Canada captures silver
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina were capped off by the Canadian men’s hockey team, which features Saskatoon’s Brandon Hagel and Darcy Kuemper, earning silver after they fell 2-1 against the United States in overtime, with Jack Hughes scoring one minute and forty-one seconds into the extra frame.
Matt Boldy got the States on the board first, scoring six minutes into the opening period.
Canada’s Cale Makar evened the score after he found the back of America’s net with just under two minutes left in second period.
Following a scoreless third period, regulation time ran out and pushed things into overtime with the score 1-1.
Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington stopped 26 of 28 shots in the game, while his American counterpart Connor Hellebuyck made 41 saves on 42 shots.
Two speed skaters selected as Closing Ceremonies flag bearer
To bring an end to the 16 days of competition, the Closing Ceremony took place withlong track speed skater Valérie Maltais, who won two bronze and one gold, as well as short track speed skater Steven Dubois, who won a gold and silver, carrying the flag into the Verona Arena.
Canada earned a total medal haul of 21 (five gold, seven silver and nine bronze). Read the full Day 16 recap at Olympic.ca
Overview of Saskatchewan results
For the past 16 days, Saskatchewan has been represented in Italy by seven athletes, six officials, four coaches, as well as four support and mission staff members.
Regina lead Ben Hebert helped claim gold for Canada in men’s curling. Meanwhile in the hockey arena, Emily Clark who hails from Saskatoon, captured silver with the Canadian women’s hockey team, while Saskatoon-born Brandon Hagel and Saskatoon-raised Darcy Kuemper secured silver on the men’s side.
Other results: After wihdrawing from the big air competition due to a crash while training, Regina’s Mark McMorris —coached by Adam Burwell— finished in eighth place after his best run in the men’s slopestyle event produced 75.50 points …Maia Schwinghammer, who hails from Saskatoon, marked her Olympic debut with 77.61 points and a fifth place finish in the women’s freestyle skiing moguls, in addition to her performance in the dual moguls 1/8 finals… Regina biathlete Logan Pletz had a top result of 17th place in the men’s 4×7.5-kilometre relay race, but also competed in the 20-km individual (77th), 10-km sprint (55th) and 12-km pursuit event (53rd).
On the coaching side: William Dutton was a part of Canada’s long-track speed skating team, which secured five medals, including a gold, silver and three bronze. Laine Peters accompanied Canada’s mixed doubles curling team, who finished with a 4-5 record. In the realm of bobsleigh, Lyndon Rush attended with the Canadian team, who had mutliple Top 20 finishes. .
Also at the Games were officials, Alex Clarke, Michelle McKenna, Cianna Murray and Tarrington Wyonzek overseeing the hockey rink, while Karen Howard judged figure skating and Moyca Stoffel acted as an assistant referee in long track speed skating.
Team Canada mission staff included Lisa Hoffart as the Mental Health Lead and Chris Dornan assisting as a media attaché. Meanwhile, Ryan Getzlaf accompanied the men’s hockey team as a player relations advisor and massage therapist Jodi Perras supported the Canadian cross country skiing team.