NHL players to participate in 2022 Olympic Games

NHL players are going to the 2022 Olympics.

The NHL, NHL players relation and International Ice Hockey Federation announced the quality Friday, 5 months earlier the Beijing Games are scheduled to statesman Feb. 4.

The NHL did not enactment successful the erstwhile Winter Olympics successful 2018, but going backmost was a precedence for players erstwhile negotiating a corporate bargaining statement hold successful 2020.

Talks inactive had to beryllium completed with the International Ice Hockey Federation and International Olympic Committee to marque information a reality. Twelve nations volition enactment successful the tournament: Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark Finland, Germany, Latvia, the Russian Olympic Committee, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.

The NHL volition person a interruption successful its docket from Feb. 7-22 to accommodate the Olympics. The Olympic interruption volition statesman close aft the NHL All-Star Game successful Las Vegas.

Golden Knights manager Pete DeBoer volition beryllium an adjunct connected Team Canada’s staff. The team’s manager of hockey operations, Misha Donskov, volition beryllium Canada’s peculiar adjunct of coaching operations.

The Knights volition apt person respective players enactment successful the Games. Captain Mark Stone and defensemen Alex Pietrangelo and Shea Theodore are beardown candidates for Team Canada, and near helping Jonathan Marchessault could besides get a look. Left helping Max Pacioretty has antecedently played for Team USA, and halfway William Karlsson and goaltender Robin Lehner mightiness play for Team Sweden. Right helping Evgenii Dadonov could besides beryllium successful the premix for the Russian Olympic Committee.

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