Ice Hockey Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[hckošice 16,618]

9 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Somehow disappointing only 3 slovaks drafted this year, a bit strange if you consider many of the eligible guys were in the teams which ended 3 times in arow in 4th place at the U18 worlds, especially Luka Radivojevič not being drafted is a crime if you ask me... but yeah, whatever 

 

From Non-north-american countries this year was  the clear winner, First ever drafted kids from  and  

 

 

 30

 21

 11

 8

 4

 &  3

 &  2

 &  1

 

0 drafted guys this year for  or  

The 2025 Drafted Slovaks

 

Michal Prádel GK Detroit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Hockeytown, Michal! pic.twitter.com/6QG9Zgyzm0

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 28, 2025

Michal Svrček FW Detroit

 

 

A couple of 4th rounders!

Welcome, boys. pic.twitter.com/Yj3MGXhHW2

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) June 28, 2025

Jan Chovan FW Lalaland

 

 

THE PICK IS IN! 👑 pic.twitter.com/Gb5togEBhy

— LA Kings (@LAKings) June 28, 2025

[NearPup 4,180]

Feels worth highlighting  Haoxi "Simon" Wang being picked 33rd. By far the most promising hockey player to ever come out of China.

[hckošice 16,618]

Was obvious for quite time but since yesterday it is official.

 

Thanks for all StopHalák ! One of our best goalies ever. Damn that Vancouver 2010 Bronze medal third period will haunt me forever 

 

 

After 20 years between the pipes, @hockeyslovakia’s Jaroslav Halak is hanging up the pads. 👏

Read more 👇https://t.co/9YdEQcasHs#MensWorlds #IIHF pic.twitter.com/RTCTgvr20E

— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) July 18, 2025

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5 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Was obvious for quite time but since yesterday it is official.

 

Thanks for all StopHalák ! One of our best goalies ever. Damn that Vancouver 2010 Bronze medal third period will haunt me forever 

 

 

Will never forget his playoff run with Montreal in 2010. He was on another level those first 2 rounds.

[phelps 8,704]

@hckošice

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/slovakia-olympics-hockey-coach-will-be-vladimir-orszagh 

[phelps 8,704]

Tocchet? really? 

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/2026-canada-milano-cortina-olympic-assistants-named

[Josh 13,499]

48 minutes ago, phelps said:

Tocchet? really? 

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/2026-canada-milano-cortina-olympic-assistants-named

I don’t know why you’re trying to imply as if he’s some ass coach or a snub, because he isn’t 

 

…

 

He won the Jack Adams Trophy in 2023-24, led us to a division title, and we came up just short of a spot in the WCF losing in 7 to the eventual finalists the Oilers, who lost to the Panthers in 7. He was also on the coaching roster for 4 Nations, which won gold. He’s also a great guy, well liked by everyone. That’s more than enough to warrant a spot IMO. 

[phelps 8,704]

40 minutes ago, Josh said:

I don’t know why you’re trying to imply as if he’s some ass coach or a snub, because he isn’t 

 

…

 

He won the Jack Adams Trophy in 2023-24, led us to a division title, and we came up just short of a spot in the WCF losing in 7 to the eventual finalists the Oilers, who lost to the Panthers in 7. He was also on the coaching roster for 4 Nations, which won gold. He’s also a great guy, well liked by everyone. That’s more than enough to warrant a spot IMO. 

to me, he's a Tort who couldn't go that far 

but in this case, I'm only concerned with the fact that his style doesn't suit at all his collegues' (especialky head coach Jon Cooper...they just can't be more different, light and dark, fire and water) and I'm not sure this staff is the best Hockey Canada could put together

we'll see if finally it pays off next February...

[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

A few days ago, Hockey Canada announced 42 men and 30 women that would be invited to the National Teams Orientation Camp. Likely most, if not all of the Olympic Teams will be comprised of these players.

