2026 Winter Olympics Hub
A department-record 12 Terriers will compete in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano and Cortino d'Ampezzo, Italy. Check this page throughout the Games for links and updates on our Olympians. Click here to see Boston University's list of all-time Olympians.
Macklin Celebrini (Instagram)
Team Canada - Women
Marie-Philip Poulin (Instagram)
Team Germany - Women
Lilli Welcke (Instagram | TikTok), Luisa Welcke (Instagram | TikTok)
Team Italy - Women
Nadia Mattivi (Instagram), Kayla Tutino (Instagram)
Team Switzerland - Women
Andrea Brändli (Instagram)
Team USA - Men
Jack Eichel (Instagram), Clayton Keller (Instagram), Charlie McAvoy (Instagram), Jake Oettinger (Instagram), Brady Tkachuk (Instagram)
Team USA Men's Staff: Head Coach Mike Sullivan, Assistant Coach John Hynes, Assistant Coach David Quinn, Assistant General Manager Chris Drury, Director of Player Personnel Chris Kelleher
MORE ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
Websites - 2026 Olympic Winter Games | NBC Olympics | Hockey Canada | USA Hockey | NHL Olympic Hub | PWHL Olympic Hub
X/Twitter - NBC Olympics | Hockey Canada | Germany Hockey | Switzerland Hockey | USA Hockey
Instagram - Hockey Canada | Germany Hockey | Italy Hockey | Switzerland WIH | USA Hockey
OLYMPIC PRELIMINARY ROUND SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
(Terriers' teams listed first, all times ET // TV times and channels may change)
Thursday, Feb. 5
WOMEN
Sweden def. Germany, 4-1: Final Stats | Recap | Highlights | Full Replay (NBC/Peacock)
- Germany's Luisa Welcke assisted on the Olympics' first goal of the tournament during the first period.
- Sweden scored once in the first, twice in the second and one last time in the third to pull away for the win.
Italy def. France, 4-1: Final Stats | Recap | Highlights | Full Replay (NBC/Peacock)
- Italy's assistant captain Kayla Tutino scored the equalizer in the first period with an assist from captain Nadia Mattivi.
- Italy scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and added two more goals in the third period.
- The win marked Italy's first-ever victory at the Olympics.
Canada vs. Finland – Postponed: Recap
- Game was postponed to Feb. 12 due to a stomach virus depleting Finland's roster.
Friday, Feb. 6
WOMEN
Switzerland def. Czechia, 4-3 (SO): Final Stats | Full Replay (NBC/Peacock)
- Switzerland defeated Czechia, 4-3, in a shootout.
Saturday, Feb. 7
WOMEN
Germany vs. Japan, 6:10 a.m. || Streaming + Live Stats
Italy vs. Sweden, 8:40 a.m. || Streaming & TV (USA re-air - 9 p.m.) + Live Stats
Canada vs. Switzerland, 3:10 p.m. || TV (USA) & Streaming + Live Stats
Monday, Feb. 9
WOMEN
Italy vs. Japan, 6:10 a.m. || Streaming + Live Stats
Germany vs. France 10:40 a.m. || Streaming + Live Stats
Switzerland vs. USA, 2:40 p.m. || TV (USA) & Streaming + Live Stats
Canada vs. Czechia 3:10 p.m. || Streaming & TV (USA re-air - 5 p.m.) + Live Stats
Tuesday, Feb. 10
WOMEN
Germany vs. Italy, 10:40 a.m. || Streaming
Canada vs. USA, 2:10 p.m. || TV (USA, USA re-air - 11 p.m.) & Streaming
Switzerland vs. Finland, 3:10 p.m. || Streaming
Thursday, Feb. 12
MEN
Canada vs. Czechia, 10:40 a.m. || TV (USA, USA re-air - 6 p.m.) & Streaming
USA vs. Latvia, 3:10 p.m. || TV (USA, USA re-air - 11 p.m.) & Watch (streaming)
Switzerland vs. Finland, 3:10 p.m. || Watch (streaming)
Friday, Feb. 13
WOMEN
Quarterfinals TBD
Saturday, Feb. 14
WOMEN
Quarterfinals TBD
MEN
Canada vs. Switzerland, 12:30 a.m. || TV (USA) & Streaming
USA vs. Denmark, 3:10 p.m. || TV (USA, USA re-air - 11 p.m.) & Streaming
MORE TO BE ADDED
OLYMPIC ARTICLES
Lilli and Luisa Welcke
1/16 – Podcast: Lifelong dreams at the Women's Beanpot and Winter Olympics (Good Game with Sarah Spain; interview starts at 15:20 and lasts approx. 12 minutes)
4/8/2025 – German ice hockey twins Luisa and Lilli Welcke - from competing against boys to Milano Cortina 2026 dreams (Olympics.com)
4/7/2025 – Germany's Lilli and Luisa Welcke reflect on fulfilling dreams and growing the game (theicegarden.com)
11/4/2024 – Video: BU's Lilli and Luisa Welcke on twin telepathy, Olympic trials (BUTV - LIVEwithTy)
4/10/2024 – Video & Article: Welcke twins are inseparable the world over (The Hockey News)
1/15/2024 – Telepathic Twins: Lilli and Luisa Welcke are elevating BU women's hockey (BU Today)
Andrea Brändli
4/12/25 – Video: Brändli says PWHL 'definitely not a no - it's a maybe' (The Hockey News)
Macklin Celebrini
1/30 – Video: Celebrini talks evolution & earning Team Canada roster spot (TSN)
1/27 – Video: Celebrini discusses Sharks' success, 'honor' of representing Team Canada (NBC Sports Bay Area & California)
1/26 – Celebrini making it look easy with Sharks in second NHL season (NHL.com)
