Overview
- Team Czechia named Hertl to its 2026 roster on Tuesday, marking the forward’s first Olympic selection.
- His addition brings Vegas’s confirmed Olympic contingent to seven players: Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin (USA), Mark Stone, Mitch Marner and Shea Theodore (Canada), and Jonas Rondbjerg (Denmark).
- Hertl has 15 goals and 30 points in 40 NHL games this season, including a 57.2% faceoff win rate that ranks ninth among high-volume centers.
- The Golden Knights are on a five-game skid with eight losses in nine, and Hertl has two assists without a goal during the slide as coach Bruce Cassidy cited uneven play.
- Switzerland has not finalized its roster, and goaltender Akira Schmid remains a candidate to be an eighth Golden Knight at the Games.