The U.S. needed fewer than four minutes to score first, fewer than two periods to jump to a 4-0 lead, and fewer than six days of competition at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics to assert themselves as the tournament’s most dominant team, and gold-medal favorite, thus far.

Latvia, and Canada plays Czechia on the same day. So far there's been one practice on Sunday evening, the same day players from both teams arrived on charters from the U.S., and one on Monday. The Americans began Monday's practice with a photo shoot,