Connor McDavid is headed to his very first Olympic Games. As NHL players gear up to return to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, the twelve participating nations announced on Monday six initial players who will lead their groups in Milan next year.

The countdown to the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics has begun. Canada announced the first six players for next year’s Winter Games on Monday as part of the scheduled reveal for each of the 12 Olympic qualifiers: Sidney Crosby,

For the second straight year, Connor McDavid and the Oilers came agonizingly close to winning the Stanley Cup only to fall to the Florida Panthers. After two grueling playoff runs with little to show for it,

Rats, foiled again. Too many slow starts, not enough offense and spotty goaltending left Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers glumly exiting the ice for a second straight June to make way for another Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup celebration.

He has played at a level many hockey players would do anything to achieve. But McDavid has another level — and the Oilers need it now.