third trip down the pipe, getting 88.00 points to improve on her first run score of 85.00. But it left her just outside a podium position, as she finished fourth by 4.5 points.
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Beijing 2022 bronze medallist Rachael Karker got 79.50 points for her second run, which put her in seventh place. Two-time Olympic medallist Cassie Sharpe had placed third in the qualification round, but was unable to compete in the final after sustaining a concussion in her second run during that qualification round.
Cross-Country Skiing
In the first ever women’s 50km mass start event at the Olympic Games, Jasmine Drolet was the top Canadian, placing 17th in 2:31:34.1. It was her first ever race over that distance. Sonjaa Schmidt place 25th in 2:34:44.7, Katherine Stewart-Jones was 27th in 2:36:35.1, with Amelia Wells just behind here in 28th in 2:36:47.9.
“I started out really fast and was a bit worried,” said Drolet. “I was really nervous before the race started, but as the race went on, I just kind of skied into it and decided to ski at my own pace and my own rhythm up the hills. It ended up getting better and better.”
Bobsleigh
Taylor Austin and his crew of Keaton Bruggeling, Mike Evelyn O’Higgins, and Shaq Murray-Lawrence finished 14th in the four-man event with a four heat combined time of 3:40.29.
Jay Dearborn and his crew of Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson, Luka Stoikos, and Mark Zanette just made the cut for the fourth and final heat, finishing 20th in 3:41.16.