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If there's separate threads for division III international tournaments, I don't see why we can't have an individual thread for the most high powered ice hockey tournament of the year. The World Cup of Hockey in 2016 was a similar event and it had its own thread.

Team for the 4 nations face off in February

Team United States Goaltenders: Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets, ) Jake Oettinger (Dallas Stars, ) Jeremy Swayman (Boston Bruins, ) Defencers: Brock Faber (Minnesota Wild, ) Adam Fox* (New York Rangers, ) Noah Hanifin (Vegas Golden Knights, ) Charlie McAvoy* (Boston Bruins, ) Jake Sanderson (Ottawa Senators, ) Jaccob Slavin (Carolina Hurricanes, ) Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets, ) Forwards: Matt Boldy (Minnesota Wild, ) Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets, ) Jack Eichel* (Vegas Golden Knights, ) Jake Guentzel (Tampa Bay Lightning, ) Jack Hughes (New Jersey Devils, ) Chris Kreider (New York Rangers, ) Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings, ) Auston Matthews* (Toronto Maple Leafs, ) J.T. Miller (Vancouver Canucks, ) Brock Nelson (New York Islanders, ) Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators, ) Matthew Tkachuk* (Florida Panthers, ) Vincent Trocheck (New York Rangers, ) * Pre-selected

Team Sweden Goaltenders: Samuel Ersson (Philadelphia Flyers, ) Filip Gustavsson (Minnesota Wild, ) Linus Ullmark (Ottawa Senators, ) Defencers: Rasmus Andersson (Calgary Flames, ) Jonas Brodin (Minnesota Wild, ) Rasmus Dahlin (Buffalo Sabres, ) Mattias Ekholm (Edmonton Oilers, ) Gustav Forsling* (Florida Panthers, ) Victor Hedman* (Tampa Bay Lightning, ) Erik Karlsson* (Pittsburgh Penguins, ) Forwards: Viktor Arvidsson (Edmonton Oilers, ) Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils, ) Leo Carlsson (Anaheim Ducks, ) Joel Eriksson Ek (Minnesota Wild, ) Filip Forsberg* (Nashville Predators, ) Adrian Kempe (Los Angeles Kings, ) Elias Lindholm (Boston Bruins, ) William Nylander* (Toronto Maple Leafs, ) Gustav Nyquist (Nashville Predators, ) Elias Pettersson (Vancouver Canucks, ) Rickard Rakell (Pittsburgh Penguins, ) Lucas Raymond (Detroit Red Wings, ) Mika Zibanejad* (New York Rangers, ) * Pre-selected

Team Finland Goaltenders: Kevin Lankinen (Vancouver Canucks, ) Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Buffalo Sabres, ) Juuse Saros* (Nashville Predators, ) Defencers: Henri Jokiharju (Buffalo Sabres, ) Esa Lindell* (Dallas Stars, ) Olli Määttä (Utah Hockey Club, ) Nikolas Matinpalo (Ottawa Senators, ) Niko Mikkola (Florida Panthers, ) Urho Vaakanainen (New York Rangers, ) Juuso Välimäki (Utah Hockey Club, ) Forwards: Sebastian Aho* (Carolina Hurricanes, ) Joel Armia (Montreal Canadiens, ) Aleksander Barkov* (Florida Panthers, ) Mikael Granlund (San Jose Sharks, ) Erik Haula (New Jersey Devils, ) Roope Hintz (Dallas Stars, ) Kaapo Kakko (New York Rangers, ) Patrik Laine (Montreal Canadiens, ) Artturi Lehkonen (Colorado Avalanche, ) Anton Lundell (Florida Panthers, ) Eetu Luostarinen (Florida Panthers, ) Mikko Rantanen* (Colorado Avalanche, ) Teuvo Teräväinen (Chicago Blackhawks, ) * Pre-selected

