USA men’s hockey GM Bill Guerin on leadership, fighting and bonding
USA men’s hockey general manager Bill Guerin, Feb. 7, 2026 in Milan.
Men’s ice hockey at the Olympics goes back to the 1920 Summer Games. It was moved to the Winter Olympics for the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix, France.
Since then, the United States has won gold twice, the latest being the 1980 “Miracle On Ice” run in Lake Placid, New York.
Back then, the American team was comprised of amateur players. NHL players have competed in six Olympics (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and now 2026). The league didn’t send players in 2018 and 2022.
Team USA reached the 2026 semifinal round and played Slovakia on Friday, Feb. 20. Finland and Canada played in the other semifinal.
Who are the Olympic men’s hockey gold medal winners?
- 2022: Finland (silver, Russian Olympic Committee)
- 2018: Olympic Athletes from Russia (silver, Germany)
- 2014: Canada (silver, Sweden)
- 2010: Canada (silver, USA)
- 2006: Sweden (silver, Finland)
- 2002: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1998: Czech Republic (silver, Russia)
- 1994: Sweden (silver, Canada)
- 1992: Unified Team after Soviet Union dissolved (silver, Canada)
- 1988: Soviet Union (silver, Finland)
- 1984: Soviet Union (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1980: United States (silver, Soviet Union)
- 1976: Soviet Union (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1972: Soviet Union (silver, USA)
- 1968: Soviet Union (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1964: Soviet Union (silver, Sweden)
- 1960: United States (silver, Canada)
- 1956: Soviet Union (silver, USA)
- 1952: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1948: Canada (silver, Czechoslovakia)
- 1936: Great Britain (silver, Canada)
- 1932: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1928: Canada (silver, Sweden)
- 1924: Canada (silver, USA)
- 1920: Canada (silver, USA)
