Lightning Evening News: Checking in on the Olympics

Feb 11, 2026; Milan, Italy; Victor Hedman of Sweden celebrates scoring their fifth goal with teammates in men's ice hockey group B play during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn ImagesThe men’s Olympic hockey tournament is fully underway over in Milan with each country having completed at least once. While things got off to a bit of a shocking start as Slovakia upset Finland and Italy gave Sweden all they could handle, the second day of hockey went chalk as Switzerland took down France 4-0, Canada took out Czechia 5-0, the United Stated upended Latvia 5-1 with Zemgus thinking the Latvians just made too many mistakes, and Germany took out Denmark 3-1.

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