Canada vs. USA—the
men’s gold medal match-up that everyone in North America wanted and expected—is all
set after semifinal wins in which Macklin Celebrini, Jack Eichel and Brady
Tkachuk played key roles. Celebrini and Eichel are BU’s most recent Hobey Baker
Memorial Award winners.
Depending on the
outcome, there will be either five Terriers with gold medals or just one. The
final will be played Sunday at 8:10 AM ET.
In the first
semifinal, Canada trailed Finland late in the third period but tied the score
on a Shea Theodore goal. Then with Canada on a power play, Celebrini retrieved
the puck below Finland’s goal line, passed to Connor McDavid, then screened the
goalie as Nathan McKinnon fired the game-winner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onk4fipHEeM
Celebrini’s assist
gave him a 5-5-10 scoring line in five games.
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Macklin Celebrini played 18:02 of the final 40 minutes for Team Canada 🇨🇦 as they chased that semifinal from behind
The teenager finished with a team-high 25:53 of ice time and eight shots on goal
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) February 20, 2026
Team USA had no need for late heroics as they easily handled
Slovakia, 6-2. Eichel and Tkachuk each contributed a goal and an assist and
were play-drivers throughout the contest. Eichel’s power-play tally gave the
U.S. a 4-0 lead.
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Brady ➡️ Jack ➡️ 🚨#BUSApic.twitter.com/EsRLgwGcDE
— BU Men’s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 20, 2026
In the third
period, shortly after being stoned on a breakaway, Tkachuk was sent in alone
again and didn’t miss.
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What a move by Brady!pic.twitter.com/YTcG2mdXdz
— BU Men’s Hockey (@TerrierHockey) February 20, 2026
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Stats through the Semifinal Round:
🇨🇦 Macklin Celebrini: 5 goals and 5 assists
🇺🇸 Jack Eichel: 2 goals and 4 assists
🇺🇸 Brady Tkachuk: 3 goals and 2 assists
🇺🇸 Charlie McAvoy: 19:18/game on the top pair, and a +1 rating
— Terrier Hockey (@BU_Hockey5) February 20, 2026
On the Women’s
side, with Canada’s overtime loss to Team USA in the gold medal game, Marie-Philip
Poulin earned her second silver medal to go with three golds in which she
produced the game-winner.
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Congrats to Pou on winning silver for her fifth career Olympic medal 🥈#ProudToBU pic.twitter.com/r4tZNX5Fn8
— BU Women’s Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) February 19, 2026
Poulin had scored both
goals in Canada’s 2-1 semifinal win over Switzerland, setting a new all-time
Women’s record for Olympic scoring with 20.
● NBCOlympics.com Marie-Philip
Poulin breaks all-time Olympic goals record
Former BU goalie Andrea Brändli stopped 42 shots for
Switzerland and followed it up with 32 saves to help Switzerland secure the
bronze medal in a 2-1 win over Sweden.
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It’s a bronze for Andrea 🥉 With 3️⃣2️⃣ saves in net today, she backed Switzerland to its second-ever women’s ice hockey bronze medal!#ProudToBU pic.twitter.com/sDsOfsMqtO
— BU Women’s Hockey (@TerrierWHockey) February 19, 2026
Both Poulin and Brändli were named to the Olympic all-star
team and also received Directorate Awards.
Tournament Directorate Three Best Players
Best Goalkeeper: Andrea Brandli, SUI
Best Defender: Caroline Harvey, USA
Best Forward: Marie-Philip Poulin, CAN
Media All-Star Team
Goalkeeper: Andrea Brandli, SUI
Defender: Caroline Harvey, USA
Defender: Laila Edwards, USA
Forward: Hannah Bilka, USA
Forward: Marie-Philip Poulin, CAN
Forward: Alina Muller, SUI
Looking back
2027 recruit Egor Shilov scored his second hat trick and
added an assist in Victoriaville’s rout of Rimouski, 8-1. He also won 10 of 11
face offs and was +3, earning the game’s first star. With 70 points (28G,42A) in
51 games, Shilov leads all QMJHL rookies in scoring.
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Sortez les casquettes 🧢#GoTigresGo pic.twitter.com/ixfMNTvnTp
— Tigres de Victoriaville (@TigresVicto) February 21, 2026
2027 recruit Freddy
Meyer assisted on a pair of goals as Quebec thumped Baie-Comeau, 6-0. He has a 2-10-12 scoring line in 47 games.
2027 recruit
Andrei Nikolaev stopped 23 of 25 shots in Des Moines’ 2-1 loss to Madison.
Women’s Team
On Senior Night at Walter Brown Arena, Terriers overcame an early deficit to earn a 3-1 win over Providence.
Lexie Bertelsen‘s second-period goal tied the score and then Maeve Kelly‘s power play goal in the third gave BU the lead. Luisa Welcke added an empty-net goal.
● GoTerriers.com recap and box score
● Boston Hockey Blog BU gets much-needed boost with 3-1 victory over Providence