{"id":413464,"date":"2026-01-18T00:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/413464\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T00:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T00:18:44","slug":"nhl-players-returns-to-olympics-for-first-time-since-2014-full-roster-details-and-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/413464\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL players returns to Olympics for first time since 2014; full roster details and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time since Sochi in 2014, NHL players are heading back to the Olympic Games. The return ends a 12-year hiatus that left the tournament without the NHL&#8217;s biggest stars. The hiatus involved a multi-organization agreement to move forward, drawing in the NHL, the NHL Players Association, the International Ice Hockey Federation, and the IOC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NHL players set to head back to Olympics for first time since 2014<\/p>\n<p>The NHL will pause its season so that its players can compete in Milan and Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo, Italy, as part of the 2026 Winter Games. The full roster was unveiled on Saturday morning. Team USA will compete in Group C, opening on February 12 against Team Latvia, then facing Team Denmark on Feb. 14 and Team Germany on Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada will play its first game on February 12th against Team Czechia, then look towards Team Switzerland the next day, and conclude preliminary play against Team France on Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<p>TEAM UNITED STATES<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Matt Boldy, Minnesota Wild<br \/>Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets<br \/>Jack Eichel, Vegas Golden Knights<br \/>Jack Hughes, New Jersey Devils<br \/>Jake Guentzel, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Clayton Keller, Utah Mammoth<br \/>Dylan Larkin, Detroit Red Wings<br \/>Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs<br \/>J.T. Miller, New York Rangers<br \/>Brock Nelson, Colorado Avalanche<br \/>Brady Tkachuk, Ottawa Senators<br \/>Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers<br \/>Tage Thompson, Buffalo Sabres<br \/>Vincent Trocheck, New York Rangers<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Brock Faber, Minnesota Wild<br \/>Noah Hanifin, Vegas Golden Knights<br \/>Quinn Hughes, Vancouver Canucks<br \/>Seth Jones, Florida Panthers<br \/>Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins<br \/>Jake Sanderson, Ottawa Senators<br \/>Jaccob Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes<br \/>Zach Werenski, Columbus Blue Jackets<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets<br \/>Jake Oettinger, Dallas Stars<br \/>Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins<\/p>\n<p>TEAM CANADA<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks<br \/>Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins<br \/>Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Bo Horvat, New York Islanders<br \/>Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche<br \/>Brad Marchand, Florida Panthers<br \/>Mitch Marner, Vegas Golden Knights<br \/>Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers<br \/>Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers<br \/>Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights<br \/>Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens<br \/>Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings<br \/>Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars<br \/>Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche<br \/>Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets<br \/>Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues<br \/>Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers<br \/>Shea Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights<br \/>Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues<br \/>Darcy Kuemper, Los Angeles Kings<br \/>Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals<\/p>\n<p>TEAM CZECHIA<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Roman Cervenka, Dynamo Pardubice<br \/>Radek Faksa, Dallas Stars<br \/>Jakub Flek, Kometa Brno<br \/>Tomas Hertl, Vegas Golden Knights<br \/>David Kampf, Vancouver Canucks<br \/>Ondrej Kase, HC Litvinov<br \/>Dominik Kubalik, EV Zug<br \/>Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche<br \/>Ondrej Palat, New Jersey Devils<br \/>David Pastrnak, Boston Bruins<br \/>Lukas Sedlak, Dynamo Pardubice<br \/>Matej Stransky, HC Davos<br \/>David Tomasek, Farjestad<br \/>Pavel Zacha, Boston