First round of the quarterfinals are done, as Slovakia maintained their stable run, as they pushed to win today's match against Team Germany, officially eliminating them from the tournament. For a brief moment, Germany felt the spark of a deep tournament run. Slovakia, however, proved to be the ultimate extinguisher. Just as Germany found their rhythm in the second period, Slovakia snuffed out the flame and began to pull away on the scoreboard.
Good morning! We're racing towards the finishing line now in Milan, stylish snow suit in one hand, espresso in the other. Nine golds hang glistening on the line to be claimed . The final snowboarding events swoosh onto our screens soon, with the men's and women's slopestyle; while out on the mountains, cowbells and exhaution in the cross-country team sprint skiing. Ice-hockey punctuates the day, with the men's quarter-finals expect the usual brutality: Slovakia v Germany, Canada v Czechia, Finland v Switzerland, and USA v Sweden.
To kick off the latest edition of Leafs Morning Take, we discussed the Milan Games and what's ahead over the next few days. Just like the women, it really feels like Canada and the U.S. are on a collision course to clash in the Gold Medal game. Connor McDavid leads his squad with nine points, Auston Matthews and Matthew Tkachuk have five points apiece to top America's leaderboard.
Courtney Sarault of Moncton, N.B., finishes second in the women's 1,000-metre short track speed skating final for her third medal at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games. Sarault won bronze in the 500-metre and silver in the mixed relay. Courtney Sarault captures silver in the women's 1,000-metre short track. Beset by double-touching accusations, Canadian men's and women's curling teams play three matches today.
USA hockey beat Germany 5-1 on Sunday to clinch the top spot in Group C in the 2026 Winter Olympics men's hockey tournament. As they did not beat Germany by 10 or more goals, the U.S. finishes second overall in the tournament standings, trailing Canada for the top seed. Auston Matthews scored twice, and Zach Werenski, Brock Faber and Tage Thompson also scored for the Americans. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced.
Team USA men's hockey easily handled Latvia in their opening game of the 2026 Winter Olympics, securing a 5-1 victory. The focus now turns to their second round-robin game against Denmark on Saturday at 3:10 p.m. ET. Denmark lost their opener 3-1 to Germany but played better than the scoreline suggests. They outshot the Germans 38-25 but struggled to contain the star power of Leon Draisaitl and Tim Stutzle.
"I don't feel ideal, but hockey is a tough sport," Fehervary told STV's Patrik Mitas, as translated via Google Translate. "I don't think it's fair, especially when it's on your head. I'm glad I finished the game."
Despite being wanted by Italian authorities, he returned to the country with the intention of watching his national hockey team at the Winter Olympics, Italian media reported, citing the Carabinieri. Police said the Slovak national had an arrest warrant issued 16 years earlier for a series of thefts. They managed to track him down and swooped on him after he checked into a guest house situated in the outskirts of Milan.
This game opened exactly how you'd like to see the first game of a big tournament start, with some physical engagement. It began in warmup with Tom Wilson's antics patrolling the center-ice line, and then it carried over to start the game. Two of Canada's best players, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon, set the tone with two big hits - first, a MacKinnon reverse hit on Michael Kempny, and then McDavid absolutely lined up and destroyed Lukas Sedlak.
Gus Kenworthy has the skills needed to make it in the world of Heated Rivalry and might have also just put his best skate-wearing foot forwards to join the cast. The Olympic skier, 34, has come out of retirement to represent Team GB at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy. In 2015, Kenworthy came out as gay after being linked to Miley Cyrus, a relationship he's said is mirrored in the Canadian LGBTQ+ sports drama.
Enter Heated Rivalry (Saturday 10 January, 9pm, Sky Atlantic), a Canadian queer romp so hot it threatens to scorch the ice it skates upon. Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are star players from Montreal and Moscow respectively, mysteriously drawn to each other on the rink, in the full glare of the media. Well, not that mysteriously. The co-leads get down to business almost immediately, with a not-quite meet cute in a shower room.
"There are boy aquariums all over the United States," a TikTok creator explains in a recent post. The video then shows a clip of someone carrying a bucket filled with hockey pucks. "Come feed the fish at the boy aquarium with me," the closed captions reads. The person tosses the pucks onto the rink as players skate past. On TikTok, ice hockey arenas have been rebranded as "boy aquariums."
#heatedrivalry Heated Rivalry originally was gonna be a 2 hour movie so we would have only seen Hunter and Kip for 5 mins! Episode 3 was beautiful and perfectly done for a show that only has 6 episodes! Thank you so much Jacob for giving us a 1 hour episode about Hunter and Kip! pic.twitter.com/dCwcQga05S- John Cookson (@CooksonJoh88941) December 5, 2025
A decorated amateur golfer and former outstanding ice hockey player, John had an incredible sports career that began under the tutelage of the legendary Olympic hero and ice hockey coach, Herb Brooks at the University of Minnesota. After a brief stint in professional hockey, he turned his passion to golf, winning numerous amateur titles and representing the United States in four Walker Cups.
Based on the beloved novels of the same name from author Rachel Reid, the television adaptation of Heated Rivalry is set the on-and-off court relationship between a pair of professional Major League Hockey players - Montreal Meteors star Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storie) of the Boston Raiders. On the ice, the pair are sworn rivals, but off of it, they must navigate a forbidden love while grappling in a very different way.
Hudson Thornton, former Prince George Cougars captain, is joining the University of Saskatchewan Huskies next season after a stint with the Hershey Bears and Orlando Solar Bears.
"Oh, my gosh," Bob Sweeney said Tuesday. "Everybody used to talk about it on our team, and I know all of his opponents did, as well. He could throw 'em with the best of 'em."
Washington currently has $6.95 million in cap space to work with after signing trade acquisitions Justin Sourdif and Declan Chisholm (though pending RFA Hendrix Lapierre has yet to ink a contract).
