NHL players will be lacing them up for their respective countries at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February after the league and the IIHF were able to complete a deal yesterday.
One of the big sticking points was being able to withdraw over COVID-19 concerns, but with that ironed out, hockey fans will get to see the first best-on-best Olympic tournament since Sochi, Russia in 2014, which saw Canada bring home gold for the 3rd time since the turn of the century.
It will mark the Olympic debut of Connor McDavid, who was denied a chance to represent Canada at the last Olympics in 2018 when the NHL chose not to allow players to participate in the games.