Bruins<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Radko Gudas, Anaheim Ducks<br \/>Filip Hronek, Vancouver Canucks<br \/>Michal Kempny, Brynas IF<br \/>Tomas Kundratek, Ocelari Trinec<br \/>Jan Rutta, Servette Geneve<br \/>Radim Simek, Bili Tygri Liberec<br \/>David Spacek, Iowa<br \/>Jiri Tichacek, Karpat Oulu<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Lukas Dostal, Anaheim Ducks<br \/>Karel Vejmelka, Utah Mammoth<br \/>Dan Vladar, Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n<p>TEAM DENMARK<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (15)<br \/>Mikkal Aagaard, Skelleftea<br \/>Mathias Bau, Herning<br \/>Oliver Bjorkstrand, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Joachim Blichfeld, Tappara<br \/>Nikolaj Ehlers, Carolina Hurricanes<br \/>Lars Eller, Ottawa Senators<br \/>Oscar Fisker Molgaard, Coachella Valley<br \/>Nicklas Jensen, Rapperswil-Jona<br \/>Nick Olesen, Motor Ceske<br \/>Morten Poulsen, Herning<br \/>Jonas Rondbjerg, Henderson<br \/>Patrick Russell, Kolner Haie<br \/>Frederik Storm, Kohlner Haie<br \/>Alexander True, JYP Jjvaskula<br \/>Christian Wejse, Fischtown<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (7)<br \/>Jesper Jensen Aabo, Klagenfurt<br \/>Nicholas B Jensen Fischtown<br \/>Anders Koch, Graz 99<br \/>Matias Lassen, Iserlohn<br \/>Markus Lauridsen, Pustertal<br \/>Oliver Lauridsen, TPS Turkku<br \/>Phillip Bruggisser, Fischtown<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes<br \/>Frederik Dichow, HV71<br \/>Mads Sogaard, Belleville<\/p>\n<p>TEAM FINLAND<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Joel Armia, Los Angeles Kings<br \/>Sebastian Aho, Carolina Hurricanes<br \/>Mikael Granlund, Anaheim Ducks<br \/>Erik Haula, Nashville Predators<br \/>Roope Hintz, Dallas Stars<br \/>Kaapo Kakko, Seattle Kraken<br \/>Oliver Kapanen, Montreal Canadiens<br \/>Joel Kiviranta, Colorado Avalanche<br \/>Artturi Lehkonen, Colorado Avalanche<br \/>Anton Lundell, Florida Panthers<br \/>Eetu Luostarinen, Florida Panthers<br \/>Mikko Rantanen, Dallas Stars<br \/>Teuvo Teravainen, Chicago Blackhawks<br \/>Eeli Tolvanen, Seattle Kraken<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Miro Heiskanen, Dallas Stars<br \/>Henri Jokiharju, Boston Bruins<br \/>Mikko Lehtonen, ZSC Lions (NLA)<br \/>Esa Lindell, Dallas Stars<br \/>Olli Maatta, Utah Mammoth<br \/>Nikolas Matinpalo, Ottawa Senators<br \/>Niko Mikkola, Florida Panthers<br \/>Rasmus Ristolainen, Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Kevin Lankinen, Vancouver Canucks<br \/>Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Buffalo Sabres<br \/>Juuse Saros, Nashville Predators<\/p>\n<p>TEAM FRANCE<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Justin Addamo, Jukurit<br \/>Pierre-\u00c9douard Bellemare, Ajoie<br \/>Charles Bertrand, Sport<br \/>Louis Boudon, Jukerit<br \/>K\u00e9vin Bozon, Ajoie<br \/>St\u00e9phane Da Costa, Yekaterinburg<br \/>Aur\u00e9lien Dair, Grenoble<br \/>Floran Douay, Lausanne<br \/>Dylan Fabre, \u00c4ss\u00e4t<br \/>Jordann Perret, Mountfield<br \/>Anthony Rech, Rouen<br \/>Nicolas Ritz, Angers<br \/>Alexandre Texier, Montreal Canadiens<br \/>Sacha Treille, Grenoble<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Yohann Auvitu, Vitkovice<br \/>Jules Boscq, H\u00e4meenlinna<br \/>Enzo Cantagallo, Marseille<br \/>Florian Chakiachvili, Rouen<br \/>Pierre Crinon, Grenoble<br \/>Hugo Gallet, Kupio Kalpa<br \/>Enzo Guebey, Davos<br \/>Thomas Thiry, Ajoie<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Julian Junca, Dukla Michalovce<br \/>Antoine Keller, Ajoie<br \/>Martin Neckar, Langnau<\/p>\n<p>TEAM GERMANY<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers<br \/>Alexander Ehl, Mannheim<br \/>Dominik Kahun, Lausanne<br \/>Marc Michaelis, Mannheim<br \/>JJ Peterka, Utah Mammoth<br \/>Lukas Reichel, Abbotsford<br \/>Tobias Rieder, M\u00fcnchen<br \/>Josh Samanski, Bakersfield<br \/>Justin Sch\u00fctz, M\u00fcnchen<br \/>Wojciech Stachowiak, Syracuse<br \/>Tim St\u00fctzle, Ottawa Senators<br \/>Nico Sturm, Minnesota Wild<br \/>Frederik Tiffels, Berlin<br \/>Parker Tuomie, K\u00f6ln<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Leon Gawanke, Mannheim<br \/>Korbinian Geibel, Berlin<br \/>Lukas K\u00e4lble, Mannheim<br \/>Jonas Muller, Berlin<br \/>Moritz Muller, K\u00f6ln<br \/>Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings<br \/>Fabio Wagner, Ingolstadt<br \/>Kai Wissman, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Maximilian Franzreb, Mannheim<br \/>Philipp Grubauer, Seattle Kraken<br \/>Mathias Niederberger, M\u00fcnchen<\/p>\n<p>TEAM LATVIA<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Rodrigo