Slovakia has gotten further than most expected at the 2026 Winter Olympics and have nothing to lose against the heavily favored US team.

That Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Macklin Celebrini are dominating at the Olympics is no big surprise. That Juraj Slafkovsky is dominating at 21 years old is a bigger surprise.

USA (3-1-0-0) vs. Slovakia (3-0-1-0): Feb. 20, 3:10 p.m. ET After a slightly underwhelming run against relatively easy competition in the qualifying round, Team USA punched its ticket to the ...

The quarterfinals of the men’s Olympic hockey tournament were marked by thrilling near upsets, with three games decided in ...

Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky and Oliver Kapanen are on their way to the Olympic tournament's semifinals and the first two will play crucial roles in their countries' respective do-or-die game.

The men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics has confirmed two things for us so far. 1. It’s so much fun to watch the best players compete on the international stage. It makes for spectacular games and ...

A cadre of young guns, led by 21-year-old forward Juraj Slafkovsky, has delivered the Slovakians into the semifinals for just the second time during Olympics involving NHL players. They are the ...

Slovakia is back in the men's hockey semifinals at the Olympics in Milan four years after the small central European country ...

Quinn Hughes scored in overtime to put the U.S. past Sweden 2-1 after giving up the tying goal to Mika Zibanejad with 91 ...

Team Slovakia has shown its determination and grit, as it defeated Germany 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the men's hockey tournament at the 2026 Milano .