Fresh off winning gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, U.S. Olympian hockey stars Hilary Knight, Jack Hughes and Quinn Hughes will join “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy

The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics are officially in the books. And the United States, thanks to a thrilling finish on the ice Sunday, is headed home on a high note from the men's hockey final. That win preceded the Milan Cortina Closing Ceremony and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame.

Canada's Connor McDavid didn't win a gold medal, but he's going home from the Milan Cortina Olympics honored as the best men's hockey player from the Games.

Viewers also tuned in for Thursday's U.S. women's gold medal conquest over Canada. According to NBC, the 2-1 overtime victory drew an average of 5.3 million viewers on USA Network and Peacock, peaking at 7.7 million viewers in overtime before Megan Keller's winning goal. It was the most-watched women's hockey game on record, per the network.

Sidney Crosby's status for the gold-medal game at the Winter Olympics between Team Canada and the U.S. was updated Sunday.

Team Canada's Chef de Mission Jennifer Heil on funding gaps, brain drain and the strategy vacuum after Milan Cortina.