Team Canada Goaltenders: Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues, ) Adin Hill (Vegas Golden Knights, ) Sam Montembeault (Montreal Canadiens, ) Defencers: Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings, ) Cale Makar* (Colorado Avalanche, ) Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets, ) Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues, ) Travis Sanheim (Philadelphia Flyers, ) Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights, ) Devon Toews (Colorado Avalanche, ) Forwards: Sam Bennett (Florida Panthers, ) Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning, ) Sidney Crosby* (Pittsburgh Penguins, ) Brandon Hagel (Tampa Bay Lightning, ) Seth Jarvis (Carolina Hurricanes, ) Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers, ) Nathan MacKinnon* (Colorado Avalanche, ) Brad Marchand* (Boston Bruins, ) Mitch Marner (Toronto Maple Leafs, ) Connor McDavid* (Edmonton Oilers, ) Brayden Point* (Tampa Bay Lightning, ) Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers, ) Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights, ) * Pre-selected

Men's Ice Hockey NHL 4 Nations Face-Off 2025 Montréal/Boston (CAN/USA) - 12 February 2025 - 20 February 2025 Official Website Programme Results System Facebook Page Discussion Thread

Anybody?

Taiwan beat Japan 4-0 to win the Premier 12 . Monumental upset and one of the greatest moments in Taiwanese baseball history. People are going crazy on the streets back in Taiwan. Getting a bit emotional myself to be honest. This will hopefully do wonders for the sports development in Taiwan.

Doll is retired

Medal matches are set for Sunday: Bronze Medal Match: United States vs. Venezuela Gold Medal Match: Taiwan vs. Japan

D'accord

Earlier today, Taiwan beat the USA Of course it's far from the best US team but it's still a big deal for Taiwanese baseball

Canada Team Size Prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2026 Milano Cortina Ski Sports Alpine Skiing (13) - That's been the team size the last couple of Olympics so it's a safe bet again. Cross Country Skiing (10) - Not too familiar with the qualification system. Probably around 6 men and 4 women. Ski Jumping (5) - Loutitt, Strate and Maurer for sure on the women's side. Possibly a 4th will qualify. On the men's side, if Bowd-Clowes returns, then he should also qualify. Nordic Combined (0) - Been a nonexistent sport for a while. No athletes competing in the World Cup or Continental Cup. Freestyle Skiing (32) - Should qualify a team in mixed aerials which means a maximum team size of 32 athletes. Which athletes in which disciplines to be determined. Snowboarding (24) - Full teams in slopestyle and big air. Then somewhere between 1-4 athletes in the other disciplines. Biathlon (6) - Based on the Nations Cup last year, the men finished outside the top 20 and wouldn't qualify a relay team (and that's without Russia and Belarus). With Christian Gow's retirement, that makes things even more difficult. Women's relay should still qualify though. Ski Mountaineering (1) - Gonna be optimistic here and say that one athlete will qualify either through the World Rankings or continental quota. Skating Sports Speed Skating (16) - 7 to 8 men, 8 to 9 women. For now, I'll say 8 of each gender. Short Track Speed Skating (10) - Full team size. With the current skill level of the team, anything else would be a tragedy. Figure Skating (12) - Most likely 1 man (I hope) and 1 woman, then 2-3 pairs and 2-3 ice dance couples. For now, let's say 2 in pairs and 3 in ice dance. Sleigh Sports Luge (7) - 2 women + 1 entry in each of the other disciplines Skeleton (4) - 1 or 2 men + 2 or 3 women Bobsleigh (14) - 2 men's crews (in both events) and 3 women's crews (in both events) Team Sports Curling (12) - Full team or else you might as well burn the federation to the ground. Ice Hockey (48) - Both men's and women's teams already qualified Total Optimistic Prediction - (229) Total Pessimistic Prediction - (184) Total Realistic Prediction - (214)

