Team Canada unveils invited players at 2026 Olympic camp with 3 exciting newcomers!

As part of the road to Italy, Hockey Canada announced Friday that it has invited 92 players from its men’s, women’s and para hockey teams to attend its National Teams Orientation Camp, set for Aug. 26-28 in Calgary. Camp will take place over three days this month and include presentations, team-building opportunities, team meetings and media opportunities in preparation for the upcoming season.

Team Canada unveiled the players that will attend camp, and the players invited for the men’s National Team is looking amazing.

On the men’s side, 42 National Hockey League players – including three goaltenders, 13 defencemen and 26 forwards – were selected by general manager Doug Armstrong, assistant general managers Julien BriseBois, Jim Nill and Don Sweeney, director of player personnel Kyle Dubas and head coach Jon Cooper, with input from player relations advisor Ryan Getzlaf and Salmond. The list includes three players who have won Olympic gold medals (Crosby, Doughty, Tavares), 12 who have won gold at the IIHF World Championship (Crosby, Ekblad, Hagel, Hill, MacKinnon, Marchand, McDavid, Montembeault, Reinhart, Scheifele, Stone, Weegar) and 13 who have won gold at the IIHF World Junior Championship (Bedard, Byfield, Crosby, Doughty, Makar, Marchand, McDavid, Morrissey, Point, Reinhart, Tavares, Theodore, Thomas). It also includes 19 Stanley Cup champions (Bennett, Binnington, Cirelli, Crosby, Doughty, Ekblad, Hill, MacKinnon, Makar, Marchand, Parayko, Point, Reinhart, Stone, Theodore, Thomas, Toews, Verhaeghe, Wilson), as well as all 24 players who were members of Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off championship-winning team.

John Tavares of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who was snubbed for the 4 Nations roster this past February, is back in contention for a spot this time around, getting an invite to camp.

The exciting thing is that Macklin Celebrini, Connor Bedard, and Quinton Byfield are among the newcomers joining Canada’s 2026 Olympic orientation camp.

They will surely compete hard to crack the roster ahead of the 2026 Olympics in February.