SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 23: A general view of the arena as the team's line up to receive their medals during the Men's Ice Hockey Gold Medal match on Day 16 of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Players that are part of the NHL will be back in the Olympics starting next year in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The NHL and NHLPA reached an agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) that was announced this morning. It will be the first Olympics since 2014 with NHL players, as there were no NHL players in the 2018 games.