Canada Olympic hockey roster: Updated list of NHL stars joining Sidney Crosby, Mitch Marner on 2026 team originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. For the first time since 2014, active NHL players are returning to Olympic hockey.

The world junior hockey championship is entering the final day of the preliminary round. How do standings, overtimes, shootouts differ from NHL?

For the U.S. team, led by Wild general manager Bill Guerin, recent acquisition Quinn Hughes was one of six players named to the U.S. squad over the summer. The others include Charlie McAvoy, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Brady Tkachuk, and Matthew Tkachuk.