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The following is a list of international ice hockey competitions where National Hockey League (NHL) players have been able to participate. Most of these competitions were arranged by the NHL or its union, the NHLPA. There have been 14 full international tournaments where it was possible for all NHL players to participate since the 1976 Canada ...
Phil Kessel scored a goal and an assist in 6 games during the 2010 Olympics. Jamie Langenbrunner was part of the 1998 team, and captained the silver medal-winning 2010 team. Brian Leetch is one of a handful of players to play for USA both as an amateur and a professional. Mike Modano scored 10 points in 16 games played during 3 Olympics.
List of first overall NHL draft picks; List of undrafted NHL players with 100 games played; List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise; List of players who played only one game in the NHL; List of oldest National Hockey League players; List of NHL players who have signed offer sheets
Originally drafted by the Atlanta Flames with the 72nd pick in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, Craig joined the Flames shortly after the Olympics and won his first game as an NHL player. However, he found it difficult to duplicate his magic in the NHL. The following season, the Boston Bruins brought him home to Massachusetts in a trade with Atlanta. [7]
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 ...
NHL players participated in five straight Winter Olympics from 1998 to 2014, but concerns about marketing, insurance, travel costs and player injuries prevented the league, the NHLPA, the IIHF and ...
The 1998 gold medal game between Russia and the Czech Republic was the first played between teams consisting mainly of NHL players. In 1995, an agreement to allow NHL players to participate in Olympics was reached between the IOC, IIHF, NHL, and National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA). [85]
On 22 December 2021, the NHL and the NHLPA announced that NHL players would not be participating in the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Games. COVID-19 had forced a change in the NHL schedule; with approximately 50 games postponed, the NHL was to use the Olympic break to make up its own postponed games rather than have the players ...