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Team Canada at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games 2026 News


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Canada has secured four quotas each in both men’s and women’s biathlon following the conclusion of the 2024-25 Nations Rankings!

7 quotas at the Figure Skating World Championships!

 

1 in men’s singles, 1 in women’s singles, 2 in pairs, and 3 in ice dance!

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Now that all the winter world championships for this year are done, it's a good time to do a recap of the Canadian performances. Overall, Canada won a total of 26 medals in Winter Olympic events this year (10 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze). That would be a better performance overall than Beijing. Compared to other countries this year, Canada is tied 3rd in golds (behind Norway and the US and tied with Switzerland) and 5th in total medals (behind Norway, Germany, the US, and Switzerland). There were a bunch of other top 8 performances as well. The table below could help identify who'll be the medal contenders next year.

 

Gold Medals
Athlete Sport Event
Rachel Homan Curling Women's
Mikael Kingsbury Freestyle Skiing M Dual Moguls
Steven Dubois Short Track M 500m
Steven Dubois Short Track M 1000m
William Dandjinou Short Track M 1500m
Canada Short Track M 5000m Relay
Canada Short Track W 3000m Relay
Canada Short Track Mx Team Relay
Liam Brearley Snowboarding M Slopestyle
Eliot Grondin Snowboarding M Snowboard Cross
Silver Medals
Athlete Sport Event
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier Figure Skating Ice Dance
Mikael Kingsbury Freestyle Skiing M Moguls
Courtney Hoffos Freestyle Skiing W Ski Cross
Canada Ice Hockey Women's
William Dandjinou Short Track M 1000m
Rikki Doak Short Track W 500m
Courtney Sarault Short Track W 1000m
Courtney Sarault Short Track W 1500m
Ivanie Blondin Speed Skating W Mass Start
Bronze Medals
Athlete Sport Event
Brad Jacobs Curling Men's
Maia Schwinghammer Freestyle Skiing W Moguls
Cassie Sharpe Freestyle Skiing W Halfpipe
Megan Oldham Freestyle Skiing W Slopestyle
Canada Luge Team Relay
Connor Howe Speed Skating M 1500m
Canada Speed Skating W Team Pursuit
4th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Cynthia Appiah Bobsleigh W Monobob
Alexandre Duchaine Freestyle Skiing M Aerials
Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert Freestyle Skiing W Moguls
Olivia Asselin Freestyle Skiing W Big Air
Rachael Karker Freestyle Skiing W Halfpipe
Embyr-Lee Susko Luge W Singles
Meryeta Odine Snowboarding W Snowboard Cross
Laurent Dubreuil Speed Skating M 500m
Isabelle Weidemann Speed Skating W 5000m
5th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Canada Cross-Country Skiing M 4x7.5km Relay
Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps Figure Skating Pairs
Canada Figure Skating Team Event*
Marion Thenault Freestyle Skiing W Aerials
Megan Oldham Freestyle Skiing W Big Air
Canada Freestyle Skiing Mx Team Aerials
Canada Ice Hockey Men's
Kim Boutin Short Track W 500m
Alexandria Loutitt Ski Jumping W Normal Hill
Abigail Strate Ski Jumping W Normal Hill
Laurent Dubreuil Speed Skating M 1000m
6th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant Curling Mx Doubles
Julien Viel Freestyle Skiing M Moguls
Cameron Spalding Snowboarding M Slopestyle
Ted-Jan Bloemen Speed Skating M 10000m
Valerie Maltais Speed Skating W 3000m
7th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Kristen Bujnowski Bobsleigh W Monobob
Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha Figure Skating Ice Dance
Brendan Mackay Freestyle Skiing M Halfpipe
Jessica Linton Freestyle Skiing W Dual Moguls
Hallie Clarke Skeleton Women's
Elizabeth Hosking Snowboarding W Halfpipe
Ted-Jan Bloemen Speed Skating M 5000m
Isabelle Weidemann Speed Skating W 3000m
8th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Taylor Austin Bobsleigh Four-Man
Melissa Lotholz/Leah Walkden Bobsleigh Two-Woman
Antoine Cyr/Xavier McKeever Cross-Country Skiing M Team Sprint*
Victor Primeau Freestyle Skiing M Aerials
Dylan Marineau Freestyle Skiing M Halfpipe
India Sherret Freestyle Skiing W Ski Cross
Beattie Podulsky/Kailey Allan Luge W Doubles
Felix Roussel Short Track M 1500m
Emma Cook-Clarke Ski Mountaineering W Sprint
Ivanie Blondin Speed Skating W 1500m
Ivanie Blondin Speed Skating W 3000m
Valerie Maltais Speed Skating W Mass Start

