I believe only six nations, have enough NHL players to field full teams, any other nation would need to use players from other leagues (also who knows what the status of Russia will be by then).
The article did mention they are looking to Europe to host games so maybe the NHL will leverage that nation's domestic league to release their players.
Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show was the most-watched in history: https://www.si.com/nfl/kendrick-lamar-performance-super-bowl-lix-most-watched-halftime-show
Hockey World cup for 2028 is confirmed
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/02/12/nhl-world-cup-of-hockey-2028/
8 team, and no mixed teams. So Slovakia and Germany? Switzerland?
We've been waiting almost 9 years for a best on best ice hockey tournament and that 1st period delivered.
Canada with a dominant period over Sweden and they lead 2-0 after the 1st period
I'm attempting to create a medal projector for the 2026 Olympics. Instead of just listing the top 3 favourites I wanted to give a percentage athletes have to win a medal. My first events completed were downhill, here are the top 10.
Men's Downhill
Athlete
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Marco Odermatt
17%
14%
10%
41%
Franjo Von Allmen
17%
11%
9%
37%
Alexis Monney
10%
9%
9%
28%
Miha Hrobat
8%
9%
8%
25%
Cameron Alexander
7%
9%
7%
23%
Vincent Kriechmayr
7%
7%
6%
20%
Justin Murisier
6%
7%
6%
19%
Dominik Paris
5%
5%
6%
16%
Daniel Hemetsberger
5%
4%
5%
14%
James Crawford
3%
4%
5%
12%
Women's Downhill
Athlete
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Sofia Goggia
27%
15%
12%
54%
Ester Ledecka
13%
11%
9%
33%
Cornelia Huetter
12%
11%
8%
31%
Federica Brignone
11%
12%
11%
34%
Lauren Macuga
9%
9%
8%
26%
Lara Gut-Behrami
6%
8%
9%
23%
Breezy Johnson
5%
7%
7%
19%
Corinne Suter
5%
7%
6%
18%
Laura Pirovano
2%
3%
5%
10%
Marta Bassino
2%
3%
4%
9%
In order to prevent my computer from dying I only ran the simulation 1000 times so no tenth of a percentage is listed. For nations with many athletes I just took the four highest ranked athletes as per event rules and removed the rest. Eventually as NOCs announce their teams I can refine it properly.
Any surprises?
Another big meeting tomorrow from Lievin - First meet to unite the Euro & American circuits.
Late start 19:45 UK Time
https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/tsegay-ingebrigtsen-holloway-moon-meeting-lievin-2025
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