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On 2 February 2024, the IIHF announced that an agreement had been reached with the National Hockey League (NHL) for a break in its regular season to allow the league's players to participate in the Olympics for the first time since 2014. The NHL was originally scheduled to compete in 2022 as well but opted out due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
Twelve countries played in three tournaments to determine the qualifying teams for the Olympic tournament. The tournaments were played between 29 August and 1 September 2024. On February 12, 2024, the IIHF announced that Belarus was disqualified from Olympic qualification forcing the redrawing of the final round and admitting the best second ...
The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League (NHL) and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete. [6] Many of Canada's top players were professional, so the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) pushed for the ability to use professional and amateur players. The ...
NHL players have not participated in the Olympics since 2014, when Canada, led by Sidney Crosby and Jonathan Toews, won its ninth hockey gold medal. The 2026 Games are scheduled for Feb. 6-22 in ...
Canada has mixed old and new when unveiling its roster for the 2022 men's Olympic hockey competition.
The 2026 Olympic Games are scheduled to be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. ... where Team Canada won gold. The NHL said they chose to opt out of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing ...
Canada competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which were held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2] Canada has competed in all 24 editions of the Winter Olympics. On November 17, 2020, two-time Olympic gold medallist in speed skating Catriona Le May Doan was named as chef de mission of the delegation. [3] [4]
Since NHL players were unavailable, USA Hockey and Hockey Canada used rosters made up of players from international leagues, collegians and minor leaguers, as they did for 2018. 2026 men's ...