Switzerland scored the game-winning goal with a minute left in overtime to win the women's hockey bronze medal in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

MILAN (AP) — Alina Muller did it again. Twelve years after scoring the clinching goal to deliver Switzerland its first Olympic medal in women's hockey — a bronze at the 2014 Sochi Games — Muller scored 9:09 into overtime in a 2-1 win over Sweden on Thursday for the bronze at the Milan Cortina Games.

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Sweden faces Switzerland in the women’s hockey bronze medal game of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 19, at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena.

Sweden and Switzerland will battle it out for women’s ice hockey bronze Thursday at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The game is scheduled to start at 8:40 a.m. ET with TV coverage set to begin at noon ET on USA Network and streaming on-demand.

The American men beat the Swedes 2-1 in overtime Wednesday in Olympic hockey quarterfinal play to advance to the semifinals.

With aspirations of winning gold, Team Sweden exits the 2026 Olympics empty-handed, leaving plenty of questions for everyone involved.