{"id":386868,"date":"2026-01-02T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/386868\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:18:12","slug":"utah-mammoth-forward-clayton-keller-selected-for-u-s-olympic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/386868\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Mammoth forward Clayton Keller selected for U.S. Olympic team"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Do you believe in miracles? The U.S. Olympic Team at the 2026 Winter Olympics is hoping for another magical run for the gold. <\/p>\n

Friday, Team USA announced that Utah Mammoth forward Clayton Keller has been selected to represent the United States at next month’s Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. <\/p>\n

Keller, 27, has registered 13 goals and 23 assists with the Mammoth this season. Currently, he is tied for the Mammoth lead in both assists and points. <\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Keller has represented the U.S. in a major tournament. The Missouri native has participated in three IIHF World Championships and one IIHF World Junior Championship, among others. He also captained Team USA’s victory that snapped a 92-year gold medal drought at Worlds 2025. <\/p>\n

Keller isn’t the only Mammoth heading to the Olympics. Defenseman Olli M\u00e4\u00e4tt\u00e4 was selected by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to represent Team Finland at the Games. <\/p>\n

Typically, NHL players haven’t been selected for Team USA at the Olympics. This year will be the first time since 2014 that the NHL has allowed players to participate. <\/p>\n

In the games, 12 qualifying nations will play three preliminary round games before a single-elimination playoff. <\/p>\n

The first U.S. game<\/a> is Feb. 12 against Latvia. The Games will conclude with the gold medal game on February 22. <\/p>\n

Catch nearly all Utah Mammoth games on The Spot – Utah 16 this season!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Do you believe in miracles? The U.S. Olympic Team at the 2026 Winter Olympics…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5,285,4,1095,51,5290,232,5291,5289],"class_list":{"0":"post-386868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-hockey-club","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-national-hockey-league","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-salt-lake-city","12":"tag-utah","13":"tag-utah-hc","14":"tag-utah-hockey-club","15":"tag-utahhc","16":"tag-utahhockeyclub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115826648994611777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}