A deep dive into Team Canada men's hockey roster for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, full of NHL stars.

No, there is no NHL game today. The NHL will pause operations for the 2026 Winter Olympics from Feb. 6 to Feb. 24, 2026, with the season resuming on Feb. 25. Additionally, a league-wide roster freeze will be enforced from 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 4 through Feb. 22.

🏒 We love a good debut. The Penguins’ 23-year-old Avery Hayes potted two goals in his first NHL game last night, a big win over the surging Sabres. And 18-year-old Penguins rookie Ben Kindel picked up a couple goals of his own for good measure.

Along with Canada, Team USA is one of just two countries that have won gold in women's ice hockey since the event was added to the Olympics in 1998. The Americans won that inaugural year in Nagano, then endured four straight Canadian victories until 2018, when Team USA struck back with a dramatic overtime win to capture gold in Pyeongchang.

The trip from the locker room to the ice at the main hockey arena at the Olympics is so long that the goaltenders get to ride in style in golf carts while their teammates make the walk.

In polling 118 NHL players, the Czech Republic was the top pick, with support also for Switzerland, Germany and Latvia.

Hayley Scamurra scored twice, and the United States opened the Milan Cortina Games women’s hockey tournament with a 5-1 win over Czechia.

The small town of Warroad, Minnesota, has had an outsized impact on the history of hockey in the U.S. The inclusion of Brock Nelson on the men's Olympic team this year makes eight players from Warroad to go to the Winter Games.

For Laila Edwards, this year’s Winter Olympics is about far more than sport, and that’s something she’s getting comfortable with.