Abols, Philadelphia Flyers<br \/>Oskars Batna, Lahti<br \/>Rudolfs Balcers, Zurich<br \/>Teddy Blueger, Vancouver Canucks<br \/>Roberts Bukarts, Vorarlberg<br \/>Kaspars Daugavins, Kassel<br \/>Martins Dzierkals, Sparta Praha<br \/>Haralds Egle, Karlovy Vary<br \/>Zemgus Girgensons, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Renars Krastenbergs, Olomouc<br \/>Dans Locmelis, Providence<br \/>Anri Ravinskis, Abbotsford *<br \/>Eduards Tralmaks, Grand Rapids<br \/>Sandis Vilmanis, Charlotte<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Uvis Balinskis, Florida Panthers<br \/>Oskars Cibulskis, Herning<br \/>Ralfs Freibergs, Vitkovice<br \/>Janis Jaks, Karlovy Vary<br \/>Roberts Mamcics, Karlovy Vary<br \/>Kristaps Rubins, Plzen<br \/>Alberts Smits, Jukurit<br \/>Kristaps Zile, Bili Tygri Liberac<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Kristers Gudlevskis, Bremerhaven<br \/>Elvis Merzlikins, Columbus Blue Jackets<br \/>Arturs Silovs, Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>* injury replacement for Eriks Mateiko<\/p>\n<p>TEAM SLOVAKIA<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Peter Cehlarik, Leksands IF<br \/>Dalibor Dvorsky, St. Louis Blues<br \/>Marek Hrivik, Vitkovice Ridera<br \/>Libor Hudacek, Ocelari Trinec<br \/>Milos Kelemen, Dynamo Pardubice<br \/>Adam Liska, Severestal<br \/>Oliver Okuliar, Skelleftea AIK<br \/>Martin Pospisil, Calgary Flames<br \/>Pavol Regenda San Jose Sharks<br \/>Adam Ruzicka, Moskva<br \/>Juraj Slafkovsky, Montreal Canadiens<br \/>Matus Sukel, Verva<br \/>Samuel Takac, Bratislava<br \/>Tomas Tatar, EV Zug<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Peter Ceresnak, Dynamo Pardubice<br \/>Erik Cernak, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Martin Fehervary, Washington Capitals<br \/>Martin Gernat, Yaroslavl<br \/>Michal Ivan, Bili Tygri<br \/>Patrik Koch, Ocelari Trinec<br \/>Martin Marincin, Ocelari Trinec<br \/>Simon Nemec, New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Adam Gajan, University of Minnesota Duluth<br \/>Samuel Hlavaj, Iowa<br \/>Stanislav Skorvanek, Mountfield<\/p>\n<p>TEAM SWEDEN<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Jesper Bratt, New Jersey Devils<br \/>Leo Carlsson, Anaheim Ducks<br \/>Joel Eriksson Ek, Minnesota Wild<br \/>Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators<br \/>Pontus Holmberg, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Adrian Kempe, Los Angeles Kings<br \/>Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche<br \/>Elias Lindholm, Boston Bruins<br \/>William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs<br \/>Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks<br \/>Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins<br \/>Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings<br \/>Alexander Wennberg, San Jose Sharks<br \/>Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames<br \/>Philip Broberg, St. Louis Blues<br \/>Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild<br \/>Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres<br \/>Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Toronto Maple Leafs<br \/>Gustav Forsling, Florida Panthers<br \/>Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild<br \/>Jacob Markstrom, New Jersey Devils<br \/>Jesper Wallstedt, Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n<p>TEAM SWITZERLAND<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS (14)<br \/>Sven Andrighetto, Zurich<br \/>Christoph Bertschy, Fribourg<br \/>Kevin Fiala, Los Angeles Kings<br \/>Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils<br \/>Ken Jager, Lausanne<br \/>Simon Knak, Davos<br \/>Philipp Kurashev, San Jose Sharks<br \/>Denis Malgin, Zurich<br \/>Timo Meier, New Jersey Devils<br \/>Nino Niederreiter, Winnipeg Jets<br \/>Damien Riat, Lausanne<br \/>Sandro Schmid, Fribourg<br \/>Pius Suter, St. Louis Blues<br \/>Calvin Thurkauf, Lugano<\/p>\n<p>DEFENSEMEN (8)<br \/>Tim Berni, Gen\u00e8ve<br \/>Michael Fora, Davos<br \/>Andrea Glauser, Fribourg<br \/>Roman Josi, Nashville Predators<br \/>Dean Kukan, Zurich<br \/>Christian Marti, Zurich<br \/>J.J. Moser, Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>Jonas Siegenthaler, New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p>GOALIES (3)<br \/>Reto Berra, Fribourg<br \/>Leonardo Genoni, Zug<br \/>Akira Schmid, Vegas Golden Knights<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0Islanders&#8217; Matthew Schaefer will play against Devils despite illness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since Sochi in 2014, NHL players are heading back to the Olympic Games. 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