Overview
- USA Hockey announced the full 25-man men’s roster and 23-player women’s roster on NBC’s Today, with stars such as Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes, and the Tkachuk brothers, and a goaltending trio of Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, and Jeremy Swayman.
- Continuity defines the men’s team with 21 returnees from the 4 Nations Face-Off; the only additions are Clayton Keller, Tage Thompson, and Seth Jones.
- Notable omissions from the men’s roster include defenseman Adam Fox and high-scoring winger Jason Robertson, with Chris Kreider, Cole Caufield, and Alex DeBrincat also left out.
- The women’s team features Hilary Knight in her fifth Olympics alongside veterans Alex Carpenter, Kendall Coyne Schofield, and Megan Keller, plus emerging contributors such as Aerin Frankel, Caroline Harvey, and Kirsten Simms.
- NHL players will compete at the Olympics for the first time since 2014, with the U.S. men opening Feb. 12 against Latvia during the Milan-Cortina Games running Feb. 6–22.