The men's ice hockey rosters for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics are starting to be revealed. Here are the first players confirmed to be competing.

Pastrnak and Zacha helped lead Czechia to the gold medal at the 2024 IIHF World Championship. McAvoy, who has a decorated history with Team USA, was an alternate captain at the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Sebastian Aho announced on Team Finland’s roster and goalie Frederik Andersen on Denmark’s roster for the Winter Games, set for Milan, Italy.

Dave Ryding, Britain's most successful alpine ski racer, is to retire at the end of the 2025-26 season. Known as 'the Rocket', in 2022 slalom specialist Ryding became the first British alpine skier to win World Cup gold.

Next year, the 2026 Winter Olympics will take place in Italy and NHL players will be participating in the hockey tournament. It's the first time since 2014 in Sochi that the NHL will be allowing its players to represent their counties at the Winter Olympics.

Team Switzerland announced the first six players who made the preliminary roster for the 2026 Olympics. This marks the first time that NHL players will be able to participate since 2014, and the remainder of Switzerland’s roster will be announced later this year.