USA hockey vs Canada: Everything to know about Olympic gold medal game, rivalry's history

Everyone got the matchup they wanted for the men's hockey Olympic golden medal game.

Sunday, the 46th day of the "Miracle connected Ice," volition diagnostic the United States against Canada, which is without a uncertainty the fiercest planetary rivalry successful each of sports, going for each the marbles.

Unfortunately for Americans, Canada has owned this rivalry since time one. 

This volition beryllium the eighth clip the United States and Canada person played for Olympic gold, and the lone clip the Americans person won was backmost successful 1960. They besides faced disconnected for golden successful 1920, 1924, 1932, 1952, 2002 and 2010. In the best-on-best format, the U.S. is 5-15-1, and 3 of those victories came successful the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.

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Canada's Brandon Hagel, left, fights with United States' Matthew Tkachuk during the archetypal play of a 4 Nations Face-Off hockey crippled successful Montreal connected Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.  (Graham Hughes//The Canadian Press via AP)

The precise archetypal gathering betwixt the 2 countries successful a best-on-best format was backmost successful the 1976 Canada Cup, which Team Canada won 4-2. The Americans did not gain their archetypal triumph implicit their bluish neighbors until 20 years later, aft losing 7 of their archetypal 8 meetings and tying successful the other.

The U.S. won that year's World Cup, taking location the best-of-three bid against Canada, but since then, it's mostly been Canadian dominance again.

Canada has gone 7-2 against the Americans since 1998, and 4 of those wins were implicit gut-punches to the United States. Canada took location the 2002 Olympic golden medal successful Salt Lake City implicit the Americans, but much famously, Sidney Crosby's aureate extremity 8 years aboriginal besides came astatine the disbursal of Team USA successful beforehand of a Vancouver crowd. Four years later, Canada again defeated the U.S. successful the Olympic semifinals, and past year, Canada won the 4 Nations Face-Off with an overtime triumph against the Stars and Stripes.

Matt Boldy of Team United States and Sidney Crosby of Team Canada shingle hands aft the 4 Nations Face-Off Championship crippled betwixt Team Canada and Team United States astatine TD Garden connected Feb. 20, 2025, successful Boston, Massachusetts. (Chase Agnello-Dean/4NFO/World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images)

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The United States' lone wins successful the aforementioned span came during radical play of some the 2010 Olympics and past year's 4 Nations. So, it's been rather a portion since the Americans had existent bragging rights. Overall, Canada leads the best-on-best series, 15-5-1.

These 2 teams are already precise acquainted with each other, arsenic some rosters are mostly composed of the aforesaid members arsenic past year's 4 Nations Face-Off, wherever 3 fights occurred successful the archetypal 9 seconds successful the countries' archetypal best-on-best crippled successful 9 years.

Tensions betwixt some teams and the fans were sky-high successful that tournament, arsenic it was caller disconnected President Donald Trump's "51st state" comments and tariffs against the country.

Canada's Sidney Crosby (87) is checked by United States' Charlie McAvoy (25) arsenic Vincent Trocheck (16) looks connected during archetypal play 4 Nations Face-Off hockey enactment successful Montreal connected Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025.  (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

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But this is the existent large stage, with revenge, bragging rights and Olympic golden connected the line.

The golden medal crippled volition instrumentality spot Sunday astatine 8:10 a.m. ET.

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