Team Canada announces their official Olympics roster
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The official roster for Team Canada for the upcoming 2026 Milan Olympics has been announced, and there are multiple of the usual names people would have expected included on the team.
With the 2026 Winter Olympics quickly approaching, fans in Canada were waiting on pins and needles for the official roster to drop.
The official Team Canada roster has now arrived, and there are multiple names that most fans and analysts would have expected to be guarantees for the team that will hope to defend their gold medal wins from the 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Winter games.
Team Canada's Roster Was Put Together By General Manager Doug Armstrong
Doug Armstrong, who has won a Stanley Cup in 2019 as the general manager of the St. Louis Blues, was selected to lead the roster building for not only Canada's 4 Nations Faceoff roster, but the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Chief operating officer and executive vice-president of strategy Pat McLaughlin said in 2024 that Armstrong was the right man to lead the roster building for Canada as they hope to continue their recent run of dominance on the international stage.
We know all three individuals will be invaluable pieces of our executive committee as we build teams that will make Canadians proud over the next two years. Wearing the Maple Leaf is an honour and a privilege, and our executive committee is committed to ensuring our players and staff are supported on and off the ice to achieve continued success, while upholding the character and values that Canadians expect of our organization and teams. - Pat McLaughlin
The Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin for Canada on February 12 against Team Czechia.
With the roster officially announced, we now know that the three goalies will be Jordan Binnington, Darcy Kuemper, and Logan Thompson.
The defensive group will stay the same as at the Four Nations Faceoff.
New additions to the team include Macklin Celebrini, Nick Suzuki, Bo Horvat and Tom Wilson.
And here is the full roster:
We will see if this roster will bring Team Canada to Olympic glory next month.
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