US EditionNick Suzuki and Mitch Marner score goals that saved Canada from an early Olympic exit
Nick Suzuki tied the game late and Mitch Marner scored the overtime winner, securing Canada's spot in the Olympic semifinals after avoiding an upset against Czechia.
- On Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Milan, Mitch Marner scored to send Canada into the Olympic semifinals against Czechia.
- Missing injured captain Sidney Crosby, Canada faced the risk of early elimination as Jon Cooper, Canada coach, warned at the second intermission, `It could happen in the last five`.
- Nick Suzuki redirected Devon Toews' shot through Lukas Dostal's five hole to tie late, Jordan Binnington stopped David Pastrnak on a breakaway, and Mitch Marner scored the overtime winner.
- Canada plays Finland in a semifinal Friday, and both North American teams keep the chance to meet for gold on Sunday.
- Marner's winner reinforced his scoring reputation as an over a point-a-game producer, and teammates Tom Wilson and others praised his relentlessness and clutch play.
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Grazie Nick Suzuki. Grazie Jordan Binnington. Most importantly, Grazie Thousand Mitch Marner. Without their three crucial games in the final minutes of the game on Wednesday, we would have debated the decline of Canadian hockey for four years, Canada would have fallen to 124th place in the happiest countries, and I would have been assigned to cover the bobsleigh until the end of the Games.
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Nick Suzuki and Mitch Marner score goals that saved Canada from an early Olympic exit
Nick Suzuki's tying goal on a deflection with just over three minutes left in regulation and Mitch Marner's overtime winner saved Canada from an early exit at the Olympics.
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