The United States capped a historic winter sports run by beating Canada 6-2 in the Para ice hockey final, completing what the Associated Press called a clean sweep of the hockey tournaments at the Olympics and Paralympics in Milan-Cortina. The victory gave the Americans the final piece of a rare set after the U.S. men's team had already beaten Canada in the Olympic final three weeks earlier.

Jack Wallace was the headline performer. He scored a hat trick, while Kayden Beasley, Declan Farmer and Brody Roybal added the other U.S. goals. Canada stayed in the game for long stretches, with Liam Hickey scoring both of its goals, but the Americans pulled away with three goals in the final period. The result made the U.S. the first nation to win all three hockey tournaments at the Olympics and Paralympics in the same year.

The AP report says there is no women's division at the Paralympics because the sport is classified as open-gender. That detail helps explain why the Para ice hockey final sits inside a broader hockey sweep, rather than a separate gendered bracket like the Olympic tournament. It also underscores how unusual the American achievement was: the U.S. did not just win one title, but completed a three-tournament run across Olympic and Paralympic ice.

Team captain Josh Pauls framed the victory as a product of long-term investment. He said he was glad the team got it done and pointed to the grassroots pipeline that keeps producing young players for the U.S. program. Pauls also singled out Wallace, whose route to the top of the sport has been shaped by a childhood water-skiing accident that led to an above-the-knee amputation of his right leg at age 10. Wallace discovered Para ice hockey after thinking his playing days were over.

That personal arc gave the final an extra layer of resonance. Wallace's hat trick was not just a big game; it was the latest step in a remarkable recovery and reinvention story. Pauls said he had watched Wallace develop from a kid determined to get back on the ice into a player capable of deciding a Paralympic gold-medal game. For a roster already used to winning, that kind of evolution is part of the team's identity.

The U.S. now has a fifth straight Paralympic title, and several players on the roster have been part of multiple gold-medal runs. That continuity is one reason the final mattered beyond a single score line. It was the latest proof that the American Para ice hockey program has become the standard everyone else is trying to catch.