How to watch Team USA in Olympic women’s hockey gold medal game: TV, livestream & more
Team USA is eyeing gold in Olympic women’s hockey, meaning a Penn State senior could bring home some major hardware even before the NCAA playoffs begin.
Tessa Janecke, a forward, became the first Nittany Lion to ever represent the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey team this season. She’s missed eight PSU games so far while competing in Milan, Italy, where her squad is just one victory from winning it all.
Janecke and Team USA will take on Team Canada at 1:10 p.m. Thursday in the gold medal game. Janecke has five assists through six games with Team USA, while boasting a team-high 40 points (19 goals, 21 assists) through 26 PSU games.
Once she returns to Happy Valley, she won’t have long to rest — with the AHA tournament starting Feb. 27 and the NCAA tournament on March 12.
Here’s what to know about Thursday’s gold medal game:
How to watch on TV, listen on radio
Who: Team USA vs. Team Canada (Gold Medal Match)
When & what time: 1:10 p.m. (ET), Thursday, Feb. 19 | Where: Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena (Milan, Italy)
TV: USA | Livestream: Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
Online radio stream: NBC Olympics Radio (via IHeart.com)
Betting Odds
(Based on DraftKings Sportsbook)
Game line: USA -1.5 (-148)
Moneyline: USA -425/Canada +330
Over/under: 5.5 (O +105/U -125)
Team USA Olympics History
Women’s ice hockey began as an Olympic sport in 1998. Since then, Team USA has faced Canada seven of eight times in the gold medal match, and it has never finished worse than third.
- 1998: Gold (USA 7, Canada 4)
- 2002: Silver (Canada 3, USA 2)
- 2006: Bronze (USA 4, Finland 0)
- 2010: Silver (Canada 2, USA 0)
- 2014: Silver (Canada 3, USA 2 OT)
- 2018: Gold (USA 3, Canada 2 GWS)
- 2022: Silver (Canada 3, USA 2)
- 2026: TBD (USA vs. Canada)
Penn State ties
Tessa Janecke, a senior forward, might be the most well-known of the women hockey players with Penn State ties. But that doesn’t mean she’s the only one. Here’s a closer look at all four taking part in the Winter Olympics:
Jessica Adolfsson (Sweden): Adolfsson is the only women’s hockey player with Penn State ties who’s already graduated. The defender and 2021 grad played in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, where she had one assist. This time around, with one game remaining, she has one goal and no assists. She has played in 147 games in the Swedish Women’s Hockey League and, last year, played one game with the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women’s Hockey League.
Matilde Fantin (Italy): Fantin is only a freshman, but she’s made an early impact with both Penn State and her country’s Olympic team. She led Italy with a team-high three goals over just five games played. And, with the Nittany Lions, she was the AHA Freshman of the Month of September/October, and she has 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) in 21 games.
Nicole Hall (Sweden): She’s a sophomore forward, and she still has the opportunity to return to Happy Valley with a bronze medal. (Her Sweden team will take on Switzerland in the bronze medal game at 8:40 a.m. ET Thursday.) She saw just over 57 minutes of ice time through six games, and she has a +/- rating of +2. At Penn State, she has 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists) though 28 games.
Tessa Janecke (USA): As previously mentioned, she’s the first in PSU history to be named to the U.S. Olympic women’s ice hockey team. She already had plenty of international experience entering the Olympics, having already played 38 such games with the U.S. senior national team between the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships and the Rivalry Series vs. Canada. She was the 2023 CHA Rookie of the Year, the 2024 CHA Player of the Year and the 2025 AHA Player of the Year.
