The NHL hasn't always sent its players to the Olympics. Here’s a look at the history of ice hockey at the Olympics.
But in 1995, the NHL and NHLPA agreed to give the Olympics a go. What was originally just a trial run of NHL player involvement at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, turned out to be a success and resulted in five consecutive Olympics with NHL participation.Before the IOC’s decision to allow professional athletes at the Games, ice hockey competition featured players who were either on their way up to the professional ranks or those who weren’t quite good enough to make it.
Despite being the youngest team in the tournament, the U.S. pulled off the “Miracle on Ice,” taking down the great USSR team 4-2 in the semifinals on their way to a gold medal.The 2022 Olympics marks the second straight Winter Games without the best players in the world competing in men’s ice hockey.
However, the IOC decided against covering those expenses for the Pyeongchang Olympics, a decision that resulted in the NHL pulling out of the Games.With no NHL support, the U.S. national team needed to look elsewhere for talent to fill its 2018 Olympic roster.
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