 

Men

 

Spoiler

Name	S/C	Ht.	Wt.	Born	Hometown	Team
Goaltenders
Jordan Binnington	L	6'2"	172	07/11/93	Richmond Hill, ON	St. Louis (NHL)
Adin Hill	L	6'4"	215	05/11/96	Calgary, AB	Vegas (NHL)
Sam Montembeault	L	6'3"	214	10/30/96	Bécancour, QC	Montréal (NHL)
Defence
Evan Bouchard	R	6'3"	192	10/20/99	Oakville, ON	Edmonton (NHL)
Noah Dobson	R	6'4"	200	01/07/00	Summerside, PE	Montréal (NHL)
Drew Doughty	R	6'1"	210	12/08/89	London, ON	Los Angeles (NHL)
Aaron Ekblad	R	6'4"	220	02/07/96	Windsor, ON	Florida (NHL)
Thomas Harley	L	6'3"	211	08/19/01	Syracuse, NY	Dallas (NHL)
Cale Makar	R	6'0"	187	10/30/98	Calgary, AB	Colorado (NHL)
Brandon Montour	R	6'0"	199	04/11/94	Brantford, ON	Seattle (NHL)
Josh Morrissey	L	6'0"	195	03/28/95	Calgary, AB	Winnipeg (NHL)
Colton Parayko	R	6'6"	228	05/12/93	St. Albert, AB	St. Louis (NHL)
Travis Sanheim	L	6'4"	222	03/29/96	Elkhorn, MB	Philadelphia (NHL)
Shea Theodore	L	6'2"	197	08/03/95	Aldergrove, BC	Vegas (NHL)
Devon Toews	L	6'1"	191	02/21/94	Abbotsford, BC	Colorado (NHL)
MacKenzie Weegar	R	6'0"	206	01/07/94	Nepean, ON	Calgary (NHL)
Forwards
Connor Bedard	R	5'10"	185	07/17/05	North Vancouver, BC	Chicago (NHL)
Sam Bennett	L	6'1"	193	06/20/96	Holland Landing, ON	Florida (NHL)
Quinton Byfield	L	6'5"	225	08/19/02	Newmarket, ON	Los Angeles (NHL)
Macklin Celebrini	L	6'0"	190	06/13/06	Vancouver, BC	San Jose (NHL)
Anthony Cirelli	L	6'1"	191	07/15/97	Woodbridge, ON	Tampa Bay (NHL)
Sidney Crosby	L	5'11"	200	08/07/87	Cole Harbour, NS	Pittsburgh (NHL)
Brandon Hagel	L	6'2"	180	08/27/98	Morinville, AB	Tampa Bay (NHL)
Bo Horvat	L	6'1"	215	04/05/95	London, ON	New York Islanders (NHL)
Zach Hyman	R	6'1"	206	06/09/92	Toronto, ON	Edmonton (NHL)
Seth Jarvis	R	5'10"	184	02/01/02	Winnipeg, MB	Carolina (NHL)
Wyatt Johnston	R	6'1"	185	05/14/03	Toronto, ON	Dallas (NHL)
Travis Konecny	R	5'10"	192	03/11/97	Clachan, ON	Philadelphia (NHL)
Nathan MacKinnon	R	6'0"	200	09/01/95	Cole Harbour, NS	Colorado (NHL)
Brad Marchand	L	5'9"	176	05/11/88	Hammonds Plains, NS	Florida (NHL)
Mitch Marner	R	6'0"	180	05/05/97	Thornhill, ON	Vegas (NHL)
Connor McDavid	L	6'1"	194	01/13/97	Newmarket, ON	Edmonton (NHL)
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	L	6'1"	192	04/12/93	Burnaby, BC	Edmonton (NHL)
Brayden Point	R	5'10"	178	03/13/96	Calgary, AB	Tampa Bay (NHL)
Sam Reinhart	R	6'1"	196	11/06/95	West Vancouver, BC	Florida (NHL)
Mark Scheifele	R	6'3"	207	03/15/93	Kitchener, ON	Winnipeg (NHL)
Mark Stone	R	6'3"	210	05/13/92	Winnipeg, MB	Vegas (NHL)
Nick Suzuki	R	5'11"	207	08/10/99	London, ON	Montréal (NHL)
John Tavares	L	6'1"	211	09/20/90	Oakville, ON	Toronto (NHL)
Robert Thomas	R	6'0"	207	07/02/99	Aurora, ON	St. Louis (NHL)
Carter Verhaeghe	L	6'2"	183	08/14/95	Waterdown, ON	Florida (NHL)
Tom Wilson	R	6'4"	225	03/29/94	Toronto, ON	Washington (NHL)