*Format different from Olympic event

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Snowboarding has slipped, but is being compensated by Short Track.

 

As a fan of Short Track I know you should never trust them. The randomness gives, but also takes.

Our men's short track team had an insane season last year, really no guarantee it will be anything similar in Milan.

 

I do expect we will do better than in Beijing, though sadly that is a low bar.

9 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Now that all the winter world championships for this year are done, it's a good time to do a recap of the Canadian performances. Overall, Canada won a total of 26 medals in Winter Olympic events this year (10 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze). That would be a better performance overall than Beijing. Compared to other countries this year, Canada is tied 3rd in golds (behind Norway and the US and tied with Switzerland) and 5th in total medals (behind Norway, Germany, the US, and Switzerland). There were a bunch of other top 8 performances as well. The table below could help identify who'll be the medal contenders next year.

 

Gold Medals
Athlete Sport Event
Rachel Homan Curling Women's
Mikael Kingsbury Freestyle Skiing M Dual Moguls
Steven Dubois Short Track M 500m
Steven Dubois Short Track M 1000m
William Dandjinou Short Track M 1500m
Canada Short Track M 5000m Relay
Canada Short Track W 3000m Relay
Canada Short Track Mx Team Relay
Liam Brearley Snowboarding M Slopestyle
Eliot Grondin Snowboarding M Snowboard Cross
Silver Medals
Athlete Sport Event
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier Figure Skating Ice Dance
Mikael Kingsbury Freestyle Skiing M Moguls
Courtney Hoffos Freestyle Skiing W Ski Cross
Canada Ice Hockey Women's
William Dandjinou Short Track M 1000m
Rikki Doak Short Track W 500m
Courtney Sarault Short Track W 1000m
Courtney Sarault Short Track W 1500m
Ivanie Blondin Speed Skating W Mass Start
Bronze Medals
Athlete Sport Event
Brad Jacobs Curling Men's
Maia Schwinghammer Freestyle Skiing W Moguls
Cassie Sharpe Freestyle Skiing W Halfpipe
Megan Oldham Freestyle Skiing W Slopestyle
Canada Luge Team Relay
Connor Howe Speed Skating M 1500m
Canada Speed Skating W Team Pursuit
4th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Cynthia Appiah Bobsleigh W Monobob
Alexandre Duchaine Freestyle Skiing M Aerials
Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert Freestyle Skiing W Moguls
Olivia Asselin Freestyle Skiing W Big Air
Rachael Karker Freestyle Skiing W Halfpipe
Embyr-Lee Susko Luge W Singles
Meryeta Odine Snowboarding W Snowboard Cross
Laurent Dubreuil Speed Skating M 500m
Isabelle Weidemann Speed Skating W 5000m
5th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Canada Cross-Country Skiing M 4x7.5km Relay
Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps Figure Skating Pairs
Canada Figure Skating Team Event*
Marion Thenault Freestyle Skiing W Aerials
Megan Oldham Freestyle Skiing W Big Air
Canada Freestyle Skiing Mx Team Aerials
Canada Ice Hockey Men's
Kim Boutin Short Track W 500m
Alexandria Loutitt Ski Jumping W Normal Hill
Abigail Strate Ski Jumping W Normal Hill
Laurent Dubreuil Speed Skating M 1000m
6th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant Curling Mx Doubles
Julien Viel Freestyle Skiing M Moguls
Cameron Spalding Snowboarding M Slopestyle
Ted-Jan Bloemen Speed Skating M 10000m
Valerie Maltais Speed Skating W 3000m
7th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Kristen Bujnowski Bobsleigh W Monobob
Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha Figure Skating Ice Dance
Brendan Mackay Freestyle Skiing M Halfpipe
Jessica Linton Freestyle Skiing W Dual Moguls
Hallie Clarke Skeleton Women's
Elizabeth Hosking Snowboarding W Halfpipe
Ted-Jan Bloemen Speed Skating M 5000m
Isabelle Weidemann Speed Skating W 3000m
8th Places
Athlete Sport Event
Taylor Austin Bobsleigh Four-Man
Melissa Lotholz/Leah Walkden Bobsleigh Two-Woman
Antoine Cyr/Xavier McKeever Cross-Country Skiing M Team Sprint*
Victor Primeau Freestyle Skiing M Aerials
Dylan Marineau Freestyle Skiing M Halfpipe
India Sherret Freestyle Skiing W Ski Cross
Beattie Podulsky/Kailey Allan Luge W Doubles
Felix Roussel Short Track M 1500m
Emma Cook-Clarke Ski Mountaineering W Sprint
Ivanie Blondin Speed Skating W 1500m
Ivanie Blondin Speed Skating W 3000m
Valerie Maltais Speed Skating W Mass Start

