USA Hockey Invites 44 NHL Players To Olympic Orientation Camp: Full List
The camp, scheduled for Aug. 26 and 27, is mainly for administrative and team-building purposes and does not feature any formal on-ice activity or public component.
All but one of Team USA's players at the 4 Nations Face-Off will attend after finishing second in that tournament. Matthew Tkachuk will not attend, but a player does not have to be at the orientation camp to be on the final Olympic roster, USA Hockey said.
Tkachuk was already one of six players named to Team USA, with the others being Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, Brady Tkachuk, Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy.
Only five of the invitees have played in the Olympics before. Patrick Kane was at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, while Ryan McDonagh was on the 2014 team. Brock Faber, Matthew Knies and Jake Sanderson were college hockey players on Team USA at the 2022 Olympics, which did not feature NHLers.
After the Americans won gold at the IIHF men's World Championship for the first time in 92 years, 12 players from that squad are part of the orientation camp as well. Goaltenders Joey Daccord and Jeremy Swayman are among that group, as well as Clayton Keller, Tage Thompson and Zach Werenski.
USA! USA! Americans Embarking On World Hockey Domination When USA defeated Sweden 5-3 in the gold-medal game of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on the weekend, it marked the second time less than three months that the Americans have won a tournament that they traditionally almost never win.
The 44 invitees consist of 25 forwards, 15 defensemen and four goaltenders. Hockey Canada, meanwhile, invited 42 NHL players to its men's Olympic orientation camp, which included 26 forwards, 13 defenders and three goaltenders.
Here's the United States' full list of orientation camp participants.
Forwards
Matt Boldy
Cole Caufield
Logan Cooley
Kyle Connor
Jack Eichel
Conor Garland
Jake Guentzel
Jack Hughes
Patrick Kane
Clayton Keller
Matthew Knies
Chris Kreider
Dylan Larkin
Auston Matthews
J.T. Miller
Frank Nazar
Brock Nelson
Shane Pinto
Jason Robertson
Bryan Rust
Tage Thompson
Brady Tkachuk
Matthew Tkachuk
Vincent Trocheck
Alex Tuch
Defenders
Brock Faber
Adam Fox
Luke Hughes
Quinn Hughes
Noah Hanifin
Seth Jones
Jackson LaCombe
Charlie McAvoy
Brett Pesce
Neal Pionk
Jake Sanderson
Brady Skjei
Jaccob Slavin
Alex Vlasic
Zach Werenski
Goaltenders
Joey Daccord
Connor Hellebuyck
Jake Oettinger
Jeremy Swayman
The final American men's Olympic hockey roster is expected to be announced in early January 2026.
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