From hockey captaincy to curling struggles, here are some of Canada’s moments from Sunday, Feb. 8, at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games:
NHL veteran Sidney Crosby was named captain of the Canadian men’s hockey team at the Milan Cortina Games on Sunday. Crosby is one of only two players on the Canadian roster with previous Olympic experience, along with defenceman Drew Doughty.
Canada’s mixed doubles curling team suffered a fifth consecutive defeat Sunday, leaving them out of the top-four cut for the semifinals. Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman, a husband-and-wife team from Chestermere, Alta., came away with a 9-5 loss to South Korea’s Seonyeong Kim and Yeongseok Jeong. Earlier Sunday, Canada lost 7-6 to Sweden. The two losses put Gallant and Peterman at 3-5.
Canada missed the podium in the figure skating team event Sunday after placing fifth, but the contest still saw promising performances. Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud delivered a stellar pairs free skate, shattering their personal-best score but still placing fifth in the segment. Madeline Schizas of Oakville, Ont., followed with a fifth-place finish in the women’s free program before Toronto’s Stephen Gogolev landed fourth in the men’s, for a total of 54 points.
Arnaud Gaudet’s time was the second-fastest of the men’s snowboard parallel grand slalom quarterfinals. Unfortunately, his head-to-head opponent was faster — by three-hundredths of a second. Gaudet, from Montcalm, Que., was looking to build on a silver medal at a World Cup event last month in Bulgaria.
Here’s a look at Canada’s second day at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, in photos.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published February 8, 2026.
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