Men’s and women’s Canadian hockey teams are PlayNow’s betting favourite to top the podium
Suffering Canucks fans and B.C. bettors are enjoying a two week reprieve, as Canada’s men’s and women’s hockey teams take to the ice starting Wednesday in Milan for the Winter Olympics, and they’re both favoured to take home the gold on PlayNow.
Connor McDavid, who scored the tournament-winning goal at the Four Nations in a thrilling overtime win over the U.S. team, is the betting favourite to win the tournament MVP (+600) and the favourite to lead Canada in scoring (+225).
B.C. bettors are also wagering on hometown hero Macklin Celebrini, at just 19 years old, to make some serious noise at the Olympics. Celebrini’s odds of winning tournament MVP are long at +2200, but his odds of being Canada’s top goal scorer are third-best among his teammates at +800.
Canada is heavily favoured to dominate at the Winter Olympics, carrying the fourth-best odds to come away with the most medals (+600), behind only Norway (-159), Germany (+450) and the USA (+550).
While Canada had the fourth-highest medal count at the 2022 games, the team only took home four gold. Their gold medal line for 2026 is set at 11.5 on PlayNow, projecting Canada for a major bounce back at the top of the podium.
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