NHL, NHLPA, Olympic officials finalize agreement for players to participate in 2026 Winter Games

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jul 02, 2025 11:07 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

The NHL, NHLPA and planetary officials connected Wednesday finalized a long-ago agreed-to woody to nonstop players to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.

The league, union, International Ice Hockey Federation and International Olympic Committee confirmed the information of NHL players astatine the games for the archetypal clip since 2014. The groups negotiated the statement and announced it initially past year.

IIHF president Luc Tardif called it "a large measurement guardant for our sport."

The last touches took clip to fig retired aft officials insisted for months they were not acrophobic astir the deficiency of a signed document. The woody opens the doorway for NHL information to proceed successful 2030, thing that had besides been agreed to successful February 2024.

Last month, the 12 participating countries unveiled the archetypal six players connected their Olympic rosters. The men's hockey tourney astatine the 2026 Games is scheduled to tally from Feb. 11-22.

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Already six players have been named to each of the nations competing astatine the Olympics. 

Early roster announcements were besides utilized up of the 4 Nations Face-Off tourney past winter.

The remainder of the rosters volition beryllium finalized aboriginal successful 2026.

2026 Olympic rosters

CANADA

• Sidney Crosby, F, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Connor McDavid, F, Edmonton Oilers
• Nathan MacKinnon, F, Colorado Avalanche
• Brayden Point, F, Tampa Bay Lightning 
• Sam Reinhart, F, Florida Panthers
• Cale Makar, D, Colorado Avalanche

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Lukas Dostal, G, Anaheim Ducks
• Radko Gudas, D, Anaheim Ducks
• Martin Necas, F, Colorado Avalanche
• Ondrej Palat, F, New Jersey Devils
• David Pastrnak, F, Boston Bruins
• Pavel Zacha, F, Boston Bruins

DENMARK

• Frederik Andersen, G, Carolina Hurricanes
• Oliver Bjorkstrand, F, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Nikolaj Ehlers, F, Winnipeg Jets
• Lars Eller, F, Washington Capitals
• Jesper Jensen Aabo, D
• Jonas Rondbjerg, F, Vegas Golden Knights

FINLAND

• Sebastian Aho, F, Carolina Hurricanes
• Aleksander Barkov, F, Florida Panthers
• Miro Heiskanen, D, Dallas Stars
• Esa Lindell, D, Dallas Stars
• Mikko Rantanen, F, Dallas Stars
• Juuse Saros, G, Nashville Predators

FRANCE

• Yohann Auvitu, D
• Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, F
• Jules Boscq, D
• Hugo Gallet, D
• Jordann Peret, F
• Alexandre Texier, F, St. Louis Blues

GERMANY

• Leon Draisaitl, F, Edmonton Oilers
• Philipp Grubauer, G, Seattle Kraken
• Lukas Reichel, F, Chicago
• Moritz Seider, D, Detroit Red Wings
• Nico Sturm, F, Florida Panthers
• Tim Stutzle, F, Ottawa Senators

ITALY

• Diego Kostner, F
• Daniel Mantenuto, F
• Tommy Purdeller, F
• Thomas Larkin, D
• Luca Zanatta, D
• Damian Clara, G, Anaheim Ducks

LATVIA

• Rodrigo Abols, F, Philadelphia Flyers
• Uvis Balinskis, D, Florida Panthers
• Teddy Blueger, F, Vancouver Canucks
• Zemgus Girgensons, F, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Elvis Merzlikins, G, Columbus Blue Jackets
• Arturs Silovs, G, Vancouver Canucks

SLOVAKIA

• Erik Cernak, D, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Martin Fehervary, D, Washington Capitals
• Simon Nemec, D, New Jersey Devils
• Martin Pospisil, F, Calgary Flames
• Juraj Slafkovsky, F, Montreal Canadians
• Tomas Tatar, F

SWEDEN

• Rasmus Dahlin, D, Buffalo Sabres
• Victor Hedman, D, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Adrian Kempe, F, Los Angeles Kings
• Gabriel Landeskog, F, Colorado Avalanche
• William Nylander, F, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Lucas Raymond, F, Detroit Red Wings

SWITZERLAND

• Kevin Fiala, F, Los Angeles Kings
• Nico Hischier, F, New Jersey Devils
• Roman Josi, D, Nashville Predators
• Timo Meier, F, New Jersey Devils
• Nino Niederreiter, F, Winnipeg Jets
• Jonas Siegenthaler, D, New Jersey Devils

UNITED STATES

• Jack Eichel, F, Vegas Golden Knights
• Auston Matthews, F, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Matthew Tkachuk, F, Florida Panthers
• Brady Tkachuk, F, Ottawa Senators
• Quinn Hughes, D, Vancouver Canucks
• Charlie McAvoy, D, St. Louis Blues