Let’s take a trip down memory lane of when household NHL names were in the Olympic tournament.
As the Olympic hockey tournaments reach their conclusions—Canada beat the United States to take gold in the women’s tournament, while the men’s semifinals start Thursday night—we’re feeling nostalgic for Winter Games past. (And not just because Canada and the United States have already been booted from the men’s bracket.)
This week’s NHL power rankings lean into that nostalgia by identifying the best Olympian from every NHL team.
The rules: The player had to be a member of the team at the time of the Olympics (or close to it, as you’ll see in a few cases).