1/24 – Macklin Mania: A 19-year-old has the hockey world buzzing. Up next? Chasing a gold medal (San Francisco Standard)
1/3 – Inside the meteoric ascent that made Macklin Celebrini impossible to ignore (Sportsnet)
1/3 – Celebrini earned way onto Team Canada for Olympics, GM says (NHL.com)
1/3 – Macklin Celebrini's superstar breakout continues with historic Canada roster spot: 'It's all surreal' (The Athletic $)
Jack Eichel
2/1 – Eichel 'really honored' to represent Team USA at the Winter Olympics (Lowell Sun)
1/27 – Video & Article: Eichel talks 'lifelong dream' in preparation for playing in the Olympics (KTNV - YouTube)
10/25/25 – Eichel's memorable time at 2012 Youth Olympics gives him a taste of what to expect at Milano Cortina 2026 (Olympics.com)'
Clayton Keller
1/13 – Keller motivated to excel for Team USA at Olympics in father's memory (NHL.com)
1/8 – A dream come true; Clayton Keller named to Team USAs Olympic roster (The Hockey Writers)
1/5 – Video: Keller Q&A - Olympic Winter Games (Interviewers Jonny Lazarus & Dan Rosen)
1/2 – Video: Keller Q&A - Olympic Winter Games announcement (Utah Mammoth)
1/2 – Utah Mammoth captain named to Team USA's Olympic roster (Salt Lake Tribune)
1/2 – Video & Article: Utah Mammoth captain Clayton Keller makes Team USA's Olympic roster (KSL)
10/21/25 – Keller has sights set on making U.S. Olympic team, getting Mammoth to playoffs (NHL.com)
Nadia Mattivi
1/29 – An Olympian's Scrapbook: Team Italy defender Nadia Mattivi takes us inside her journey to Milano Cortina (The Ice Garden)
1/14 – Video (Q&A in Italian): Interview with Nadia Mattivi, Italian ice hockey player (Podium TV)
12/19 – Montreal is second home to Italian women's hockey team in Olympics push (Montreal Gazette)
11/23/25 – Mattivi has sights set on PWHL while continuing to dominate overseas (The Hockey News)
11/3/22 – Mattivi leads the way in Boston (IIHF)
Charlie McAvoy
1/31 – McAvoy eager to soak in 'once-in-a-lifetime' opening ceremony at Olympics; Bruins defenseman thrilled to be part of Milano Cortina festivities (NHL.com)
1/22 – Video: My New Favorite Olympian: Charlie McAvoy, Part 1 - A Plumbing Family (NBC Boston)
1/22 – Video: My New Favorite Olympian: Charlie McAvoy, Part 2 - Giving Back (NBC Boston)
1/22 – Why Bruins' Charlie McAvoy wasn't allowed to run the family plumbing business (NBC Boston)
1/2 – For Bruins named to Olympic teams, representing their countries is 'huge honor' (Boston Globe)
9/30/2025 – Why Bruins star Charlie McAvoy is eager for chance to play in Olympics (NESN)
6/16/2025 – Charlie McAvoy named to 2026 U.S. Olympic men's hockey (Newsday)
Jake Oettinger
2/4 – Video: Dallas Stars give Olympics-bound players send-off ceremony before game vs. Blues (Dallas Morning News)
2/2 – Oettinger is ready for his Olympic moment (D Magazine)
12/10/05 – Oettinger thriving with Stars, eyes No. 1 Goalie job for U.S. at Olympics (NHL.com)
Marie-Philip Poulin
2/3 – Video: 'Started with a dream', Marie-Philip Poulin on 5th Olympics and loving the game (CBC Sports)
2/3 – Team Canada superstar Marie-Philip Poulin still the 'little girl' from Beauceville (National Post, $)
1/28 – Team USA's Hilary Knight, Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin to face off for perhaps last time (Associated Press)
1/27 – Poulin looks to lead Team Canada to hockey gold with her wife, Laura Stacey, as a teammate (Outsports.com)
1/23 – Video: The Marie-Philiip Poulin Episode (ThePWHL - Jocks in Jills)
1/13 – Video: Marie-Philip Poulin reveals her FAVORITE hockey memory (CBS Sports - We Need to Talk NOW)
Brady Tkachuk
2/3 – Tkachuk of Senators ready to live 'childhood dream' of playing in Olympics (NHL.com)
2/3 – Team USA star Brady Tkachuk hopes to realize 'childhood dream' by winning ice hockey gold at Milano Cortina 2026 (Olympics.com)
2/2 – Tkachuk brothers set for Olympic debut, 20 years after watching dad play in final Olympic Games (12 News)
Kayla Tutino
12/19/2025 – Montreal is second home to Italian women's hockey team in Olympics push (Montreal Gazette)
12/9/2024 – The improbable fate of Kayla Tutino (La Presse / *Google translate needed)
12/15/2015 – Video: Behind the Jersey: Episode 3 - Kayla Tutino (BU Athletics)
Mike Sullivan
2/4 – Gallery: See Mike Sullivan's journey from Marshfield to coaching in NHL (Patriot Ledger)
2/4 – South Shore native to coach Team USA hockey in Olympics (Patriot Ledger, $)
1/2 – Sullivan sees grassroots efforts within U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team (USAHockey.com)
12/4/25 – Mike Sullivan balancing his Rangers role with looming Olympic duties (NY Post)
9/19/25 – An honour of a lifetime: Mike Sullivan leads USA men's ice hockey into Milano Cortina 2026 (Olympics.com)
9/9/25 – USA Hockey men's coach Mike Sullivan's Olympic moment has arrived (NBCOlympics.com)
