The full 25-player U.S. men's hockey roster is officially locked in for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, which will feature NHL players competing at the Games for the first time since 2014.
New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes joined TODAY on Friday morning to help reveal the American team. The 24-year-old will play alongside his brother, Quinn Hughes, who was announced as one of the first six players to the team last year.
Auston Matthews, Brady Tkachuk, Matthew Tkachuk, Jack Eichel and Charlie McAvoy were also named to the team with Hughes back in June.
The remainder of the star-studded NHL roster includes Matt Boldy, Kyle Connor, Brock Faber, Jake Guentzel, Noah Hanifin, Connor Hellebuyck, Jack Hughes, Seth Jones, Clayton Keller, Dylan Larkin, J.T. Miller, Brock Nelson, Jake Oettinger, Jake Sanderson, Jaccob Slavin, Jeremy Swayman, Tage Thompson, Vincent Trocheck and Zach Werenski.
Twenty-three members of the team will make their Olympic debut in 2026, with Sanderson and Faber being the lone exceptions. The two now-NHL players were in college when they suited up for the Stars and Stripes at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The U.S. men's hockey team is looking for its first gold medal since the "Miracle on Ice" Games of 1980. Team USA head coach Mike Sullivan was just a kid then and 46 years later is now the head honcho for the Americans. He previously said he thinks USA Hockey is finally ready for this moment.
I’m not sure there’s been a deeper pool of American-born players and that speaks volumes for the growth of the sport in the United States.
Most recently, Team USA won gold at the 2025 IIHF Men’s World Championship over Switzerland.
The U.S. faces off against Latvia on Feb. 12 at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena to begin the road to gold.