Which NHLers can enter the Triple Gold Club at the 2026 Winter Olympics?

Feb 11, 2026, 10:00 ESTUpdated: Feb 11, 2026, 11:18 EST

Which NHLers can enter the Triple Gold Club at the 2026 Winter Olympics?

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With NHLers back at the Olympics, the odds of someone new joining the Triple Gold Club have increased significantly.

Conceptualized by former IIHF Director of Communications, Szymon Szemberg (a great follow on social media, by the way), the Triple Gold Club is made up of players who have won gold at the IIHF World Championship and the Winter Olympics and have taken home the Stanley Cup. Swedish players Mats Naslund, Hakan Loob and Tomas Jonsson were the first to do it back in 1994, while Valtteri Filppula became the most recent member after helping Finland win gold at the 2022 Olympics. Canadian bench boss Mike Babcock is the lone coach to pull it off, joining the club after winning the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

In total, 31 members make up the elite classification, including four players actively chasing trophies: Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Corey Perry, and, yes, even Jaromir Jagr. A total of 13 players from four countries are hoping to add the coveted Olympic gold to their collections, join the hockey history books and become official members of the Triple Gold Club.

So, let’s break it all down:

Brad Marchand, RW (Canada)

Marchand is the only player on this list to have won Stanley Cups with multiple NHL teams. He won it all in 2011 after his first full season with Boston, and then gave Florida a massive boost on the third line in 2025. Marchand has played some of his best hockey this season, putting himself on pace for 78 points after registering just 51 a year ago. Marchand hasn’t played a ton of national team hockey throughout his career, but he won World Junior gold in both 2007 and 2008, the World Championship in 2016, the World Cup a few months later and the 4 Nations Face-Off a year ago. Given he’s 37, this is likely Marchand’s only shot at a gold medal, and you know he’s going to be an absolute nightmare to deal with.

Nathan MacKinnon, C (Canada)

Breaking news: MacKinnon is a good hockey player. He has 40 goals and 93 points in 55 games already this season and should hit 60 goals and 140 points at this rate. He’s the only true Hart Trophy contender on this list. But internationally, he has also been an absolute superstar. Everyone knows about his MVP performance at the 4 Nations, but he finished the year with seven goals and 13 points at the World Championship, too. He won gold at the tournament back in 2015 and then took home silver two years later. The future Hockey Hall of Famer is hoping to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a second Stanley Cup championship in his tenure after doing so in 2022.

Sam Reinhart, RW (Canada)

Reinhart has played in only two World Championships, but he has won a medal both times – including gold in his debut in 2016. But once he was traded to Florida, the opportunities to play in the spring spectacular came to an end. Fortunately, he was able to take home the Stanley Cup in 2024 and 2025, leading the Panthers deep on the heels of two of the best seasons of his career. Reinhart also won gold at the Canada Winter Games, the U-18 World Championship, the World Juniors and the 4 Nations Face-Off – he’s a proven winner.

Mark Stone, LW (Canada)

Stone’s international resume might not be extensive, but it is impressive. He has won a medal at every event he has played in, starting with bronze at the 2012 World Juniors and continuing with silver (2019) and gold (2016) at the World Championship. Add in a Stanley Cup in 2023 with the Vegas Golden Knights and a gold at the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off, and it’s clear Stone knows how to rise to the occasion. Some might say Stone is too slow for Canada’s Olympic team. But with the speed and skill this group has, it won’t matter.

Darcy Kuemper, G (Canada)

At this point, it seems unlikely Kuemper will tend the crease for Canada. But the 2021 World Champion and 2022 Stanley Cup winner has been one of the nation’s top goaltenders the past two years, and we know Hockey Canada loved his effort at the 2021 Worlds. The 35-year-old Los Angeles Kings goaltender likely won’t get another crack at the Olympics, but whether he gets a start or not, you have to imagine he wants nothing more than to add an Olympic medal to his trophy case.

