Patrick Kane seeks his third Olympic appearance with the United States
The Detroit Red Wings star, Patrick Kane, will attend the U.S. men’s Olympic orientation camp this month, hoping to represent his country for the third time at the Winter Games in Italy next year.
Kane, 36, played in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, where the Americans won silver, and in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, where they finished fourth. Kane has three goals and six assists in 12 Olympic appearances.
The experienced winger, who is starting his 19th season in the NHL, is one of 44 players who will attend the orientation camp in Plymouth, Michigan, from August 26-27. The two-day meeting is largely an administrative and team-building event with no formal on-ice activity.
Kane is one of five ex-Olympians attending the camp, along with Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh (2014) and three members of the 2022 US team that was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Slovakia: defensemen Brock Faber (Minnesota Wild) and Jake Sanderson (Ottawa Senators), as well as forward Matthew Knies (Toronto Maple Leafs).
USA Hockey named the first six members of the 2026 U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team earlier this summer: forwards Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights), Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs), Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators), and Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers); and defensemen Quinn Hughes (Vancouver Canucks) and Charlie McAvoy (Boston Bruins).
The final 25-man roster is expected to be announced in early January. The 23 players who were part of the U.S. team at the 4 Nations Face-Off will attend the camp, except for Matthew Tkachuk, who said this month that he was considering surgery that could keep him out of action for two to three months.
Notable NHL players who did not receive an invitation to the USA Hockey camp include forward Alex DeBrincat, teammate of Kane on the Red Wings; Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson, who was part of the Sochi 2014 roster; Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko and forward Brock Boeser; Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson, who won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year last season; and Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf, who was a Calder finalist.Complete list of players for the US Olympic camp:
Goaltenders: Joey Daccord, Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy SwaymanDefenses: Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Luke Hughes, Noah Hanifin, Seth Jones, Jackson LaCombe, McAvoy, McDonagh, Brett Pesce, Neal Pionk, Sanderson, Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin, Alex Vlasic, Zach WerenskiForwards: Matt Boldy, Cole Caufield, Logan Cooley, Kyle Connor, Eichel, Conor Garland, Jake Guentzel, Jack Hughes, Patrick Kane, Clayton Keller, Knies, Chris Kreider, Dylan Larkin, Matthews, J.T. Miller, Frank Nazar, Brock Nelson, Shane Pinto, Jason Robertson, Bryan Rust, Tage Thompson, Tkachuk, Vincent Trocheck, Alex Tuch
Bill Guerin, GM of the Minnesota Wild, is the team’s general manager, and the head coach of the New York Rangers, Mike Sullivan, leads the coaching staff.
