Brittany Bowe in Spotlight With Engagement to Hilary Knight Before Hockey Gold Game

Update: Hilary Knight’s goal sent the game to overtime where USA won, 2-1, over Canada. It’s Knight’s second Olympic gold medal.

Hilary Knight played in her fifth gold medal hockey game for Team USA at the Winter Olympics. While she was going for a second gold medal and first since 2018, she already won off the ice with an engagement to longtime girlfriend and fellow U.S. Olympian Brittany Bowe.

The speedskater Bowe is a two-time bronze medalist herself in the Winter Games. The two met during the 2022 Beijing Games and have been together since. Knight has been supporting Bowe during these Games as well.

Knight’s proposal video

On February 18, the day before Knight took the ice vs. Canada, the hockey star proposed to Bowe at the Olympic Village and she accepted. Here’s the adorable video they shared were they captioned it, “Olympics brought us together. This one made us forever.”

Bowe was shown on camera at the game rooting on her partner now as an engaged woman and NBC talked about their moment.

Knight is 36 while Bowe is 37.

Oct 29, 2025; New York, NY, UNITED STATES; Hilary Knight poses for a photo during the U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit in preparation for the 2026 Milan Olympic Winter Games at Javits Center. | Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images

Whether or not Knight gets her gold medal at the Milano Cortina Games (as of this writing the U.S. trails Canada 1-0 heading into the third period), she certainly had her golden moment with Bowe.

Bowe has a chance at a medal still

Bowe announced her retirement and will race her final event in the women’s 1500m speed skate tomorrow, February 20.

No doubt Knight will be there to root her on.

Feb 9, 2026; Milan, Italy; Brittany Bowe of the United States skates during the women's speed skating 1000m during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Speed Skating Stadium. | Katie Stratman-Imagn Images

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