The record-setting presence of out LGBTQ athletes at the Milan Winter Olympics extends into the 2026 Olympic women’s hockey gold medal game and the latest chapter in the longstanding rivalry between Team USA and Canada. Thursday’s gold medal game, the seventh in which the U.S. and Canada will determine the Olympic champion since women’s hockey debuted at the Winter Olympics in 1998, will feature nine out LGBTQ players, the most out athletes ever in an Olympic hockey final. Among those ranks are national and Olympic record holders, multi-Olympic medalists, two five-time Olympians, multiple captains and assistant captains, PWHL stars, national...