{"id":462367,"date":"2026-02-18T19:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/462367\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:22:15","slug":"olympics-mens-hockey-quarterfinals-live-updates-as-team-usa-takes-on-sweden-for-trip-to-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/462367\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics men&#8217;s hockey quarterfinals: Live updates as Team USA takes on Sweden for trip to semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA is back in the men\u2019s ice hockey quarterfinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics, looking to avenge itself after losing to Slovakia in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. This year, with NHL players in tow, the U.S. earned the second seed to secure a bye, posting a 3-0 record in the group stage. On Thursday, they\u2019ll take on Team Sweden, which overtook Latvia in the qualification playoff on Tuesday, 5-1, with 28 shots on goal.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s hockey semifinals are set for Friday at 10:40 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. ET. The winners will then compete for gold on Sunday, Feb. 22, on the final day of the Games.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Date: Wednesday, February 18<br \/>Start time: 3:10 p.m. ET <br \/>Location: Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena | Milan, Italy <br \/>TV channel, live stream: USA Network | Peacock, NBCOlympics.com<\/p>\n<p>Follow along with Yahoo Sports for the latest updates as Team USA takes on Sweden in the men\u2019s ice hockey quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Live1 updates<img alt=\"Ryan Young\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"dot-authorimg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771442535_89_dims.jpeg\"\/>Wed, February 18, 2026 at 11:14 AM PST<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Young<\/p>\n<p>After an undefeated run throughout the group stage, the U.S. men\u2019s hockey team will take the ice again on Wednesday in the quarterfinals. They\u2019ll take on Sweden, who beat Latvia 5-1 in a qualification round game on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s hockey beat Germany 5-1 after a slow start on Sunday to wrap up the group stage action, though <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/olympics\/breaking-news\/article\/winter-olympics-2026-team-usa-mens-hockey-handled-group-play-but-hasnt-really-impressed-224559415.html\" data-i13n=\"slk:they were far less dominant than they could have been;cpos:1;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:they were far less dominant than they could have been;slk:they were far less dominant than they could have been;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" target=\"_blank\">they were far less dominant than they could have been<\/a>. Sweden entered Milan as a medal favorite, too, and only lost their group due to a goal differential. Wednesday\u2019s match looks like it\u2019ll be far from easy for the Americans.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/olympics\/article\/milan-cortina-what-to-watch-today-in-the-winter-olympics--team-usas-mens-hockey-in-quarterfinals-vs-sweden-218-060721284.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read more on what to watch today in the Winter Olympics.;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" target=\"_blank\">Read more on what to watch today in the Winter Olympics.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team USA is back in the men\u2019s ice hockey quarterfinals at the Milan Cortina Olympics, looking to avenge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[56096,5,6,4834,9789,180,3255],"class_list":{"0":"post-462367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-2022-beijing-olympics","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-ice-hockey","11":"tag-mens-hockey","12":"tag-quarterfinals","13":"tag-team-sweden","14":"tag-team-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116093265898216378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}