The 2026 Winter Olympics are just around the corner, and we’re starting to learn which men’s hockey players will represent their countries in Italy.
The 12 countries that have qualified for the Feb. 11-22 tournament will reveal the first six players on their preliminary rosters on Monday.
Here’s a look at players named (final club team of 2024-25 in brackets):
GROUP A
Canada
Czechia
RW David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins)
C Martin Necas (Colorado Avalanche)
LW Ondrej Palat (New Jersey Devils)
C Pavel Zacha (Boston Bruins)
D Radko Gudas (Anaheim Ducks)
G Lukas Dostal (Anaheim Ducks)
Switzerland
D Jonas Siegenthaler (New Jersey Devils)
D Roman Josi (Nashville Predators)
LW Kevin Fiala (Los Angeles Kings)
C Nico Hischier (New Jersey Devils)
RW Nino Niederreiter (Winnipeg Jets)
RW Timo Meier (New Jersey Devils)
France
GROUP B
Finland
G Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators)
D Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars)
D Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars)
RW Mikko Rantanen (Dallas Stars)
C Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)
C Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes)
Italy
G Damian Clara (San Diego Gulls, AHL)
D Thomas Larkin (Schwenningen Wild Wings, Germany)
D Luca Zanatta (Val Pusteria Wolves, Austria)
F Diego Kostner (Ambri-Piotta, Switzerland)
C Tommy Purdeller (Val Pusteria Wolves, Austria)
F Daniel Mantenuto (Bolzano FC, Austria)
Sweden
D Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres)
D Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
RW Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings)
LW Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche)
RW William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs)
LW Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings)
Slovakia
GROUP C
Denmark
Germany
Latvia
C Rodrigo Abols (Philadelphia Flyers)
D Uvis Balinskis (Florida Panthers)
C Zemgus Girgensons (Tampa Bay Lightning)
G Elvis Merzlikins (Columbus Blue Jackets)
G Arturs Silovs (Vancouver Canucks)
C Teddy Blueger (Vancouver Canucks)
USA
