Canada and Finland Reveal Hockey Jerseys for 2026 Winter Olympics
As the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics approach in February, Canada and Finland have presented their hockey team uniforms. Canada features three distinct jerseys: a white one with a red maple leaf, a black one with a black maple leaf, and a combined red and black design. Finland offers both white and dark blue versions of their uniforms.
Team Backgrounds and Olympic History
Finland enters the 2026 Winter Games buoyed by their gold medal victory in Beijing 2022, marking the nation's first Olympic gold in ice hockey. The team aims to replicate that achievement.
Canada, which has secured nine gold medals in Olympic ice hockey, last won in Sochi 2014. The Canadian squad did not medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
NHL Players Return to the Winter Olympics
The 2026 Olympics will be notable for allowing NHL players to participate for the first time since 2014. NHL players competed in Olympics from 1998 through 2014, but were excluded in 2018 because the Games occur during the NHL season.
The NHL will pause its mid-season schedule in 2026 to enable players to join their national teams in the Olympics.
"NHL players could partake in the Winter Olympics from 1998 to 2014, but the NHL stopped allowing player participation in 2018 since the games come in the middle of the season."
Summary: Canada and Finland revealed new hockey uniforms for the 2026 Winter Olympics, marking NHL players' return to the Games and high hopes for both teams based on their past Olympic successes.