In Olympic history, Canada has won nine gold medals in the men's hockey tournament, and they're expected to contend for it at Milan Cortina alongside the United States. The rival North American countries last met in the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off final and Canada defeated the U.S. in overtime.

We have already ranked the rosters of Team USA and Team Canada for the 2026 men's Olympic hockey tournament. Now it's time to try to figure out the top 25 players overall in the event.

Juraj Slafkovsky led the 2022 Olympics in goal-scoring. He's already at it again for Slovakia in the 2026 men's hockey tournament.

Italy pulled off the unthinkable by reaching the quarterfinals of the women's Olympic ice hockey tournament on Monday, fending off a Japanese comeback and underlining the spirit of a team delighted to keep proving the doubters wrong.

The men’s Olympic Hockey tournament kicked off on Wednesday with NHL athletes being present at the games for the first time in over a decade. The sports’ biggest stars are in Milan, and national pride is on the line with Canada sending one of the most ridiculous scoring lineups in recent memory,

The Swiss, who defeated France 4-0 in their first game on Thursday, believe they can do something special in this Olympic hockey tournament.

Here's the full list of men's hockey gold medal winners in Winter Olympics history since hockey was introduced in the Winter Games in 1924.