How to watch USA vs. Canada Women’s Hockey: Live stream gold medal game, TV, time for 2022 Beijing Olympics

By NBC Sports StaffFeb 16, 2022, 11:17 PM EST

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The women’s hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics comes to a close this Wednesday, February 16 with the U.S. set to face Canada in the gold medal game. The two teams saw each other in the preliminary round, and it was Canada who emerged victorious with a 4-2 win. Canada has remained undefeated throughout the tournament, while that loss was the only one on the U.S.’s balance sheet in Beijing.

The U.S. is the defending Olympic champion, and the two nations have met in the gold medal game in five of previous the six Olympic (the women’s tournament made its Olympic debut in 1998). Canada has claimed four gold medals (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), while the U.S. has claimed two (1998, 2018). After emerging victorious in 2018, the U.S. women will look to win a second consecutive gold for the first time in Olympic history. Finland already secured the bronze medal with a 4-0 over Switzerland, four years after winning bronze in PyeongChang. It marked the fourth Olympic medal (and fourth bronze) for the Finnish team (1998, 2010, 2018, 2022).

“You’re going to have two good teams,” U.S. forward Hilary Knight said ahead of the gold medal game. “You saw some unfinished business during the tour [the two teams’ pre-Olympic tour]. It’s wonderful hockey, it’s the most beautiful rivalry in sport. It gets the best and the worst out of both of us at the same time. It’s a wonderful game.”

“I know how important the gold medal is for our program,” Knight said. “I know how important it is to the grassroots level. I know there are young girls, young boys, adults watching. What this team does for our country is incredible.”

What time will the USA vs. Canada game start?

Date: Wednesday, February 16

Time: 11:10 p.m. ET

How to stream Team USA Women’s Hockey on Peacock:

Peacock has been the streaming home for all of the Beijing Winter Games, offering live stream coverage of every single event–including the big game between the USA and Canada.

WATCH LIVE: USA v CAN, Women’s Gold Medal Game Stream on Peacock

How to watch USA vs. Canada live on TV, stream online

The gold medal women’s hockey game will be televised nationally on NBC, with a re-air set for Thursday evening 02/17 at 5 p.m. ET.

WATCH LIVE: USA v CAN, Women’s Gold Medal Game Stream

Check out the full team rosters for both countries below:

USA Women’s Hockey Team Roster

Goalies:

Alex Cavallini
Nicole Hensley
Maddie Rooney

Defenders:

Cayla Barnes
Megan Bozek
Jincy Dunne
Savannah Harmon
Caroline Harvey
Megan Keller
Lee Stecklein

Forwards:

Hannah Brandt
Dani Cameranesi
Alex Carpenter
Jesse Compher
Kendall Coyne Schofield (captain)
Brianna Decker (injured)
Amanda Kessel
Hilary Knight
Abbey Murphy
Kelly Pannek
Abby Roque
Hayley Scamurra
Grace Zumwinkle

Canada Women’s Hockey Team Roster

Goalies:

Kristin Campbell
Ann-Renee Desbiens
Emerance Maschmeyer

Defenders:

Erin Ambrose
Ashton Bell
Renata Fast
Jocelyne Larocque
Ella Shelton
Claire Thompson
Micah Zandee-Hart

Forwards:

Emily Clark
Melodie Daoust
Sarah Fillier
Brianne Jenner
Rebecca Johnston
Emma Maltais
Sarah Nurse
Marie-Philip Poulin
Jamie Lee Rattray
Jillian Saulnier
Natalie Spooner
Laura Stacey
Blayre Turnbull

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French Open: Daniil Medvedev stunned by 172nd-ranked qualifier

By OlympicTalkMay 30, 2023, 11:52 AM EDT

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No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev was eliminated by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild at the French Open, the first time a top-two men’s seed lost in the first round of a major in 20 years.

Seyboth Wild, a 23-year-old in his second-ever Grand Slam main draw match, prevailed 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in more than four hours on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

“I’ve watched Daniil play for, like, my entire junior career until today, and I’ve always dreamed about playing on this court, playing these kind of players,” he said. “In my best dreams, I’ve beaten them, so it’s a dream come true.”

Seyboth Wild overcame the ranking disparity, the experience deficit (it was his first five-set match) and cramps. He began feeling them in the second set, and it affected his serve.

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Seyboth Wild, who had strictly played in qualifying and lower-level Challenger events dating to February 2022, became the first man to take out a top-two seed at a Slam since Ivo Karlovic upset Lleyton Hewitt at 2003 Wimbledon, which ended up being the first major won by a member of the Big Three.

The last time it happened at the French Open was in 2000, when Mark Philippoussis ousted No. 2 Pete Sampras.

It’s the most seismic win by a Brazilian at the French Open — and perhaps any major — since the nation’s most successful man, Gustavo Kuerten, won his third Roland Garros title in 2001.

Tuesday marked the 26th anniversary of Kuerten’s first big splash in Paris, a third-round win over 1995 French Open champion Thomas Muster en route to his first Roland Garros title.

As a junior, Seyboth Wild won the 2018 U.S. Open and reached a best ranking of eighth in the world. Since, he played eight Grand Slam qualifying tournaments with a 1-8 record before advancing through qualifying last week.

The 2021 U.S. Open champion Medvedev entered the French Open having won the first clay tournament title of his career at the Italian Open, the last top-level event before Roland Garros.

Medvedev’s defeat leaves no major champions in the bottom half of the men’s draw. The top seeds left are No. 4 Casper Ruud, last year’s French Open and U.S. Open runner-up, and No. 6 Holger Rune. No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 3 Novak Djokovic play their second-round matches in the top half on Wednesday.

Women’s seeds to advance Tuesday included No. 6 Coco Gauff, who rallied past 71st-ranked Spaniard Rebeka Masarova 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, plus No. 4 Elena Rybakina and No. 7 Ons Jabeur in straight sets.

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Olympians, Paralympians star on Top Chef World All-Stars in Paris

By OlympicTalkMay 30, 2023, 11:34 AM EDT

U.S. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls get a taste of Paris in this week’s episode of Top Chef World All-Stars, premiering Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.

Olympic medalists Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Suni Lee and Paralympic medalists Mallory Weggemann and Hunter Woodhall team up with contestants for a cooking challenge in front of the Eiffel Tower, one year before the French capital hosts the Games.

Olympians have appeared on Top Chef before.

A 2020 episode set at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Coliseum included Diana Taurasi, Rai Benjamin, Nastia Liukin, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Christian Coleman and Kerri Walsh Jennings.

A January 2018 episode featured figure skater Meryl Davis, freeskier Gus Kenworthy and skeleton slider John Daly, one month before the PyeongChang Winter Games.