Team Canada’s 2026 Olympic goalie plan already includes a Jordan Binnington twist originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Jon Cooper is keeping his lips sealed.

Here are Team Canada's line combinations and starting goalie for their first game of the 2026 Olympics against Czechia. The post Canada vs Czechia Line Combinations & Starting Goalies Revealed appeared first on Heavy Sports.

Milan – Tournament favorite Canada marked its territory with a 5-0 win over Czechia to open its men's Olympic hockey campaign on Thursday, as goalie Jordan Binnington turned away all 26 shots he faced in a dominant display.

The results have become especially evident at the NHL level in recent years, with Russia boasting far more top-end goalies than Canada — led by Andrei Vasilevskiy, Sergei Bobrovsky, Igor Shesterkin and Ilya Sorokin — and the U.S. improving its depth at the position every year.

Coach Jon Cooper told reporters he would not name a starting goalie on Wednesday, just over 24 hours before Canada's Olympic men's hockey opener against Czechia. Cooper will inform the starter of his decision later Wednesday, he added.

Canada men's hockey coach Jon Cooper doesn't agree with the notion that goaltending is a weak spot for his country at the Milan Cortina Olympics. "I understand people have to write about stuff. But our guys go through a wall for them,

The top two favorites to win gold in men’s hockey go into the Olympics with polar-opposite perceptions of their goaltending situations. The U.S. arguably has one of the best trios in the tournament, with Connor Hellebuyck as the reigning NHL MVP,

I blew it,” Malinin told NBC after a shocking performance in the free skate, which saw multiple falls and ended with him off the podium, in eighth place. If Malinin had executed his skate, he would’ve captured a near-certain gold medal.