HIGHLIGHTS
- USA Hockey invited 44 NHL players to Olympic orientation camp in Michigan
- Auston Matthews, Tkachuk brothers among six pre-named players already locked in
- Read below for complete Team USA Olympic roster breakdown
USA Hockey unveiled its 44-player men’s roster Tuesday for its Olympic Orientation Camp in Plymouth, Mich., later this month.
The U.S. Men’s Olympic Orientation Camp will be held just a week from now on August 26 and 27. There will be no formal on-ice activity; rather using this time as an administrative and team-building event.
Six Stars Already Named
Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes, Auston Matthews, Charlie McAvoy, Brady Tkachuk, and Matthew Tkachuk were the six pre-named players back in June for Team USA.
The Team USA roster for the 2026 Olympics is being put together by general manager Bill Guerin of the Minnesota Wild with Mike Sullivan, who joined the New York Rangers this summer, behind the bench as the head coach.
Camp Invitees Include Five Olympians
The upcoming 2026 Olympics will be the first with NHL players since 2014. There has been a lot of turnover in the NHL in those dozen years, but there are two players from the 2014 roster and three from the 2022 roster invited to the camp.
Patrick Kane headlines the group as a two-time Olympian. He was there in 2014, and he also played for Team USA when they won Silver in the 2010 Olympics. Ryan McDonagh was also on the 2014 roster and will try to make it again as a grizzled veteran.
The other three Olympians represented their country in 2022. Brock Faber, Matthew Knies, and Jake Sanderson have all since turned pro and are making their mark in the NHL. We’ll see if they get a chance to make their mark at the 2026 Olympics.
Complete USA Olympic Camp Roster
Goaltenders: Joey Daccord, Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy Swayman
Defensemen: Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Luke Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Noah Hanifin, Seth Jones, Jackson LaCombe, Charlie McAvoy, Ryan McDonagh, Brett Pesce, Neal Pionk, Jake Sanderson, Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin, Alex Vlasic, Zach Werenski
Forwards: Matt Boldy, Cole Caufield, Logan Cooley, Kyle Connor, Jack Eichel, Conor Garland, Jake Guentzel, Jack Hughes, Patrick Kane, Clayton Keller, Matthew Knies, Chris Kreider, Dylan Larkin, Auston Matthews, J.T. Miller, Frank Nazar, Brock Nelson, Shane Pinto, Jason Robertson, Bryan Rust, Tage Thompson, Brady Tkachuk, Vincent Trocheck, Alex Tuch
The Team USA brass will have to whittle these 44 players down to 25 by the time final rosters are due for the Olympics. There are certainly bound to be some tough decisions, which we tried to figure out in our Team USA Olympic Roster prediction.
