The roster for the 2022 U.S men's hockey team that will compete in Beijing, China next month at the XXVI Olympic Winter Games has been revealed. The team will be entirely comprised of college-trained players, including 15 current NCAA skaters.
The National Hockey League announced last month that, due to scheduling concerns because of COVID-19, it would not be sending its players to the Olympics for the second straight competition, with the NHL having also declined to participate in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018. That prompted USA Hockey officials to again scour college and non-NHL rosters for possible participants for the Olympics.
The current professional players on this year's Team USA Olympic roster include defenseman David Warsofsky (Boston University), Aaron Ness (Minnesota), Steven Kampfer (Michigan) and Brian Cooper (Nebraska-Omaha), along with goaltenders Strauss Mann (Michigan) and Pat Nagle (Ferris State). Forwards include Kenny Agostino (Yale), Brian O'Neill (Yale), Nick Shore (Denver), and Andy Miele (Miami), with O'Neill the lone holdover from the 2018 American squad that finished seventh in Pyeongchang.
Schools represented on this year's U.S. team include Boston College (two players), Boston University (two), Denver, Ferris State, Harvard (two), Miami, Michigan (four), Minnesota (four), Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota State, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota, St. Cloud State (two), and Yale (two).
The coaching staff for this year's American entry includes head coach David Quinn (Boston University), and assistants Mike Hastings (St. Cloud State), Brett Larson (Minnesota-Duluth), Scott Young (Boston University) and David Lassonde (Providence).
The roster for the 2022 U.S. Olympic women's hockey team that will compete in Beijing was announced on Jan. 1. It includes 13 returning players from the team that won Olympic gold in South Korea four years ago.
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