USA complete Milano Cortina 2026 gold medal sweep with 6-2 win over Canada

The United States completed a golden hat-trick at Milano Cortina 2026, defeating Canada 6–2 to become the first nation to win five consecutive Paralympic titles on Sunday (15 March) at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

With the victory, the USA also became the first country to sweep all three Paralympic and Olympic hockey tournaments at a single Games, following the women’s and men’s national teams' gold-medal wins at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in February.

The USA Para ice hockey national team is now the only team in Olympic or Paralympic history to win five straight gold medals, surpassing the four-peat achievements of Canada's Olympic men's team (1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932), the Soviet Union's Olympic men's team (1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976) and Canada's Olympic women's team (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014). Defender Josh Pauls stands alone as the only player to have won all five Paralympic titles.

Jack Wallace delivered a historic performance in the final with a hat-trick and an assist. Kayden Beasley, Declan Farmer - assisted by Wallace - and Brody Roybal, both shorthanded, rounded out the scoring for the USA. Liam Hickey netted both goals for Canada.

"It's really easy to play defence with these guys are grinding behind, below the goal line. I got pretty lucky," Wallace said.

The gold medal game also set a new Paralympic attendance record at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

"I don't even know if it's sunk in," USA head coach David Hoff said. "You heard me talk the whole week about focusing on our performance and not really thinking about the end result, and it just happened so fast at the end."

On Canada's side, Hickey said the third period was a decisive blow.

"We're devastated right now. A lot of us have trained our whole lives for this. We're still chasing that gold medal. Not being able to get it done right now, again, stinks pretty bad.

"We helped the U.S. out, if anything, on a few of those goals. With a team like that, you can't give them that momentum. And we were confident in how we played for the most part as a team. But that killed us in the end."

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— Para Ice Hockey (@paraicehockey) March 15, 2026

The final

The United States weathered a bruising opening frame against rivals Canada, turning two Canadian holding penalties into sustained pressure and finally capitalising on the second opportunity when Jack Wallace struck unassisted at 8:39. After a Canadian clearance attempt fell short, he collected the puck, moved in from close range and lifted it under the crossbar, beating the goaltender short side on the blocker side.

Milano Cortina 2026 MVP Declan Farmer was whistled for a late-period minor, but the USA held firm on the kill, protecting the crease and even controlling stretches of possession during the disadvantage.

Farmer headed to the box again early in the second period, and this time Canada made the power play count. Heavy pressure in the offensive zone led to Liam Hickey burying the equaliser off a Tyler McGregor feed following a wraparound move 1:45 after the intermission.

The USA reclaimed the lead through Paralympic rookie Kayden Beasley with another unassisted effort. Beasley chased down the puck off a face-off and slammed it home at 6:29. Wallace added his second of the game at 9:52, finishing a sequence that began with Farmer scooping the puck near the neutral zone and firing it past Canadian goaltender Corbin Watson, sending the USA to the second intermission up 3-1.

Wallace completed his hat-trick 1:42 into the final period, sniping a shot from the circle off an assist from five-time Paralympic champion Josh Pauls. Hickey responded just 24 seconds later to keep Canada within reach. The Canadians pushed for a third goal, but the USA answered through Farmer, who scored his 15th of the tournament – and the first shorthanded goal of Milano Cortina 2026.

Canada pulled the goaltender late, but the immediate result was Brody Roybal scoring into the empty net, the USA’s second shorthanded marker after gaining possession off the face-off.

Griffin LaMarre stopped 13 shots to finish the tournament with an 85.71 save percentage, the highest among goaltenders at the Games. Watson made 20 saves and closed with an 84.00 percentage.

Complete Para ice hockey results and statistics from Milano Cortina 2026 are available here.