MILAN – From the men’s hockey team narrowly surviving an upset scare in the elimination round to gold on the short-track speedskating rink, here are five things to know from Day 12 at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games:
SCARY ADVANCEMENT
The men’s hockey team successfully moved into the semis at the Olympic tournament, but it was anything but comfortable as the squad needed an overtime goal from forward Mitch Marner to advance with a 4-3 win. Canada, which had defeated Czechia in its opening game by a 5-0 score, encountered much more resistance from the Czech side on Wednesday, trailing 2-1 and 3-2 in the game before Nick Suzuki scored to send the game into the extra frame. The game also saw Canada lose captain Sidney Crosby to injury in the second period when his right leg bent awkwardly during a hit by Czechia’s Radko Gudas.
GOLDEN SHORT-TRACK
Steven Dubois added to Canada’s medal count at Milan-Cortina Wednesday, winning gold in the men’s 500-metre short-track speedskating event. It is Canada’s 14th medal and fourth gold at the Games. Fellow Canadian William Dandjinou was assessed a penalty during the finals and did not podium. Dandjinou had been a favourite to medal in multiple short-track speedskating events coming into Milan-Cortina. Dubois has won two medals at the Games after previously winning silver as part of the mixed team relay event.
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PILING UP MEDALS
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On the women’s side, Courtney Sarault won her fourth medal at the Games after the Canadians took bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre relay. Sarault and teammate Kim Boutin have both won multiple medals in Italy, with Boutin previously winning a silver and Sarault having already won two silvers and a bronze. The Canadians led much of the race but were caught by the eventual gold-medal winners from South Korea and silver medallists from Italy in the final laps. Defending gold medallists from the Netherlands finished fourth after contact with a Canadian skater led to a fall early in the race.
STEAMROLLER
The Canadian men’s curling team frustrated its Italian opponents Wednesday in a convincing 8-3 win, securing a spot in Thursday’s semifinals. Skip Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based squad improved to 7-1 in the Olympic tournament with the win, which at times saw Italian curlers throwing a water bottle and kicking a rock so hard that it flipped over. The Canadian team has won four in a row and are ranked fifth in the world. Jacobs skipped the last Canadian men’s curling team to win gold at the Sochi 2014 Games.
GAME OF MILLIMETRES
Canadian freestyle skier Marion Thénault finished off the podium in the women’s aerials at the Games Wednesday after a slight but costly mistake in the finals of the event. Thénault, from Sherbrooke, Que., launched into a back lay-full-full in her final run but said she landed too deep on her skis, scoring a 101.90 that placed her seventh. Only the top six competitors moved on to the super finals, and trainer Jeff Bean said the margin of the error was just millimetres. Thénault had also finished seventh in Beijing four years ago.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2026.
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