USA Hockey names 44 players to 2026 Olympic men's orientation camp
The Olympic roster of 25 players will be named by Jan. 11.
NHL players are slated to participate in the Games for the first time since 2014.
The 44 players set for next week's camp in Plymouth, Michigan, include five of the six players already named to the Olympic team: forwards Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews and Brady Tkachuk and defensemen Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy.
Matthew Tkachuk, who was also one of the first six named to the Olympic team in June, will miss the camp.
Every other member of the 23-player 4 Nations Face-Off roster will be at the camp, plus 12 players from the team that won the U.S.' first standalone World Championship title since 1933.
USA Hockey Olympic Men's Orientation Camp Roster
Goaltenders: Joey Daccord, Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy Swayman
Defensemen: Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Luke Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Noah Hanifin, Seth Jones, Jackson LaCombe, Charlie McAvoy, Ryan McDonagh, Brett Pesce, Neal Pionk, Jake Sanderson, Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin, Alex Vlasic, Zach Werenski
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, Vincent Trocheck, Alex Tuch
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