2026 Winter Olympics: 1) Current Tally; 2)Nathan MacKinnon scores late as Canada beats Finland to reach the Olympic gold-medal game;3)Canadian men’s hockey team advances to Olympic semifinal with OT win against Czechia; 4)There is a curling controversy at the Winter Olympics and Canada is at the centre of the allegations

1) Canadian Olympic Medal Tally (Courtesy Olympic.ca)

Note: this tally is as of February 19th

https://olympic.ca/results-2026-winter-olympics/

Freestyle Skiing

Gold

• Mikael Kingsbury, Men’s Dual Moguls

• Megan Oldham, Women’s Big Air

Silver

• Mikael Kingsbury, Men’s Moguls

Bronze

• Megan Oldham, Women’s Slopestyle

Gold

• Steven Dubois, Men’s 500m

Silver

• Courtney Sarault,

Women’s 1000m

• Canada Mixed Team Relay

Bronze

• Courtney Sarault, Women’s 500m

• Canada – Women’s 3000m Relay

Speed Skating

Gold

• Canada – Women’s Team Pursuit

Silver

Bronze

• Laurent Dubreuil, Men’s 500m

• Valérie Maltais, Women’s 3000m

Snowboard

Gold

Silver

• Eliot Grondin,Men’s Snowboard Cross

Bronze

Figure Skating

Gold

Silver

Bronze

• Piper Gilles, Paul Poirier, Mixed Dance

2) Nathan MacKinnon scores late as Canada beats Finland to reach the Olympic gold-medal game

Courtesy Barrie360.com and The Associated Press

By Stephen Whyno,Feb. 20, 2026

Nathan MacKinnon scored the go-ahead goal with 35.2 seconds left after Shea Theodore tied it midway through the third period and Canada survived another scare at the Olympics, rallying to beat Finland 3-2 in the semifinals on Friday night and advance to the men’s gold-medal game.

Theodore’s shot through traffic beating Juuse Saros with 9:26 left in regulation brought the bench and a crowd full of red and white back to life after going quiet when Mikko Rantanen scored first for Finland, which then went up by two on Erik Haula’s shorthanded goal. MacKinnon’s power play goal set off a celebration as the team from the birthplace of the sport will look to win its third consecutive title at the Games when NHL players participate.

The Canadians had tilted the ice toward Saros since Haula scored. They outshot Finland 14-3 in the second period when Sam Reinhart got them on the board with a tip of Cale Makar’s shot, and Theodore scored on their ninth shot of the third, seconds after Brad Marchand was on top of Saros following a shove from Haula.

Connor McDavid, wearing the “C” in the absence of injured captain Sidney Crosby, made a perfect saucer pass over Finland penalty killer Roope Hintz’s stick to MacKinnon for another memorable goal for Canada in Milan.

It held up on video review after Finland challenged that the play was offside.

Moments before MacKinnon scored, Saros made a nifty blocker save to deny the Colorado Avalanche star, who was high-sticked by Niko Mikkola to put Canada on the power play. Saros also made several more big stops before MacKinnon tucked the puck in short side with Macklin Celebrini setting a screen by jumping.

Canada’s stacked lineup, even missing Crosby, eventually broke through the Finnish trap that slows players down and intercepts the puck before an opponent can go deep into the offensive zone. Instead of getting frustrated, some of the best players on the roster led the way, with Celebrini shooting just about every chance he had.

The comeback kept alive the possibility of an all-North America gold-medal game a year after Canada and the U.S. met in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off following their epic matchup earlier in that NHL and NHLPA-run tournament.

The U.S. still has to hold up its end of the bargain to make that happen. The unbeaten Americans face Slovakia in the second semifinal on Friday night.

3)Canadian men’s hockey team advances to Olympic semifinal with OT win against Czechia

Courtesy Barrie 360.com and Canadian Press

By Joshua Clipperton, February 18, 2026

Canada needed extra time to reach the medal round in men’s hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Mitch Marner scored a dramatic winner at 1:22 of 3-on-3 overtime as the country battled back from a late 3-2 deficit, and survived the loss of captain Sidney Crosby, to pick up a 4-3 victory over Czechia in the quarterfinals Wednesday.

The Vegas Golden Knights winger sliced through the Czech defence and roofed a backhand to send the Canadian contingent in Italy into a frenzy.

Macklin Celebrini, with a goal and two assists, Nathan MacKinnon and Nick Suzuki provided the rest of the offence for Canada. Connor McDavid added two assists. Jordan Binnington made 30 saves.

Lukas Sedlak, David Pastrnak and Ondrej Palat replied for Czechia, which topped Denmark 3-2 in Tuesday’s qualification round to make the quarters. Lukas Dostal stopped 36 shots. Roman Cervenka chipped in two assists.

Tied 2-2 in the third, Palat took a pass from Martin Necas on an odd-man rush and fired home from the slot past Binnington at 12:18.

Canada desperately pressed for the tie, and Suzuki got a stick on a Devon Toews point shot with 3:27 left in regulation.

Binnington then denied Necas on a breakaway with Toews backchecking hard with 70 seconds remaining on the clock to set up the extra period.

Crosby was injured five minutes into the second period after his right leg bent in an awkward direction after taking a hit from Czech defenceman Radko Gudas near centre.

The 38-year-old got back to his skates, but wasn’t moving well before taking more contact along the boards from Gudas and Necas. Crosby, who set the all-time record for points by a Canadian NHLer at the Olympics in Sunday’s 10-2 victory over France with a total of 16, made his way to the bench and eventually limped to the locker room.

McDavid’s two points gave him 11 for the tournament, tying the record for points by an NHL player at a single Games with Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu, who both reached the number at the 2006 event in Turin, Italy.

