We don't know if the NHL will be releasing their players for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, but NHLers were a big part of this week's Olympic qualifying tournament at three different European sites. Germany, Norway and Slovenia each topped their groups in the round-robin format to solidify their spots at the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Slovenia, led by Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar, defeated host Belarus in a shootout to clinch a spot in the Olympics for the second straight cycle. Kopitar and Rok Ticar scored in the shootout while ex Montreal Canadiens forward Andrei Kostitsyn was stuffed on Belarus' final attempt to seal the dramatic win for Slovenia.