 

Women

 

Spoiler

Name	S/C	Ht.	Wt.	Born	Hometown	Team
Goaltenders
Ève Gascon	L	5'7"	179	05/09/03	Terrebonne, QC	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
Ann-Renée Desbiens	L	5'9"	179	04/10/94	Clermont, QC	Montréal (PWHL)
Emerance Maschmeyer	L	5'6"	141	05/10/94	Bruderheim, AB	Vancouver (PWHL)
Kayle Osborne	L	5'8"	180	02/28/02	Ottawa, ON	New York (PWHL)
Defence
Sophie Jaques	R	5'8"	167	10/16/00	Toronto, ON	Vancouver (PWHL)
Jocelyne Larocque	L	5'6"	142	05/19/88	Ste. Anne, MB	Ottawa (PWHL)
Chloe Primerano	L	5'8"	160	01/02/07	North Vancouver, BC	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
Kati Tabin	L	5'8"	150	04/21/97	Winnipeg, MB	Montréal (PWHL)
Renata Fast	R	5'7"	153	10/06/94	Burlington, ON	Toronto (PWHL)
Ella Shelton	L	5'8"	180	01/19/98	Ingersoll, ON	Toronto (PWHL)
Erin Ambrose	R	5'5"	158	04/30/94	Keswick, ON	Montréal (PWHL)
Micah Zandee-Hart	L	5'8"	154	01/13/97	Saanichton, BC	New York (PWHL)
Claire Thompson	L	5'8"	155	01/28/98	Toronto, ON	Vancouver (PWHL)
Nicole Gosling	L	5'6"	141	04/21/02	London, ON	Montréal (PWHL)
Forwards
Laura Stacey	R	5'10"	152	05/05/94	Kleinburg, ON	Montréal (PWHL)
Caitlin Kraemer	L	5'8"	162	05/29/06	Waterloo, ON	University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
Sarah Fillier	R	5'4"	153	06/09/00	Georgetown, ON	New York (PWHL)
Brianne Jenner	R	5'9"	160	05/04/91	Oakville, ON	Ottawa (PWHL)
Sarah Nurse	L	5'8"	168	01/04/95	Hamilton, ON	Vancouver (PWHL)
Natalie Spooner	R	5'10"	170	10/17/90	Scarborough, ON	Toronto (PWHL)
Emily Clark	L	5'8"	151	11/28/95	Saskatoon, SK	Ottawa (PWHL)
Emma Maltais	L	5'3"	154	11/04/99	Burlington, ON	Toronto (PWHL)
Marie-Philip Poulin	L	5'7"	164	03/28/91	Beauceville, QC	Montréal (PWHL)
Hannah Miller*	L	5’9”	179	02/16/96	North Vancouver, BC	Vancouver (PWHL)
Blayre Turnbull	R	5'7"	153	07/15/93	Stellarton, NS	Toronto (PWHL)
Kristin O'Neill	L	5'4"	126	03/30/98	Oakville, ON	New York (PWHL)
Julia Gosling	L	5'10"	173	02/21/01	London, ON	Seattle (PWHL)
Danielle Serdachny	R	5'9"	157	05/12/01	Edmonton, AB	Seattle (PWHL)
Jennifer Gardiner	L	5'5"	156	09/18/01	Surrey, BC	Vancouver (PWHL)
Daryl Watts	L	5'6"	140	05/15/99	Toronto, ON	Toronto (PWHL)

 

[hckošice 16,618]

 won the prestigious annual U18 summer tournament

the Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2025 in  and  

 

 

Group  

 

 -   5-3

 -   6-2

 -   1-9

 -   1-4

 -   3-4 After OT

 -   0-5

 

1. CAN 9

2. FIN 4

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3. CZE 3

............

4. SUI 2

 

 

Group  

 

 -   0-10

 -   3-6

 -   5-3

 -   1-0

 -   8-1

 -   0-7

 

1. SWE 9

2. USA 6

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3. SVK 3

............

4. GER 0

 

 

Semifinals

 

 -   3-4 After PSO

 -   6-5 After OT

 

7th Place Match

 

 -   5-2

 

5th Place Match

 

 -   5-2

 

Bronze Medal Match

 

 -   3-0

 

Gold Medal Match

 

 -   3-5