Team USA prevailed over Canada in overtime in both the men's and women's Olympic hockey tournaments, igniting the nation's first-ever double-gold celebration.

Jack Hughes’ overtime goal, which gave the United States its first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since 1980, drew an average audience of 26 million viewers on NBC and Peacock in the U.S., according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel ratings and Adobe Analytics digital data.

The 11th gold broke the record set at the last Olympics on U.S. soil — in Salt Lake City in 2002, which has long stood as a turning point for a Winter sports program that had struggled over previous decades. Team USA took home 10 gold medals at those Games.

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The United States stunned Canada with a 2–1 overtime victory to win men’s Olympic hockey gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, delivering one of the most memorable moments in modern U.S. hockey history. It marks the Americans’ first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since the legendary “Miracle on Ice” in 1980 and just

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Team USA’s 2-1 OT Win Averaged a Combined 20.7 Million Viewers and 18.6 Million Live (8:15-11 a.m. ET) on NBC & Peacock, Marking the Most-Watched Pre-9 a.m. ET Sporting Event on Record in U.S.