The early quarterfinal at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena saw Slovakia top Germany 6-2. Finland played Switzerland at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena later Wednesday before the United States met Sweden at Santagiulia.

Canada, which blanked Czechia 5-0 to open its tournament on the way to finishing as the No. 1 seed with a plus-17 goal differential, came out flying and grabbed a 1-0 lead at 3:05 of the first period when McDavid stole the puck from Pastrnak and found Celebrini in front for his fifth goal of the tournament.

Celebrini’s seven points in four games pushed him past Evgeni Malkin (six points in seven contests in 2006 with Russia) for the most points by a teenager in a single Olympic tournament with NHLers.

The Czechs, with a roster mix of NHLers and European-based pros, started to push back and evened things at 8:34 after Mark Stone turned the puck over in the neutral zone. Canada got mixed up on its change, and Cervenka took a pass from Gudas before delaying and picking out Sedlak for a tap-in.

Celebrini was then whistled for interference after Czechia killed the game’s first penalty, including a good chance off Crosby’s stick.

Cervenka fired a shot off the crossbar, but Pastrnak blasted a one-timer at 14:49 to put the Canadians down at an Olympics with their NHL stars for the first time since the 2010 Games in Vancouver – a stretch of more than 800 minutes.

Cale Makar hit the post for Canada four minutes into the second period. Crosby’s injury moments later went to the Canadians’ legs as they flexed hard for an equalizer.

Canada finally made it 2-2 at 12:16 on a power play when Celebrini and McDavid teamed up to find MacKinnon, who changed the angle and threaded a shot in off Dostal’s far post inside a crackling rink peppered with Czech flags and red Maple Leafs.

The Canadians started to impose their will on the physical side, with Drew Doughty thumping Pastrnak to the ice. David Kampf hit the post for the Czechs, and Suzuki found iron at the other end on a wide-open net.

Canada was without defenceman Josh Morrissey (undisclosed injury) for a third consecutive game, while Brad Marchand re-entered the lineup for Sam Bennett after sitting out the final two preliminary round games. Morrissey and Bennett both skated Wednesday morning.

Canada won Olympic gold with its NHL stars in 2002, 2010 and 2014 before the league skipped the 2018 event. A planned return in 2022 was shelved by COVID-19 concerns.

The Czechs’ only victory over Canada at an Olympics with NHLers came in a memorable semifinal shootout at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, when Wayne Gretzky wasn’t picked for an attempt.

4)There is a curling controversy at the Winter Olympics and Canada is at the center of the allegations

Courtesy Barrie360.com and The Associated Press

By Julia Frankel and Steve Douglas, February 15, 2026

Controversy is swirling in curling at the Winter Olympics and it’s all centering on whether the mighty Canadian team is cheating.

Both men’s and women’s teams have now been accused of the same infraction: double-touching the curling stone after it is released.

It comes as the historic curling powerhouse finds its ego bruised. Its mixed doubles team didn’t even play for a medal, and its women’s team cannot afford to lose more matches if they hope to advance.

Here’s a look at the whole controversy and why it has exploded:

What happened at the curling centre in Cortina

On Friday, Swedish curler Oskar Eriksson accused Canadian curler Marc Kennedy of breaking the rules by touching the rock again after initially releasing it down the sheet of ice. Kennedy blew up, launching an expletive-laden outburst.

That was before video appearing to show a clear double-touch by Kennedy circulated on social media, taken by Swedish public broadcaster SVT. Still, he maintained his innocence. The Canadians won the match, 8-6.

Late Saturday, an umpire accused acclaimed Canadian skip Rachel Homan of the same infraction in Canada’s match against Switzerland. The umpire stopped play and the stone was removed from play. Homan looked shocked and denied the allegation.

Again, video spread on social media appearing to show her double-touch. The Canadians lost to the Swiss, 8-7.

There are rules against double-touching

After the uproar, World Curling clarified that double-tapping is not allowed, issuing a statement: “During forward motion, touching the granite of the stone is not allowed. This will result in the stone being removed from play.”

Here is what the Canadians say

Asked about the footage, Kennedy said: “If somebody said to you, ‘Hey, do you double-touch all the time?’ I honestly, in that split second of a moment, I couldn’t even tell you if I do or not.”

He then suggested the whole thing might have been “premeditated planning to try to catch us.”

“They’ve come up with a plan to catch teams in the act,” Kennedy said.

Homan, meanwhile, postulated that she was being unfairly targeted because of the controversy on the men’s side.

“I don’t understand the call. I’ll never understand it. We’ve never done that,” she said. “It has nothing to do with us.”

Why this is such a big story

As fierce as the competition can be, curling has a quiet camaraderie to it even though there have been scandals (see: Broomgate, a sweeping-related headache that World Curling believes it solved last June). So it sticks out when there are allegations of cheating.

Canada is also the top nation in curling, easily its biggest market and where the biggest non-Olympic competitions tend to take place. They are taking it personally that their integrity is coming under attack in front of a global audience at the Olympics, which touts the values of respect and friendship.

The athletes playing for Canada and Sweden used to be close off the ice – huge rivals, sure, but admiring of each other’s curling skills. Now there’s clear animosity between the teams, which is intriguing for the casual viewer but a sad blow to the curling community.

What is next

Canada’s curlers are where they don’t want to be in the middle of a Winter Olympics: on the back foot, not just questioning their technique – “We’ll make some adjustments, release-wise, if we have to,” Kennedy said – but also srambling to be in the mix for medals at the end of the week.

Kennedy had the worst shot success of Canada’s four players in its only game Saturday, according to tournament statistics. Canada lost 9-5 to Switzerland, a team it was expected to beat.

All eyes are on both teams now. The Canadian men would not face Sweden again before the semifinals, should both teams make it, and that would be must-see TV whether you’re a curling fan or not.