
USA-Canada OT Gold Delivers Record Viewership for Milan Cortina Hockey
NBCUniversal’s Milan Cortina 2026 men’s Olympic hockey final averaged 18.6 million viewers on NBC/Peacock with a peak of 26.0 million during the overtime game-winner, drawing a total of 20.7 million across NBC, Peacock and USA Network. It marked the most-watched pre-9 a.m. ET sporting event in U.S. history, NBC Sports’ second-most watched hockey game ever, and the network’s top non-NFL streaming event with 3.7 million Peacock streams, plus 2.1 million viewers for encores.













