The Worldwide Ice Hockey Alliance (IIHF), Public Hockey League (NHL), and Public Hockey League Players’ Affiliation (NHLPA) today mutually declared plans for NHL Players to take part in the 2026 and 2030 Olympic Winter Games.
The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 are booked to be held Feb. 6-22, 2026, in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. It will stamp whenever NHL Players first contend on the Olympic stage starting around 2014, and 6th time in general (1998 – Nagano, Japan; 2002 – Salt Lake City, US; 2006 – Turin, Italy; 2010 Vancouver, Canada; 2014 – Sochi, Russia). The host for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games is supposed to be picked in the not so distant future by the Global Olympic Board of trustees.
The IIHF, NHL, and NHLPA have illustrated and consented to the significant standards connected with the players interest with subtleties to be settled inside the next few months. The present declarations were made at a news gathering from the 2024 NHL Elite player End of the week in Toronto, Canada, went to by IIHF President Luc Tardif, NHL Chief Gary Bettman, and NHLPA Leader Chief Marty Walsh.
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This choice addresses a defining moment for Ice Hockey at the worldwide level and denotes the incredible return of the NHL Players to the Olympic Games. The IIHF had the option to assemble all connected partners at a similar table to find an enduring and reasonable agreement, which is the foundation of what we mean to do as Sports Associations. As prime hockey fans, the IIHF is clearly excited and amped up for this extraordinary understanding, we are as of now anticipating seeing the Best of Ice Hockey at these impending Winter Olympic Games in Milano and in 2030.”
IIHF President Luc Tardif
The global piece of Public Hockey League programs is unrivaled, and NHL Players invest heavily in addressing their nations. We are satisfied that today, after serious cooperative endeavors with the NHL Players’ Affiliation and the Global Ice Hockey Organization, we can officially declare that NHL Players will take part in both the 2026 and 2030 Olympic hockey competitions.
For quite a long time, the players have embraced the chance to seek Olympic gold, and we are energized that the present declaration makes it a sureness for our individuals in the 2026 and 2030 Olympic Winter Games. We likewise realize that hockey fans overall have for some time been expecting the following best-on-best global rivalry, and presently they can at last see a portion of their #1 players address their nations and line up together.