The Winter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026 kick off in February and will be USA Hockey's chance double down on their claim at the pinnacle of men's hockey on the biggest international stage. 

After securing the IIHF World Championship men's gold earlier this year, USA's third time in history, the Americans are at the top of the IIHF Men's World Rankings just ahead of Switzerland and Canada. 

The USA women's team also tops the world rankings after defeating Canada in the IIHF Women's World Championship final 4-3 in overtime.

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USA Hockey announced its 44-player roster for the men's team heading to the 2026 Winter Olympics orientation camp. See who made the list below.

USA Hockey Announced 2026 Winter Olympics Camp Roster: See Who Is Playing

Introducing the 44 players who will attend the U.S. Men's Olympic Orientation Camp 🇺🇸

Details: https://t.co/lWC0ZT1AJc pic.twitter.com/16FT49FRgP

— USA Hockey (@usahockey) August 19, 2025

Forwards

• Matt Boldy
• Jake Guentzel
• Dylan Larkin
• Jason Robertson
• Cole Caufield
• Jack Hughes
• Auston Matthews
• Bryan Rust
• Logan Cooley
• Patrick Kane
• J.T. Miller
• Tage Thompson
• Kyle Connor
• Clayton Keller
• Frank Nazar
• Brady Tkachuk
• Jack Eichel
• Matthew Knies
• Brock Nelson
• Vincent Trocheck
• Conor Garland
• Chris Kreider
• Shane Pinto
• Alex Tuch

Defense

• Brock Faber
• Quinn Hughes
• Ryan McDonagh
• Brady Skjei
• Adam Fox
• Seth Jones
• Brett Pesce
• Jaccob Slavin
• Noah Hanifin
• Jackson Lacombe
• Neal Pionk
• Alex Vlasic
• Luke Hughes
• Charlie McAvoy
• Jake Sanderson
• Zach Werenski

Goalies

• Joey Daccord
• Connor Hellebuyck
• Jake Oettinger
• Jeremy Swayman

When Are The Winter Olympics - Milano Cortina 2026?

The 2026 Winter Olympics, known as Milano Cortina 2026, is scheduled to take place from February 6 to February 22, 2026. 

Preliminary hockey rounds will begin on Thursday, February 5. Competition will continue throughout the week and conclude with the women's gold medal match on Thursday, February 19. The men's gold medal match will be played on Sunday, February 22 at Milano Santa Giulia Ice Hockey Arena.

Where Are The Winter Olympics - Milano Cortina 2026?

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will take place at multiple sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy. Ice events will be hosted in Milan and other events to be hosted around Cortina and in the Valtellina and Fiemme valleys across Italy.

The joint-host were selected in 2019 and are the first Olympic Games to be co-hosted by multiple cities.

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