All Systems Go For NHL Players’ Return To 2026 Winter Olympics
The post All Systems Go For NHL Players’ Return To 2026 Winter Olympics appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Canada’s Nathan MacKinnon of Team Canada and Dylan Larkin of Team USA will be among the NHL players … More with the opportunity to play at the Olympics for the first time in 2026. (Photo by Vitor Munhoz/4NFO/World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images) World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images After a 12-year absence, the stage is set for NHL players to return to the ice at the 2026 Winter Olympics. On Wednesday, the key stakeholders gathered at the offices of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Zurich, Switzerland to finalize the agreement for Olympic participation between the NHL, NHL Players’ Association, IIHF and the International Olympic Committee. “This agreement will lead to the participation of all the best ice hockey players of the world in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 and the Olympic Winter Games 2030,” said IOC president Kristy Coventry. “All the parties who were involved in coming to this agreement should be commended for this excellent result.” The news follows the mid-June announcements of the first six players for each of the 12 participating countries as well as the detailed tournament schedule. Here’s what fans need to know: Men’s Hockey At The 2026 Winter Olympics Dates: Feb. 11-22, 2026 Location: Milan, Italy Primary venue: Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena (capacity 14,000) Secondary venue: Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena (capacity 5,700) Tickets: available from milanocortina2026.org. 2026 Winter Olympics Hockey Tournament Format The 12 participating teams are divided into three groups of four. Participation was determined through world rankings and qualifying tournaments. Teams from Russia and Belarus remain ineligible as part of the sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In the preliminary round, teams will play the other three teams in their group to determine seeding. There will be two preliminary-round games on…
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Canada’s Nathan MacKinnon of Team Canada and Dylan Larkin of Team USA will be among the NHL players … More with the opportunity to play at the Olympics for the first time in 2026. (Photo by Vitor Munhoz/4NFO/World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images) World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images After a 12-year absence, the stage is set for NHL players to return to the ice at the 2026 Winter Olympics. On Wednesday, the key stakeholders gathered at the offices of the International Ice Hockey Federation in Zurich, Switzerland to finalize the agreement for Olympic participation between the NHL, NHL Players’ Association, IIHF and the International Olympic Committee. “This agreement will lead to the participation of all the best ice hockey players of the world in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 and the Olympic Winter Games 2030,” said IOC president Kristy Coventry. “All the parties who were involved in coming to this agreement should be commended for this excellent result.” The news follows the mid-June announcements of the first six players for each of the 12 participating countries as well as the detailed tournament schedule. Here’s what fans need to know: Men’s Hockey At The 2026 Winter Olympics Dates: Feb. 11-22, 2026 Location: Milan, Italy Primary venue: Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena (capacity 14,000) Secondary venue: Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena (capacity 5,700) Tickets: available from milanocortina2026.org. 2026 Winter Olympics Hockey Tournament Format The 12 participating teams are divided into three groups of four. Participation was determined through world rankings and qualifying tournaments. Teams from Russia and Belarus remain ineligible as part of the sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In the preliminary round, teams will play the other three teams in their group to determine seeding. There will be two preliminary-round games on…
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