Tournament to run Feb. 11-22, featuring NHL players for first time since 2014
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The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 are less than 100 days away and Team Canada and Team Finland have their threads ready.
The two countries unveiled their “home” and “away” jerseys for the first Winter Olympics with NHL players since 2014 on social media Thursday.
Canada showcased a white jersey with a red maple leaf as the crest, with the other a red jersey with a black maple leaf.
Finland’s jerseys each have the country’s crest, a crowned lion with its right foreleg replaced by an armored human arm wielding a sword, and its hind legs trampling a saber.
The men’s Olympic hockey tournament will begin Feb. 11 with Team Slovakia playing Team Finland followed by Team Sweden against host Team Italy.
The tournament will feature all 12 teams each playing three preliminary-round games in their respective groups, then all 12 moving on to a single-elimination playoff that will conclude with the gold medal game Feb. 22.
Team USA, which is in Group C, will open against Team Latvia on Feb. 12, then play Team Denmark on Feb. 14 and Team Germany on Feb. 15.
Team Canada also plays its first game Feb. 12 against Team Czechia, then faces Team Switzerland the next day and concludes preliminary-round play against Team France on Feb. 15.
The games will be played at either the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena or the Rho Ice Hockey Arena in Milano.
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