Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry said in an Italian newspaper interview.

The National Hockey League (NHL) and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced rosters for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, as selected by each National Association (German Ice Hockey Federation,

Last month, Minnesota general manager Bill Guerin chose Quinn Hughes, bringing the star defenseman to the Wild in an effort to produce big wins in May and even June. On Friday, in his role as Team USA’s general manager for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics, Guerin chose Hughes again.

Minnesota teammates Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin were also named to the team.

Wisconsin Rapids has hosted a local Polar Plunge from 2010-2020 and again from 2022-2025. The nearest one in 2026 is in Wausau.

Pittsburgh Penguins' players Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell will have the opportunity to represent Team Sweden at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina, Italy - and it's an opportunity years in the making for both of them.

The general manager of the U.S. Olympic men’s ice hockey team is counting on the chemistry his squad showed in reaching the 4 Nations Face-Off final to provide the missing ingredient for ending the team’s decades-long gold medal drought at next month’s Milano-Cortina Olympics.