Prime Video today announced the premiere date and trailer for Golden Rivals: Canada vs. USA, a feature-length documentary chronicling the historic rivalry between Canada and the United States at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. From Olympic Channel and NHL Productions, Golden Rivals: Canada vs. USA takes viewers behind the scenes, into practices, team meetings, locker rooms, and onto the ice, as a new generation of stars writes the latest chapter in men’s hockey’s greatest international rivalry for Olympic gold. The feature length documentary premieres exclusively in Canada on Prime Video on November 20, 2026.
When it comes to ice hockey supremacy, few rivalries can match the enduring drama of Canada versus the United States. For nearly a century, their story has unfolded beneath the Olympic rings, producing miracles on ice, overtime classics, gold medal showdowns, heartbreak, and triumph. In 2026, that rivalry returned to the world stage with unprecedented anticipation.
Through in-depth interviews with the players themselves and exclusive access, Golden Rivals: Canada vs. USA showcases the world’s best men’s ice hockey players, including many of the NHL’s brightest stars, as they returned to Olympic competition in Milano Cortina 2026.
As the world watched, Canada and the United States delivered another instant Olympic classic: a dramatic gold medal showdown that culminated in a thrilling overtime finish. With the United States claiming its first Olympic gold medal since 1980, Golden Rivals: Canada vs. USA captures every pivotal moment, revealing the emotion, intensity, and sacrifice behind one of the most unforgettable games in Olympic hockey history.
Golden Rivals: Canada vs. USA is produced by Olympic Channel and NHL Productions in association with Amazon MGM Studios.
The documentary joins Prime Video’s world-class lineup of Canadian and global Prime Originals such as Hometown Giants; hit TV shows and blockbuster films; and live sports including NHL on Prime Wednesday Night Hockey and NBA on Prime. Combined with subscriptions and thousands of titles available to rent or buy, Prime Video continues to be the one-stop entertainment destination for Canadian customers.
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About the International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is a not-for-profit, civil, non-governmental, international organisation made up of volunteers which is committed to building a better world through sport. It redistributes more than 90 per cent of its income to the wider sporting movement, which means that every day the equivalent of USD 4.7 million goes to help athletes and sports organisations at all levels around the world.
About the NHL Productions
NHL Productions is the National Hockey League’s award-winning production company, focused on documenting, preserving and promoting the game of hockey and its players. Established in 2011, NHL Productions develops long- and short-form hockey programming for the League’s social and digital platforms – NHL Network, NHL.com, NHL Social and the NHL’s YouTube Channel – as well as national, regional and international rightsholders. Its original programming lineup has included “Welcome to the NHL” (2023 Sports Emmy Award and 2026 Sports Emmy Nomination), “4 Nations Face-Off Unveiled” (2026 Sports Emmy Nomination), “FACEOFF: Inside the NHL,” “Quest For The Stanley Cup,” “Road To The NHL Winter Classic,” “Saving Sakic,” “Chosen One: Alexandre Daigle,” “Behind The Glass,” “NHL All-Star All Access,” “Hat Trick Trivia,” “Stanley Cup Live” and the Sports Emmy-nominated alternate telecast “NHL in ASL” using American Sign Language for the Deaf and hard of hearing community. For the 2026-27 season, NHL Productions expanded to include Centralized Production for club local broadcasts, providing comprehensive production services for six NHL clubs.
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About Olympic Channel
Olympic Channel is the IOC’s global content studio which focuses on the production of premium Olympic stories. Recent slate of originals includes: “Miracle: The Boys of ‘80“, “Glitter & Gold”, “Court of Gold”, Emmy nominated series “Simone Biles Rising”; Emmy winning feature doc “Redeem Team”, Emmy nominated feature doc “72: A Gathering of Champions”, and Emmy nominated feature doc “Tom Daley: 1.6 seconds”.
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