With the World Cup season in most of the winter sports about to begin and qualification in some sports already underway, I think it's about time for this thread. Template ... Team Size Prediction for Winter Olympic Games 2026 Milano Cortina Ski Sports Alpine Skiing () - Cross Country Skiing () - Ski Jumping () - Nordic Combined () - Freestyle Skiing () - Snowboarding () - Biathlon () - Ski Mountaineering () - Skating Sports Speed Skating () - Short Track Speed Skating () - Figure Skating () - Sleigh Sports Luge () - Skeleton () - Bobsleigh () - Team Sports Curling () - Ice Hockey () - Total Optimistic Prediction - () Total Pessimistic Prediction - () Total Realistic Prediction - ()

Dubreuil kicks off the World cup with a silver medal in the 500m

Day 5 (November 13) Results: Group A: Puerto Rico 2-5 Venezuela Mexico 8-6 Netherlands Group B: Australia 3-9 Japan Dominican Republic 6-1 Korea 3-6 Taiwan Day 6 (November 14) Results: Group A: Netherlands 0-11 Venezuela Puerto Rico 3-4 Panama United States 12-2 Mexico USA and Venezuela advance to the Super Round Group B: Cuba 4-8 South Korea Taiwan 2-1 Dominican Republic Day 7 (November 15) Results: Dominican Republic 0-5 Australia South Korea 3-6 Japan Day 8 (November 16) Results: Australia 3-4 Cuba Japan 3-1 Taiwan Dominican Republic 6-9

We could do a breakdown of Canada's medal chances by sport. Overall, I'd say Canada is in line to win a number of medals in the high 20's. Alpine Skiing: Not too familiar with this sport but we did win 3 medals in Olympic events at the last World Championships and skiers like James Crawford, Cameron Alexander and Valerie Grenier are capable of making podiums on the World Cup. 0-3 medals would be the likely range here. Biathlon: The program is declining. At this point, the better question is whether or not we can qualify both the men's and womens' relays. Bobsleigh: Another declining sport. The men's team is completely existent following Justin Kripps retirement. On the women's side, maybe 1 medal is possible. Cross-Country Skiing: Antoine Cyr would be the most likely candidate to medal in this sport. He was 10th in the overall world cup standings last year and it'll be interesting to see if he can improve on that. 0 medals is still likely though. Curling: 3 medals will be the expectation but Canada has underperformed greatly at the last 2 Olympics so who knows. Figure Skating: Possible medals in pairs, ice dance and the team event. If Russia is back, then the medal chances greatly decrease. Freestyle Skiing: As always, many medal contenders across almost all disciplines. Around 8 medals should be the expectation here. Ice Hockey: With the supposed return of NHL players to the Olympics, the expectation will be two gold medals or there'll be riots. Luge: Likely to be a young team sent to the games. Maybe a medal chance in 2030 but not here. Nordic Combined: I'll eat a sock if we qualify an athlete in Nordic Combined Short Track: Lot's of potential for medals here. The men's team has been on fire to start the season with William Dandjinou looking like the best skater on the planet right now. Women's team is not as strong but also has some potential for medals. The minimum should be 3 medals with 8-10 medals possible if everything goes right. Skeleton: Hallie Clarke is the reigning world champion but skeleton is pretty unpredictable so who knows. No chance on the men's side. Ski Jumping: For the first time in probably ages, a legitimate medal in ski jumping is realistic thanks to Alexandria Loutitt and Abigail Strate. A medal in ski jumping would currently be my biggest wish. Ski Mountaineering: No chance here. Snowboarding: As always, the slopestyle and big air events will provide the biggest chances of medals for Canada. Grondin in snowboard cross also looks like the current favourite. Maybe a chance in women's halfpipe as well. Some surprise medals in some other events are also possible. Speed Skating: The team is getting older but the top skaters are still capable of winning medals. Improving on the 5 medals won in Beijing should be a realistic expectation.

Day 4 (November 12) Results: Group A: Panama 3-9 United States Netherlands 20-8 Puerto Rico Group B: Australia 3-9 Japan Dominican Republic 6-1 Korea 3-6 Taiwan Standings