first Olympics since 2014 that NHL players are set to participate in<\/a>. Though they had initially talked about going in 2022, they pulled out due to COVID-19 concerns.<\/p>\nCanada is the defending gold medalist on the women\u2019s side, having won five of seven all-time titles in the event since it was introduced in 1998.<\/p>\n
On the men\u2019s side, Canada is looking to get back on the podium, being held off in 2022 (with a team made up of non-NHL players) for the first time since 2006.<\/p>\n
Goalies (3)<\/p>\n
Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues)
\nAdin Hill (Vegas Golden Knights)
\nSam Montembeault (Montreal Canadiens)<\/p>\n
Defencemen (13)<\/p>\n
Evan Bouchard (Edmonton Oilers)
\nNoah Dobson (Montreal Canadiens)\u00a0
\nDrew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)
\nAaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers)
\nThomas Harley (Dallas Stars)
\nCale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)
\nBrandon Montour (Seattle Kraken)
\nJosh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets)
\nColton Parayko (St. Louis Blues)\u00a0
\nTravis Sanheim (Philadelphia Flyers)
\nShea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights)
\nDevon Toews (Colorado Avalanche)\u00a0
\nMacKenzie Weegar (Calgary Flames)<\/p>\n
Forwards (26)<\/p>\n
Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks)
\nSam Bennett (Florida Panthers)\u00a0
\nQuinton Byfield (Los Angeles Kings)\u00a0
\nMacklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks)
\nAnthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning)\u00a0
\nSidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
\nBrandon Hagel (Tampa Bay Lightning)
\nBo Horvat (New York Islanders)
\nZach Hyman (Edmonton Oilers)
\nSeth Jarvis (Carolina Hurricanes)
\nWyatt Johnston (Dallas Stars)\u00a0
\nTravis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers)
\nNathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)\u00a0
\nBrad Marchand (Florida Panthers)\u00a0
\nMitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights)\u00a0
\nConnor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
\nRyan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton Oilers)\u00a0
\nBrayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning)
\nSam Reinhart (Florida Panthers)\u00a0
\nMark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets)\u00a0
\nMark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights)\u00a0
\nNick Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens)\u00a0
\nJohn Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs)
\nRobert Thomas (St. Louis Blues)\u00a0
\nCarter Verhaeghe (Florida Panthers)\u00a0
\nTom Wilson (Washington Capitals)<\/p>\n
Crosby, MacKinnon, Makar, McDavid, Point, and Reinhart were already named as the first six players on Canada\u2019s roster earlier this summer.<\/p>\n
Goalies<\/p>\n
\u00c8ve Gascon, University of Minnesota Duluth\u00a0
\nAnn-Ren\u00e9e Desbiens, Montr\u00e9al\u00a0
\nEmerance Maschmeyer, Vancouver\u00a0
\nKayle Osborne, New York\u00a0<\/p>\n
Defenders<\/p>\n
Sophie Jaques, Vancouver\u00a0
\nJocelyne Larocque, Ottawa\u00a0
\nChloe Primerano, University of Minnesota
\nKati Tabin, Montr\u00e9al\u00a0
\nRenata Fast, Toronto\u00a0
\nElla Shelton, Toronto\u00a0
\nErin Ambrose, Montr\u00e9al\u00a0
\nMicah Zandee-Hart, New York\u00a0
\nClaire Thompson, Vancouver\u00a0
\nNicole Gosling, Montr\u00e9al\u00a0<\/p>\n
Forwards<\/p>\n
Laura Stacey, Montr\u00e9al\u00a0
\nCaitlin Kraemer, University of Minnesota-Duluth
\nSarah Fillier, New York\u00a0
\nBrianne Jenner, Ottawa\u00a0
\nSarah Nurse, Vancouver\u00a0
\nNatalie Spooner, Toronto\u00a0
\nEmily Clark, Ottawa\u00a0
\nEmma Maltais, Toronto\u00a0
\nMarie-Philip Poulin, Montr\u00e9al\u00a0
\nHannah Miller, Toronto\u00a0
\nBlayre Turnbull, Toronto\u00a0
\nKristin O\u2019Neill, New York\u00a0
\nJulia Gosling, Seattle\u00a0
\nDanielle Serdachny, Seattle\u00a0
\nJennifer Gardiner, Vancouver\u00a0
\nDaryl Watts, Toronto\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rosters will be whittled down to 23 players on the women\u2019s side and 25 on the men\u2019s side over the coming months, with the first hockey games set to kick off in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 5 of next year.<\/p>\n
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