{"id":467041,"date":"2026-02-22T17:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/467041\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:48:21","slug":"jake-oettinger-among-6-dallas-stars-to-medal-at-2026-winter-olympics-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/467041\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Oettinger among 6 Dallas Stars to medal at 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several Dallas Stars<\/a> are heading home from the Winter Olympics in Italy with a little something extra to take back with them.<\/p>\n

Olympic hockey is in the books for the 2026 Games after a stunning gold medal game that saw the U.S. beat Canada<\/a> in overtime. Jack Hughes\u2019 golden goal<\/a> lifted the Americans to their first hockey gold since the \u201cMiracle on Ice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stars goalie Jake Oettinger, though he didn\u2019t end up seeing the ice at any point during the Olympics, is returning home a gold medalist after serving as the backup goalie for the U.S<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not the only Dallas Star who will take home a medal from Italy, though. Check out the handful of Stars medalists below.<\/p>\n

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Jake Oettinger – Gold, United States\"United<\/p>\n

United States goalkeepers Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, and Jeremy Swayman, gather on the ice during men’s ice hockey practice at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/p>\n

Carolyn Kaster \/ AP<\/p>\n

The Stars\u2019 netminder wins gold in his first Olympics<\/a> after serving behind starting U.S. goalie Connor Hellebuyck, who plays for the Winnipeg Jets.<\/p>\n

Thomas Harley – Silver, Canada\"Canada's<\/p>\n

Canada’s Thomas Harley (20) and United States’ JT Miller (10) during a men’s ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/p>\n

Hassan Ammar \/ AP<\/p>\n

The Stars defenseman takes silver with the rest of Team Canada. Harley played in all six games for Canada, scoring a goal<\/a> and adding three assists.<\/p>\n

Miro Heiskanen – Bronze, Finland\"Italy's<\/p>\n

Italy’s goalkeeper Damian Clara makes a save against Finland’s Miro Heiskanen during a preliminary round game of men’s ice hockey between Finland and Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo\/Petr David Josek)<\/p>\n

Petr David Josek \/ AP<\/p>\n

The Stars\u2019 Finnish Mafia<\/a> helped lead Team Finland to a win in the bronze medal game<\/a> over Slovakia. Finland took gold at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Mikko Rantanen – Bronze, Finland\"Finland's<\/p>\n

Finland’s Mikko Rantanen (96) celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during a men’s ice hockey semifinal game between Canada and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/p>\n

Hassan Ammar \/ AP<\/p>\n

Rantanen played well for Finland with two goals and four assists in five games, but missed the bronze medal game with a lower-body injury<\/a>. Something for Stars fans to keep an eye on upon Rantanen\u2019s return to Dallas.<\/p>\n

Roope Hintz – Bronze, Finland\"Finland's<\/p>\n

Finland’s Roope Hintz (24) celebrates after scoring his side’s third goal during a men’s ice hockey bronze medal game between Slovakia and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/p>\n

Hassan Ammar \/ AP<\/p>\n

Hintz added a tally<\/a> in Finland\u2019s bronze medal rout of Slovakia, the Stars forward taking home a medal in his first-ever Olympics.<\/p>\n

Esa Lindell – Bronze, Finland\"Finland's<\/p>\n

Finland’s Esa Lindell (23) challenges for the puck with Canada’s Travis Sanheim (6) during a men’s ice hockey semifinal game between Canada and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo\/Petr David Josek)<\/p>\n

Petr David Josek \/ AP<\/p>\n

Lindell played in all six games for Finland on their way to bronze, adding three assists.<\/p>\n

\"Gold<\/a>U.S. scores in OT, beats Canada for first men\u2019s hockey gold at the Olympics since 1980<\/a><\/p>\n

Jack Hughes scored in overtime and the U.S. defeated Canada 2-1 in\u00a0the gold medal final\u00a0at\u00a0the Milan Cortina Olympics.<\/p>\n

\"United<\/a>Watch: Jack Hughes\u2019 overtime goal lifts U.S. Hockey to Olympic gold over Canada<\/a><\/p>\n

The Americans take Olympic hockey gold for the first time since the \u2018Miracle on Ice\u2019 in 1980.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several Dallas Stars are heading home from the Winter Olympics in Italy with a little something extra to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5117],"tags":[196,147,5278,5,4,2602,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-467041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-stars","10":"tag-dallasstars","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-olympics","14":"tag-stars"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116115545129260072","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467041","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=467041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}