The men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina has officially gotten underway with Finland vs. Slovakia as the opening game – which resulted in a stunning 4-1 upset win by Slovakia. We will give our impressions of the first game of the tournament and how we thought the Dallas Stars Finnish Mafia (Miro Heiskanen, Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz, Esa Lindell) played. We will also present our official predictions for who wins gold, silver and bronze, discuss the arena – Milano Santagiulia – after so many concerns from the NHL in the build up to the tournament. And, we look at the jerseys for all 12 participating countries.