{"id":454214,"date":"2026-02-11T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/454214\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:10:01","slug":"whos-playing-for-usa-mens-hockey-at-the-olympics-roster-captains-and-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/454214\/","title":{"rendered":"Who’s playing for USA men’s hockey at the Olympics? Roster, captains and coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who’s playing for USA men’s hockey at the Olympics? Roster, captains and coaches<\/a> originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia<\/a><\/p>\n

Will Team USA\u2019s gold medal drought end in Italy?<\/p>\n

The U.S. men\u2019s hockey team<\/a> enters the 2026 Milan Cortina Games looking for its first Olympic title in over 40 years.<\/p>\n

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The Americans\u2019 latest gold medal bid comes as NHL players return to the Olympics for the first time since the 2014 Sochi Games<\/a>. The U.S. has reached the podium in two of the five Olympics that have featured NHL players, winning silver in 2002<\/a> and 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Team USA proved itself as a serious 2026 Olympic medal contender in last year\u2019s 4 Nations Face-Off, a midseason NHL tournament between the U.S., Canada, Finland and Sweden. The Americans finished atop the standings in round robin play before falling to Canada in overtime of the final.<\/p>\n

Most of the U.S. players who competed in the 4 Nations Face-Off will once again don the red, white and blue as they look to capture the country\u2019s first Olympic men\u2019s hockey title since the 1980 Lake Placid Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, who\u2019s suiting up for Team USA at the Milan Cortina Olympics? Here\u2019s a look at the roster, captains and coaches:<\/p>\n

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Who is the USA men\u2019s hockey coach?<\/p>\n

New York Rangers<\/a> bench boss Mike Sullivan<\/a> is serving as head coach of Team USA. Sullivan, who also held the role for the 4 Nations Face-Off, coached the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships<\/a> from 2015-16 to 2016-17.<\/p>\n

Sullivan\u2019s assistants<\/a> include Minnesota Wild<\/a> head coach John Hynes<\/a>, Rangers assistant coach David Quinn<\/a> and longtime NHL head coach John Tortorella<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who are the USA men\u2019s hockey captains?<\/p>\n

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> forward Auston Matthews will don the \u201cC\u201d for the Americans. The 2021-22 Hart Trophy winner<\/a> also captained Team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off.<\/p>\n

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Team USA has two alternate captains: Boston Bruins<\/a> defenseman Charlie McAvoy and Florida Panthers<\/a>\u00a0forward Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s playing for USA men\u2019s hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics?<\/p>\n

Team USA\u2019s 25-man roster features players from 18 different NHL teams. Here\u2019s a position-by-position breakdown:<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/p>\n

Matthew Tkachuk, Florida Panthers<\/p>\n

Defensemen<\/p>\n

Goalies<\/p>\n

When does USA men\u2019s hockey play at the 2026 Winter Olympics?<\/p>\n

Team USA will play three games in the preliminary round:<\/p>\n

USA vs. Latvia: Feb. 12 at 3:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

USA vs. Denmark: Feb. 14 at 3:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

USA vs. Germany: Feb. 15 at 3:10 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

How many Olympic gold, total medals has USA men\u2019s hockey won?<\/p>\n

USA men\u2019s hockey owns 11 Olympic medals<\/a>: two gold, eight silver and one bronze. The Americans\u2019 two Olympic titles were won at the 1960 Squaw Valley Games<\/a> and 1980 Lake Placid Games.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. last reached the podium at the 2010 Vancouver Games, winning silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who’s playing for USA men’s hockey at the Olympics? Roster, captains and coaches originally appeared on NBC Sports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5099],"tags":[233,532,154,95,5132,536,1502,1034,530,229,29,2154,1518,144,230,1171,147,93,595,62,5,2685,1238,1041,1272,1709,1331,424,1338,156,1290,799,94,4834,1955,38,151,35,4,3264,2833,55071,2602,25,100,1496,259,1712,92,3255,66,55164,3154,39,3042,18,2566],"class_list":["post-454214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boston-bruins","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-auston-matthews","tag-boston","tag-boston-bruins","tag-bostonbruins","tag-brady-tkachuk","tag-brock-faber","tag-brock-nelson","tag-bruins","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-charlie-mcavoy","tag-clayton-keller","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-connor-hellebuyck","tag-dallas-stars","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-dylan-larkin","tag-florida","tag-hockey","tag-j-t-miller","tag-jaccob-slavin","tag-jack-eichel","tag-jack-hughes","tag-jackson-lacombe","tag-jake-guentzel","tag-jake-oettinger","tag-jake-sanderson","tag-jeremy-swayman","tag-kyle-connor","tag-matt-boldy","tag-matthew-tkachuk","tag-mens-hockey","tag-mike-sullivan","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-players","tag-noah-hanifin","tag-olympic-medal","tag-olympics","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-quinn-hughes","tag-seth-jones","tag-tage-thompson","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-team-usa","tag-toronto","tag-usa-mens-hockey","tag-utah-mammoth","tag-vegas-golden-knights","tag-vincent-trocheck","tag-winnipeg-jets","tag-zach-werenski"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454214","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=454214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}