Steve Futterman

won an Olympic gold medal in men's ice hockey was 46 years ago when this took place.

Those are the famous words of sportscaster Al Michaels as the U.S.

shocked the Soviet Union in 1980.

Back then, the Americans were huge underdogs.

That will not be the case when the U.S.

plays Canada.

Both teams are strong, comprised of players from the NHL.

Matthew Kachuk of the American team is glad to be in this position.

The U.S.

and Canadian men's hockey teams have played each other twice in Olympic gold medal games, and the Canadians have won each time.

For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan.

Before Milan Cortino, the best U.S.

Winter Olympics as far as gold medals was the Salt Lake City Games in 2002.

There, the U.S.

had 10 first-place finishes.

At every subsequent Winter Games, in Torino, Vancouver, Sochi, Pyeongchang, and Beijing, Americans came away with nine.

On Saturday, the record-breaking 11th gold came in freestyle skiing mixed aerials.

Kayla Kuhn of the U.S.

team says the American squad fought hard.

The U.S.