REPORT: Patrick Kane, Seth Jones, Auston Matthews Named To U.S. Team
The first names are being added to Men’s Olympic Hockey teams around the world.
This past weekend the Canadian squad named Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Alex Pietrangelo to the squad while today, team USA named their first trio.
According to our own Frank Seravalli, Patrick Kane, Auston Matthews and Seth Jones will all be representing the States.
Hearing the first three players selected to Team USA 🇺🇸 Men’s Olympic hockey roster for #Beijing2022 are Seth Jones, Patrick Kane and Auston Matthews.@DFOHockey
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) October 7, 2021A number of other teams, too, have named their first players to their respective teams.
Finland has named Sebastian Aho, Aleksander Barkov and Mikko Rantanen to their squad as the first three, while Sweden named Victor Hedman, Gabriel Landeskog and Mika Zibanejad.
The only other team to name players so far is the Czech Republic, who named Ondrej Palat, David Pastrnak and Jakub Voracek to the team.
There’s a few important dates to keep in mind for these Olympic Games:
- Oct. 15 – Countries will need to name 50 possible players for their respective teams.
- Oct. 15 – That date also marks the beginning of drug testing ahead of the games.
- Jan. 1 – This marks the pull out date for the NHL and NHLPA, should they decide to no longer send their players.
- Early Jan. – It’s early in the month when final roster selections are due.
Zach Laing is the Nation Network’s news director and senior columnist. He can be followed on Twitter at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach@oilersnation.com.