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Twenty players on Team USA’s 25-man roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics played NCAA men’s ice hockey, a reminder that for many of the sport’s biggest names, the path to the world stage still runs through college hockey.
NHL players are back in the Olympics for the first time since 2014, and the U.S. roster headed to Milan Cortina brings a familiar mix for NCAA fans: blue-blood programs, Frozen Four runs, national award winners and several players who authored their first “big-stage” moments on college ice.
Here are the NCAA schools that helped shape the roster, with the Olympians who played there:
While no Team USA players won an NCAA title while in college, the programs they played for are among the most distinguished across the sport’s history. Seven of the 10 programs represented have won at least two NCAA men’s ice hockey national championships.
Below is a breakdown of the NCAA championships won by the programs that have players competing in the 2026 Olympics.
Combined total: 36 NCAA national titles across those seven programs.
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