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Kadirova, Elridge Each Score Two, Torrent Falls 4-3 To Charge

  Photo via Seattle Torrent/PWHL The Torrent suffered their fourth straight loss when they took on the Ottawa Charge on Wednesday at TD Place, losing 4-3. Seattle came alive in the second period behind two goals from Jessie Eldridge. Alex Carpenter, who made history scoring the first-ever penalty shot goal in PWHL history, tied the game before Ottawa took the lead back with little time to play. Fanuza Kadirova found the back of the net twice for the Charge. Alexa Vasko and Emily Clark also scored to help secure the victory. The Torrent will look to regroup before hosting the Boston Fleet on March 11, while the Charge travel to the Prudential Center on Sunday for a showdown with the New York Sirens. Seattle Torrent Lineup: Gosling - Serdachny - Adzija Snodgrass - Carpenter - Elridge Buglioni - Grant-Mentis - Bryant Wagner - Delianedis - Langseth Wilgren - Barnes Keopple - Brown Carter - Tejralova Lobdell Murphy Schroeder Ottawa Charge Lineup: Wozniewicz - Jenner - Leslie Clark ...
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Jack Hughes Nets Golden Goal as Team USA Downs Canada for Olympic Gold

 







The 46-year-old wait is over. Team USA captured the Olympic gold medal dramatically on Sunday, defeating Canada 2-1 in a sudden-death overtime thriller at Santagiulia Arena. After a scoreless stalemate for much of the game, Jack Hughes cemented his place in hockey history by snapping home the "Golden Goal" 1:41 into the extra period. The Americans got on the board six minutes into the first period thanks to a highlight-reel goal from Matt Boldy, but Canada’s Cale Makar eventually found the equalizer late in the second to set the stage for the overtime heroics. While Hughes provided the finish, the story of the game was Connor Hellebuyck, who stood tall under a relentless Canadian onslaught, making 41 saves to secure the United States' first men's gold since the 1980 "Miracle on Ice." Canada takes home the silver after a hard-fought battle that lived up to every bit of the cross-border hype.





USA Lineup:

B. Tkachuk - Eichel - M. Tkachuk

Guentzel - Matthews - Boldy

J. Hughes - Larkin - Thompson

Miller - Nelson - Trocheck

Keller


Q. Hughes - McAvoy

Slavin - Faber

Werenski - Sanderson

Hanifin


Hellebuyck

Oettinger


Canada Lineup:

Celebrini - McDavid - MacKinnon

Marner - Suzuki - Stone

Marchand - Bennett - Wilson

Hagel - Horvat - Jarvis

Reinhart


Toews - Makar

Harley - Parayko

Sanheim - Doughty

Theodore


Binnington

Thompson


Matt Boldy opened the scoring at 14:00 of the first when he flipped the puck between Cale Makar and Devon Toews, gained position on the latter, then deked to his backhand before sliding the puck past Jordan Binnington to give the U.S. a 1-0 lead. This was the fastest goal to start a gold medal game in an Olympics with NHL players.



Late in the second period, Makar tied things up 1-1 to get Canada on the board with 1:44 to go in the frame. Right off a face-off win for the Canadians, the puck found its way to Toews, who sent a cross-ice pass to Makar, who skated into the face-off circle and picked the corner off a snap shot. Canada outshot the U.S. in the second, 19-8.


After a scoreless third period with 14 saves made by Connor Hellebuyck, Jack Hughes fired a wrister past Binnington, scoring the golden goal at 1:41 of overtime for the U.S. after taking a pass from Zach Werenski, who stripped Nathan MacKinnon of the puck in the right face-off circle before handing it over to Hughes for the 2-1 final.


 








Notes:

- This marks the sixth Olympic meeting between Canada and the United States in tournaments featuring NHL players  - and the third time the rivals have faced off for gold (previously in 2002 Salt Lake City and 2010 Vancouver).

Previous matchups:

2014 Sochi (Semifinal): Canada 1, USA 0

2010 Vancouver (Gold Medal): Canada 3, USA 2 (OT)

2010 Vancouver (Preliminary): USA 5, Canada 3

2002 Salt Lake City (Gold Medal): Canada 5, USA 2

1998 Nagano (First Round): Canada 4, USA 1

- Olympic gold medal results in tournaments featuring NHL players:

2022 Beijing: Finland 2, ROC 1

2018 PyeongChang: OAR 4, Germany 3 (OT)

2014 Sochi: Canada 3, Sweden 0

2010 Vancouver: Canada 3, USA 2 (OT)

2006 Torino: Sweden 3, Finland 2

2002 Salt Lake City: Canada 5, USA 2

1998 Nagano: Czech Republic 1, Russia 0

(Pre-NHL participation era highlights: 1994 Lillehammer, 1992 Barcelona, 1920 Antwerp.)

- Matt Boldy opened the scoring for Team USA in the gold medal game. He is one of nine 30-goal scorers returning to NHL action later this week when the 2025-26 regular season resumes (32-30--62 in 54 GP). ...Boldy’s goal at 6:00 marked the fastest goal ever scored to open a gold medal game in the NHL Olympic era, surpassing Tony Amonte’s 8:49 opener in 2002.

- Quinn Hughes assisted on Boldy’s opening goal, tying Ryan Suter for the second-most career assists (7) by an American defenseman at the Olympics featuring NHL players. Only Brian Rafalski (8) has more. ...Hughes’ seventh assist of the Milano Cortina 2026 tournament set a new U.S. single-tournament record in the NHL Olympic era. ...With 1-7--8 (6 GP), Hughes tied the record for most points by a defenseman in a single Olympic Games featuring NHL players, matching Erik Karlsson (2014) and Brian Rafalski (2010).

- Cale Makar finished the tournament with 2-4--6 (6 GP), tying the record for most points by a Canadian defenseman in a single NHL-era Olympics, matching Drew Doughty, Shea Weber (twice), Dan Boyle, and Duncan Keith. ...Makar became just the sixth defenseman to score in an NHL-era Olympic gold medal game. ...He also became the fifth Canadian defenseman to score multiple goals in a single Olympic tournament featuring NHL players.

- Canada’s 19 shots in the second period set a new gold medal game record in the NHL era, breaking their own mark of 17 (2002 vs. USA).

- After rallying to win both their quarterfinal and semifinal games, Canada had the chance to become the first team to record three comeback victories in a single NHL-era Olympic tournament.

- Connor Hellebuyck made 40 saves through regulation, the most in an NHL-era Olympic gold medal game, surpassing Ryan Miller’s 36 in 2010. He finished with 41 saves - second-most ever by an American goalie in an NHL Olympic tournament game (behind Miller’s 42 in 2010 round robin vs. Canada).

- Milano Cortina 2026 marked just the second NHL-era Olympic tournament to require overtime in the gold medal game, joining 2010 Vancouver.

- This was the fifth overtime game of the tournament — second-most in a single NHL-era Olympics (2010 had six).

- Team USA and Team Canada each played one prior overtime game in this tournament, both in the quarterfinals.

- Team USA captured its third Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey - and its first in 46 years (since 1980, the “Miracle on Ice” Games in Lake Placid). It is the program’s first gold in an Olympics featuring NHL players.

- Jack Hughes joined Sidney Crosby as the only players to score an overtime goal in a gold medal game during an NHL-era Olympics. ...Hughes now has nine career NHL overtime goals, second in Devils franchise history behind Patrik Elias (16).

- Gold medals by NHL club affiliation included three from the Wild; two each from the Bruins, Rangers, Senators, Golden Knights, and Jets; and one apiece from multiple other franchises.


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