Matthews confident US can capture Olympic goldAFP, TORONTOToronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews is confident in the US men’s ice hockey team and its chances of capturing a gold medal at next month’s Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. “We feel like we’re up there and we should be competing for gold,” Matthews said after practice on Monday in comments on the NHL Web site. “I think all of us feel the same way.”The US won Olympic gold on home ice in 1960 and 1980 before NHL players were allowed to compete. However, Matthews said the politics of the Olympic ice hockey tournament will not be on his mind. “There’s a lot of guys that are coming back from Four Nations,” Matthews said.

Source: Taipei Times January 27, 2026 17:31 UTC