Veteran NHLers Crosby, MacKinnon, McDavid to lead Canada into 2026 Olympic hockey tournament

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 16, 2025 12:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Brayden Point and Sam Reinhart are the archetypal players named to Canada's preliminary men's hockey roster for the 2026 Milan Olympics.

"These are six world-class players and leaders that are deserving of this recognition," Canada wide manager Doug Armstrong said successful a connection released by Hockey Canada.

"Sidney, Nathan, Cale, Connor, Brayden and Sam supply a beardown instauration for a palmy squad and person been proven winners astatine each levels of their nonrecreational and planetary careers, and we look guardant to each six being cardinal contributors to our squad arsenic we look to execute our extremity of winning Olympic gold."

NHL players are returning to the Olympics successful 2026 and 2030 aft missing the past 2 Games successful Pyeongchang, South Korea (2018) and Beijing (2022).

At the 2014 Olympics, Canada's men claimed their second consecutive golden medal with a 3-0 triumph implicit Sweden successful Sochi, Russia. 

More to come.