Men's Olympic Hockey 2026: schedule, lineups, how to watch


After two consecutive Olympic Games without NHL players competing, the world's top professional hockey league returns for the Milan-Cortina Games.

While the opening ceremony of the Games is on February 6, the men's ice hockey tournament does not begin until February 11. In addition to rivals the United States and Canada, 10 other teams will compete.

Group A is made up of Canada, Switzerland, Czechia and France; Group B includes Finland, Sweden, Slovia and Italy; Group C is made up of the United States, Germany, Latvia and Denmark.

Read on for complete coverage of the event, including rosters, a complete game schedule, the latest Olympic hockey news, and information broadcast from round-robin games to the medal round.

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Game schedule

Note: All times Eastern.

Wednesday February 11

Group B
Slovakia against Finland | 10:40 a.m.
Sweden vs. Italy | 3:10 p.m.

Thursday February 12

Group A
Switzerland vs. France | 6:10 a.m.
Czechia against Canada | 10:40 a.m.

Group C
Latvia vs. United States | 3:10 p.m.
Germany vs Denmark | 3:10 p.m.

Friday February 13

Group B
Finland vs Sweden | 6:10 a.m.
Italy against Slovakia | 6:10 a.m.

Group A
France vs. Czechia | 10:40 a.m.
Canada vs. Switzerland | 3:10 p.m.

Saturday February 14

Group B
Sweden against Slovakia | 6:10 a.m.
Finland vs. Italy | 10:40 a.m.

Group C
Germany vs. Latvia | 6:10 a.m.
United States against Denmark | 3:10 p.m.

Sunday February 15

Group A
Switzerland vs. Czechia | 6:10 a.m.
Canada vs. France | 10:40 a.m.

Group C
United States against Germany | 3:10 p.m.
Denmark vs. Latvia | 3:10 p.m.

Tuesday February 17

Qualifying Playoff Matchups

Wednesday February 18

Quarterfinal matchups

Friday February 20

Semifinal matchups

Saturday February 21

Bronze medal game | 2:40 p.m.

Sunday February 22

Gold medal game | 8:10 a.m.

Equipment lists

Note: Countries are listed in alphabetical order and players on each team are listed alphabetically by position. Equipment included for NHL players.

Canada

Forwards: Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks), Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning), Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins), Brandon Hagel (Tampa Bay Lightning), Bo Horvat (New York Islanders), Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche), Brad Marchand (Florida Panthers), Mitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights), Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers), Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning), Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers), Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights), Nick Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens), Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals)

Defenses: Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings), Thomas Harley (Dallas Stars), Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche), Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets), Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues), Travis Sanheim (Philadelphia Flyers), Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights), Devon Toews (Colorado Avalanche)

Goalkeepers: Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues), Darcy Kuemper (Los Angeles Kings), Logan Thompson (Washington Capitals)


Czechia

Forwards: To be determined

Defenses: To be determined

Goalkeepers: To be determined


Denmark

Forwards: To be determined

Defenses: To be determined

Goalkeepers: To be determined


Finland

Forwards: Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes), Joel Armia (Los Angeles Kings), Mikael Granlund (Anaheim Ducks), Erik Haula (Nashville Predators), Roope Hintz (Dallas Stars), Kaapo Kakko (Seattle Kraken), Oliver Kapanen (Montreal Canadiens), Joel Kiviranta (Colorado Avalanche), Artturi Lehkonen (Colorado Avalanche), Anton Lundell (Florida Panthers), Eetu Luostarinen (Florida Panthers), Mikko Rantanen (Dallas Stars), Teuvo Teravainen (Chicago Blackhawks), Eeli Tolvanen (Seattle Kraken)

Defenses: Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars), Henri Jokiharju (Boston Bruins), Mikko Lehtonen, Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars), Olli Maatta (Utah Mammoth), Nikolas Matinpalo (Ottawa Senators), Niko Mikkola (Florida Panthers), Rasmus Ristolainen (Philadelphia Flyers)

Goalkeepers: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Buffalo Sabres), Kevin Lankinen (Vancouver Canucks), Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators)


France

Forwards: Justin Addamo, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Charles Bertrand, Louis Boudon, Kevin Bozon, Stéphane Da Costa, Aurelien Dair, Flordan Douay, Dylan Fabre, Jordann Perret, Anthony Rech, Nicolas Ritz, Sacha Treille

Defenses: Yohann Auvitu, Jules Boscq, Enzo Cantagallo, Florian Chakiachvili, Pierre Crinon, Hugo Gallet, Enzo Gueby, Thomas Thiry

Goalkeepers: Julián Junca, Martín Neckar, Antoine Keller


Germany

Forwards: To be determined

Defenses: To be determined

Goalkeepers: To be determined


Italy

Forwards: To be determined

Defenses: To be determined

Goalkeepers: To be determined


Latvia

Forwards: To be determined

Defenses: To be determined

Goalkeepers: To be determined


Slovakia

Forwards: To be determined

Defenses: To be determined

Goalkeepers: To be determined


Sweden

Forwards: Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils), Leo Carlsson (Anaheim Ducks), Joel Eriksson Ek (Minnesota Wild), Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators), Pontus Holmberg (Tampa Bay Lightning), Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings), Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche), Elias Lindholm (Boston Bruins), William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs), Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Canucks), Rickard Rakell (Pittsburgh Penguins), Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings), Alexander Wennberg (San Jose Sharks), Mika Zibanejad (New York Rangers)

Defenses: Rasmus Andersson (Calgary Flames), Philip Broberg (St. Louis Blues), Jonas Brodin (Minnesota Wild), Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Toronto Maple Leafs), Gustav Forsling (Florida Panthers), Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning), Erik Karlsson (Pittsburgh Penguins)

Goalkeepers: Filip Gustavsson (Minnesota Wild), Jacob Markstrom (New Jersey Devils), Jesper Wallstedt (Minnesota Wild)


Swiss

Forwards: To be determined

Defenses: To be determined

Goalkeepers: To be determined


United States of America

Forwards: Matt Boldy (Minnesota Wild), Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets), Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights), Jake Guentzel (Tampa Bay Lightning), Jack Hughes (New Jersey Devils), Clayton Keller (Utah Mammoth), Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings), Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs), JT Miller (New York Rangers), Brock Nelson (Colorado Avalanche), Tage Thompson (Buffalo Sabres), Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators), Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers), Vincent Trocheck (New York Rangers)

Defenses: Brock Faber (Minnesota Wild), Noah Hanifin (Vegas Golden Knights), Quinn Hughes (Minnesota Wild), Seth Jones (Florida Panthers), Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins), Jake Sanderson (Ottawa Senators), Jaccob Slavin (Carolina Hurricanes), Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Goalkeepers: Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets), Jake Oettinger (Dallas Stars), Jeremy Swayman (Boston Bruins)

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