*Format different from Olympic event

Excellent summary! 

 

Short Track is doing a lot the heavy lifting here, getting over 50% of gold and silvers. It would be unbelievable for them to actually meet those expectations in Italy, but I'll still be very very cautiously optimistic. 

 

We'd probably expect more from mixed curling and men's hockey. Not to mention good chances in mixed events like team figure skating, team snowboard and team aerials. Lots of up-and-comers in freestyle. I'm also a bit more optimistic on speed skating than this table suggests. 

 

Overall, I expect a lot more than Beijing, and I'd be very pleased with these results right here (besides hockey). I really don't want to jinx short track, but man is Canada due. 

Yeah overall I think it was a solid year, lots of ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, and new talent coming in as well. 

 

Overall I do expect a lot of things in a few months, def looks as tho we'll do a lot better in terms of medals than Beijing.

 

It's really nice to see how well curling has rebounded after the state it was several years ago.

 

As for hockey? Well...

 

"We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them.

We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling – we get it.

This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way."

 

(what HC should've said after the loss a few days ago for humour lol)

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Quite a few major hockey stories over the last two weeks:

 

Men's Olympic Team Coaching Staff Unveiled:

 

Head Coach:

Jon Cooper (Tampa Bay Lightning)

 

Assistant Coaches:

Bruce Cassidy (Boston Bruins)

Peter DeBoer

Rich Tocchet (Philadelphia Flyers)

Misha Donskov

 

Same coaches as the 4 nations face-off.

 

Men’s Olympic Team coaching staff named for 2026 Olympic Winter Games

 

Women's Olympic Team Coaching Staff Unveiled:

 

Head Coach:

Troy Ryan (Toronto Sceptres)

 

Assistant Coaches:

Kori Cheverie (Montreal Victoire)

Caroline Ouellette (Concordia University)

Britni Smith (Syracuse University)

 

Troy Ryan to lead Canada’s Women’s Olympic Team at 2026 Olympic Winter Games

 

42 NHL Players Invited to National Teams Orientation Camp

 

Spoiler

Bold = Pre-selected

* Was on 4-Nations Face-Off Team

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)

 

It seems like the goalies have already been decided.

 

2025 National Teams Orientation Camp

 

30 players named to Canada's National Women's Team for 2025-26 Season

 

Spoiler

* On 2025 World Championship Team

#Pending IIHF eligibility

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)

 

2025 National Women’s Team Training Block Roster (Aug) | Road to Italy

 

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