Canada’s national hockey team has announced its bid for the 2026 Olympics. The list also included Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Brad Marchand and other experienced players.

Among the young hockey players, forward McClean Celebrini, who is in just his second season in the NHL, was also included in the application. The San Jose player scored 60 points this season and is in the top 3 in the points race.

The NHL sent a player to the Olympics for the first time since 2014.

Goalkeepers: Thompson (Washington), Camper (Los Angeles), Binnington (St. Louis).

Defenders: Toews (Colorado), Theodore (Vegas), Sanheim (Philadelphia), Pareiko (St. Louis), Morrissey (Winnipeg), Makar (Colorado), Harley (Dallas), Doughty (Los Angeles).

Forward: Celebrini (San Jose), Cirelli (Tampa Bay), Crosby (Pittsburgh), Hagel (Tampa Bay), Horvat (Islanders), MacKinnon (Colorado), Marchand (Florida), Marner (Vegas), McDavid (Edmonton), Point (Tampa Bay), Rinehart (Florida), Stone (Vegas), Suzuki (Montreal), Wilson (Washington).

Canada will play in a group with the Czech Republic, Switzerland and France.

New York Islanders defeated Chicago 3:2 in the NHL regular season match, and Matthew Schaefer, the first overall pick of the 2025 draft, scored a point and broke the League record.

Schaefer became the youngest defenseman in NHL history to reach 25 points. It took the player 40 matches to achieve this; this was the fourth fastest time among defensemen in history.

The Islanders remain in the top 4 in the East.

Champion Florida ends the year with a loss. The Panthers lost to Montreal 2:3 in overtime, but they were two goals ahead at the time of the game. Montreal is in second place in the rankings and Florida is in 4th place.

Toronto is trying to emerge from the crisis. Maple defeated New Jersey 4-0 but still sits in 6th place in the league.

Regular season in NHL

toronto – New Jersey 4:0

Florida -Montreal 2:3 in overtime

pittsburgh – Carolina 5:1

Chicago – New York Islanders 2:3 in shootouts

Vancouver – Philadelphia 3:6

The matches on the fourth day of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship have started.

In a brutal match, Switzerland beat Germany 4-0, sending their opponents into a survival game that will pit the Germans against the last team in Group B.

Germany finished without points and advanced to the knockout stages along with Switzerland, Sweden, the USA and Slovakia, although their final group positions will be determined by subsequent matches.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Switzerland – Germany 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Discs: 11:42 Korbler (Meyer, Blessing) – 1:0, 13:10 Reber (Mudjli, Steiner) – 2:0, 21:08 Korbler – 3:0, 26:10 Johnson (Sansonnes, Mottard) – 4:0

Goalkeepers: Kirsch – Neisse