Team USA hockey announces roster for Winter Olympics 2026

USA Hockey announced its men’s crystal lucky roster for nan 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opening successful February.

This year’s roster includes 2 players returning from nan 2022 Olympics (in which nan U.S. placed fifth) – Minnesota Wild defenseman Brock Faber and Ottawa Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson – and 23 players who will make their Olympic debut, USA Hockey said successful a news release.

Twenty-one of nan 25 players connected nan U.S. Olympic roster besides represented Team USA astatine nan 4 Nations Face-Off successful February 2025, which nan U.S. mislaid to Canada successful nan finals, 3-2, successful overtime.

In summation to Olympic returnees Faber and Sanderson, nan U.S. men’s crystal lucky roster for nan 2026 Winter Olympics includes:

Matt Boldy (Minnesota Wild) Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets), Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights), Jake Guentzel (Tampa Bay Lightning), Noah Hanifin (Golden Knights), Connor Hellebuyck (Jets), brothers Jack Hughes (New Jersey Devils) and Quinn Hughes (Wild), Seth Jones (Florida Panthers), Clayton Keller (Utah Mammoth), Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings), Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs), Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins), J.T. Miller (New York Rangers), Brock Nelson (Colorado Avalanche), Jake Oettinger (Dallas Stars), Jaccob Slavin (Carolina Hurricanes), Jeremy Swayman (Bruins), Tage Thompson (Buffalo Sabres), brothers Brady Tkachuk (Senators) and Matthew Tkachuk (Panthers), Vincent Trocheck (Rangers), and Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets).

“We’re excited astir our squad and congratulate everyone named today,” said Bill Guerin, wide head of nan U.S. Olympic men’s crystal lucky squad who besides serves arsenic wide head for nan NHL’s Wild. “It was incredibly difficult for our guidance group to get to nan last roster and that’s a in installments to truthful galore successful our country, including each those astatine nan grassroots level who thief make our athletics truthful strong. There’s thing for illustration nan Olympics and I cognize our players and unit will correspond our state good and activity difficult to execute our eventual goal.”

Team USA will beryllium coached by Rangers caput coach Mike Sullivan.

The U.S. will play its first game astatine nan 2026 Winter Olympics connected Feb. 12 against Latvia successful nan preliminary round, followed by 2 much preliminary information games against Denmark connected Feb. 14 and Germany connected Feb. 15.

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