France's Pierre Crinon was suspended by the French Olympic ice hockey federation on Monday for his fight with Canada's Tom Wilson during Sunday's group play match. Crinon, 30, is not allowed to play in the rest of the Olympic tournament.

The U.S. will face a familiar foe in the final: Canada, a 2-1 winner against Switzerland in Monday’s other semifinal at the Milano Ice Hockey Arena. Of the seven women’s Olympic finals between the U.S. and Canada, Canada has four gold medals.

The United States women's ice hockey team are through to the gold medal match at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games after a 5-0 win against Sweden on Monday. Goals from Cayla Barnes, Taylor Heise, Abbey Murphy,

Their respective semifinal wins on Monday set up a seventh gold-medal showdown between Team USA and Canada later this week.

Elana Meyers Taylor won her first gold medal, and sixth overall, taking first in women's monobob. She is now tied with Bonnie Blair as the most decorated female American winter Olympian. Her teammate, Kallie Humphries, took bronze.

The U.S. women's hockey team saw 13 players tally at least one point in a 5-0 Olympic semifinal win, propelling the Americans to play for gold.

After exciting preliminary contests, it's onto the playoff round for men's ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The playoff stage begins early Tuesday with four qualification matchups before the quarterfinals take place on Wednesday.

Team USA and Canada will meet in the women's hockey gold-medal game for the seventh time in Olympic history. Canada owns a 4-2 advantage over the Americans in gold-medal games. However, the Americans have been the best team at the Milan Cortina Games through six games.

Team USA extended its dominance with a fifth straight shutout victory to advance to the finals.