U.S. women’s Olympic team names experienced roster for Beijing

MINNEAPOLIS — A roster stacked with experience will be heading to Beijing next month to represent the U.S. Women’s Olympic Hockey team in their quest to defend their gold medal title. The roster was unveiled during the second intermission of … Continue reading

World Junior Championship canceled due to COVID-19 concerns

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship was canceled Wednesday after four days of play due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus. In the past two days, the United States, Czechia and Russia each had to forfeit a preliminary-round game after players … Continue reading

McDavid, Matthews, Ovechkin among those chosen for 2022 Beijing Olympics

Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Alex Ovechkin lead a list of NHL players who were the first three submitted by their respective countries to play at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. In advance of NHL player participation in the 2022 Olympics, the … Continue reading

Ovechkin, Kucherov, Vasilevskiy submitted by ROC for 2022 Olympics

Alex Ovechkin, Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy are the first names submitted to be part of the Russian Olympic Committee to play at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The remainder of the 25-player team is expected to be announced in January. … Continue reading

Aho, Barkov, Rantanen submitted by Finland for 2022 Olympics

Sebastian Aho, Aleksander Barkov and Mikko Rantanen are the first names submitted to be part of the Finland men’s hockey team at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Each will be playing in his first Olympics. Participating countries were asked to declare … Continue reading

Palat, Pastrnak, Voracek submitted by Czech Republic for 2022 Olympics

Ondrej Palat, David Pastrnak and Jakub Voracek are the first names submitted to be part of the Czech Republic men’s hockey team at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Palat and Voracek each will play in his second Olympics; each represented the … Continue reading