Canada vs. USA – the men’s gold medal match that everyone in North America wanted and expected – is all set after victories in the semifinals in which Macklin Celebrini, Jack Eichel And Brady Tkachuk played key roles. Celebrini and Eichel are the most recent winners of BU’s Hobey Baker Memorial Award.
Depending on the outcome, there will be five Terriers with gold medals or just one. The final will be played on Sunday at 8:10 AM ET.
In the first semifinal, Canada trailed Finland late in the third period, but tied the score on a goal from Shea Theodore. When Canada made a power play, Celebrini picked up the puck below Finland’s goal line, passed to Connor McDavid and then screened the goalie as Nathan McKinnon fired the game winner.
Celebrini’s assist gave him a 5-5-10 rating in five matches.
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Macklin Celebrini played 18:02 of the final 40 minutes for Team Canada 🇨🇦 as they chased that semi-final 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 didn’t need any late heroics as they easily defeated Slovakia 6-2. Eichel and Tkachuk each contributed a goal and an assist and were play-drivers throughout the game. Eichel’s power-play score gave the U.S. a 4-0 lead.
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Brady ➡️ Jack ➡️ 🚨#SOpic.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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Statistics during the semi-final 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 top pair and +1 rating
— Terrierhockey (@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 and three golds, producing the game winner.
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Congratulations 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 win over Switzerland in the semi-finals, setting a new women’s all-time record for Olympic scores with 20.
● NBCOlympics.com Marie-Philip Poulin breaks all-time Olympic goals record
Former BU goalie Andrea Brandli stopped 42 shots for Switzerland and then followed with 32 saves to help Switzerland secure the bronze medal in a 2–1 win over Sweden.
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It’s bronze for Andrea 🥉 With 3️⃣2️⃣ saves in the net today, she supported Switzerland to its second women’s ice hockey bronze medal ever!#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 Management Three Best Players
Best goalkeeper: Andrea Brandli, SUI
Best Defender: Caroline Harvey, USA
Best attacker: 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
Attacker: Alina Muller, SUI
Looking back
2027 recruit Egor Shilov scored his second hat-trick and added an assist in Victoriaville’s defeat to Rimouski, 8-1. He also won 10 of 11 encounters 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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Remove the caps 🧢#GoTigresGo pic.twitter.com/ixfMNTvnTp
— Victoriaville Tigers (@TigresVicto) February 21, 2026
2027 recruit Freddy Meijer assisted on a pair of goals as Quebec defeated Baie-Comeau 6-0. He has a 2-10-12 mark in 47 games.
2027 recruit
Andrei Nikolaev stopped 23 of Des Moines’ 25 shots 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 victory over Providence.
Lexie Bertelsen‘s goal in the second period tied the score and then Maeve Kelly‘s power-play goal in the third gave BU the lead. Luisa Welcke added an empty net target.
● GoTerriers.com to summarize And box score
● Boston Hockey Blog BU gets much-needed boost with 3-1 win over Providence
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