Michal Kempný, D (Czechia)

Kempný hasn’t played an NHL game since 2022, but he has remained a fixture internationally ever since. The 35-year-old started his trek to Triple Gold in 2018, winning the Stanley Cup as a rugged member of Washington’s blueline. He then had a great showing en route to gold at the 2024 World Championship on Czech ice. Kempný is expected to play on Czechia’s second pairing, where he should get a lot of minutes, particularly when the game gets tough or when penalties need to be killed.

Ondřej Palát, LW (Czechia)

Like the other two Czechs on this list, Palát was part of that 2024 World Championship. He was great, putting up six points in 10 games in a middle-six scoring role. His NHL play has declined a bit since then, but in his prime, he helped Tampa win the Stanley Cup in 2020 and 2021. Recently acquired by the New York Islanders, he actually is coming off some of his best hockey of the 2025-26 season. We’ll see how Palát fares in Czechia’s top six.

Jan Rutta, D (Czechia)

Rutta played all over Tampa Bay’s lineup during the 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup championships and eventually saw his ice time improve in the following years. Rutta averaged around 15 minutes a night during Czechia’s World Championship in 2024 before wrapping up his NHL career (for now) the following season. Now playing in Switzerland, Rutta has looked good this year and will likely play more of a shutdown role at the Olympics.

Eetu Luostarinen, LW (Finland)

The 2019 World Championship was a special one for the Finns. The team beat an NHL-heavy Canadian roster in the gold medal game, despite Finland having no full-time players in the world’s top league. Luostarinen had just come off an excellent season in the top Finnish league, where he failed to register a point through four games while averaging just 12 minutes a night. Still, he became a World Champion and, two years later, a full-time NHL player with Florida. The 6-foot-3 workhorse really grew into his role as a defensive forward with size and looked excellent on the Panthers’ third line in each of their Stanley Cup victories the past two years. He’s chasing after 40 points this year, which is nothing to sneeze at.

Niko Mikkola, D (Finland)

Like Luostarinen, Mikkola was part of that 2019 Finnish World Championship team despite not being well-known in North America at the time. Mikkola was just an AHLer then but has since become a key contributor to Florida’s blueline. Mikkola helped the Panthers win the Stanley Cup in 2024 and 2025, making a name for himself with his 6-foot-6 frame. Not too shabby for a St. Louis Blues fifth-round pick. Look for Mikkola to earn more than 20 minutes a night on a Finnish defense corps that lacks depth.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D (Sweden)

For many years, ‘OEL’ was absolutely lethal on the national stage. The Karlskrona, Sweden native won bronze at the 2010 World Championship, silver in 2011 and, finally, took home gold in 2017 (and 2018, for good measure). He led all defenders with 12 points at the 2015 World Championship and has 41 points in 56 games over seven World Championships. He was once a dominant NHL defenseman, but his stock began to fall after his trade to the Vancouver Canucks in 2021, though he helped Florida win the Stanley Cup in 2024. These days, OEL has found himself as Toronto’s top blueliner more than most would have expected – he’s on pace for 50 points for the first time in a decade.

Victor Hedman, D (Sweden)

Despite eventually breaking out for a 55-point season, Hedman was left off Sweden’s Olympic roster in 2014. At the time, he had often struggled internationally and hadn’t become the star he is today. Since then, Hedman has won two Stanley Cups, a Norris Trophy and a Conn Smythe as NHL playoff MVP. He has also picked up his game with Tre Kronor, winning gold at the 2017 World Championship. Hedman has had a difficult season with Tampa Bay after dealing with injuries, but this tournament could help him spark him for the stretch run.

Gabriel Landeskog, LW (Sweden)

Landeskog’s NHL career looked to be in question after the 2022 Stanley Cup final. He missed more than 1,000 days after needing cartilage transplant surgery. He finally returned during the playoffs last year and looked good, and now he is back to full-time duty in Colorado. Landeskog is a two-time World Champion, having won gold in 2013 and 2017. He might not be the elite power forward he was pre-injury, but he’s still a well-respected leader and is set to wear the captain’s C in Milan – his first national team action since the 2019 World Championship.

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