Olympic hockey roster tracker: First players named

The 2026 Winter Olympics are just around the corner, and we're starting to learn which men's hockey players will represent their countries in Italy.

The 12 countries that have qualified for the Feb. 11-22 tournament will reveal the first six players on their preliminary rosters on Monday.

Here's a look at players named (final club team of 2024-25 in brackets):

GROUP A

Canada
C Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
C Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)
C Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
D Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)
C Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning)
RW Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers)

Czechia
RW David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins)
C Martin Necas (Colorado Avalanche)
LW Ondrej Palat (New Jersey Devils)
C Pavel Zacha (Boston Bruins)
D Radko Gudas (Anaheim Ducks)
G Lukas Dostal (Anaheim Ducks)

Switzerland
D Jonas Siegenthaler (New Jersey Devils)
D Roman Josi (Nashville Predators)
LW Kevin Fiala (Los Angeles Kings)
C Nico Hischier (New Jersey Devils)
RW Nino Niederreiter (Winnipeg Jets)
RW Timo Meier (New Jersey Devils)

France
D Yohann Auvitu (Vitkovice FC, Czechia)
D Jules Boscq (Iowa Heartlanders, ECHL)
D Hugo Gallet (Tappara Tampere, Finland)
LW Alexandre Texier (St. Louis Blues)
LW Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Ajoie FC, Switzerland)
F Jordann Perret (Hradec Kralove, Czechia)

GROUP B

Finland
G Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators)
D Esa Lindell (Dallas Stars)
D Miro Heiskanen (Dallas Stars)
RW Mikko Rantanen (Dallas Stars)
C Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers)
C Sebastian Aho (Carolina Hurricanes)

Italy
G Damian Clara (San Diego Gulls, AHL)
D Thomas Larkin (Schwenningen Wild Wings, Germany)
D Luca Zanatta (Val Pusteria Wolves, Austria)
F Diego Kostner (Ambri-Piotta, Switzerland)
C Tommy Purdeller (Val Pusteria Wolves, Austria)
F Daniel Mantenuto (Bolzano FC, Austria)

Sweden
D Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres)
D Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
RW Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings)
LW Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche)
RW William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs)
LW Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings)

Slovakia
LW Juraj Slafkovsky (Montreal Canadiens)
C Martin Pospisil (Calgary Flames)
D Simon Nemec (New Jersey Devils)
D Martin Fehervary (Washington Capitals)
D Erik Cernak (Tampa Bay Lightning)
LW Tomas Tatar (New Jersey Devils)

GROUP C

Denmark
LW Nikolaj Ehlers (Winnipeg Jets)
G Frederik Andersen (Carolina Hurricanes)
C Lars Eller (Washington Capitals)
RW Oliver Bjorkstrand (Tampa Bay Lightning)
RW Jonas Rondbjerg (Vegas Golden Knights)
D Jesper Jensen Aabo (Klagenfurt AC, Austria)

Germany
C Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)
D Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings)
G Philipp Grubauer (Seattle Kraken)
LW Lukas Reichel (Chicago Blackhawks)
C Nico Sturm (Florida Panthers)
C Tim Stutzle (Ottawa Senators)

Latvia
C Rodrigo Abols (Philadelphia Flyers)
D Uvis Balinskis (Florida Panthers)
C Zemgus Girgensons (Tampa Bay Lightning)
G Elvis Merzlikins (Columbus Blue Jackets)
G Arturs Silovs (Vancouver Canucks)
C Teddy Blueger (Vancouver Canucks)

USA
C Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights)
D Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks)
C Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)
D Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins)
LW Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators)
LW Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers)