The Canadian Olympic hockey roster is coming a little closer to taking shape.

Today, Hockey Canada named a group of players for its off-ice orientation camp with the national teams, set for Aug. 26 to 28 in Calgary.

30 women (including 27 PWHL players), 42 men (all of whom are on NHL rosters), and 20 potential Paralympic sledge hockey players have been invited out to the camp.

It is the first Olympics since 2014 that NHL players are set to participate in. Though they had initially talked about going in 2022, they pulled out due to COVID-19 concerns.

Canada is the defending gold medalist on the women’s side, having won five of seven all-time titles in the event since it was introduced in 1998.

On the men’s side, Canada is looking to get back on the podium, being held off in 2022 (with a team made up of non-NHL players) for the first time since 2006.

Men’s Olympic roster invitees

Goalies (3)

• Jordan Binnington (St. Louis Blues)
• Adin Hill (Vegas Golden Knights)
• Sam Montembeault (Montreal Canadiens)

Defencemen (13)

• Evan Bouchard (Edmonton Oilers)
• Noah Dobson (Montreal Canadiens) 
• Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)
• Aaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers)
• Thomas Harley (Dallas Stars)
• Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)
• Brandon Montour (Seattle Kraken)
• Josh Morrissey (Winnipeg Jets)
• Colton Parayko (St. Louis Blues) 
• Travis Sanheim (Philadelphia Flyers)
• Shea Theodore (Vegas Golden Knights)
• Devon Toews (Colorado Avalanche) 
• MacKenzie Weegar (Calgary Flames)

Forwards (26)

• Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks)
• Sam Bennett (Florida Panthers) 
• Quinton Byfield (Los Angeles Kings) 
• Macklin Celebrini (San Jose Sharks)
• Anthony Cirelli (Tampa Bay Lightning) 
• Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
• Brandon Hagel (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• Bo Horvat (New York Islanders)
• Zach Hyman (Edmonton Oilers)
• Seth Jarvis (Carolina Hurricanes)
• Wyatt Johnston (Dallas Stars) 
• Travis Konecny (Philadelphia Flyers)
• Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) 
• Brad Marchand (Florida Panthers) 
• Mitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights) 
• Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton Oilers) 
• Brayden Point (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers) 
• Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets) 
• Mark Stone (Vegas Golden Knights) 
• Nick Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens) 
• John Tavares (Toronto Maple Leafs)
• Robert Thomas (St. Louis Blues) 
• Carter Verhaeghe (Florida Panthers) 
• Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals)

Crosby, MacKinnon, Makar, McDavid, Point, and Reinhart were already named as the first six players on Canada’s roster earlier this summer.

Women’s Olympic roster invitees

Goalies

• Ève Gascon, University of Minnesota Duluth 
• Ann-Renée Desbiens, Montréal 
• Emerance Maschmeyer, Vancouver 
• Kayle Osborne, New York 

Defenders

• Sophie Jaques, Vancouver 
• Jocelyne Larocque, Ottawa 
• Chloe Primerano, University of Minnesota
• Kati Tabin, Montréal 
• Renata Fast, Toronto 
• Ella Shelton, Toronto 
• Erin Ambrose, Montréal 
• Micah Zandee-Hart, New York 
• Claire Thompson, Vancouver 
• Nicole Gosling, Montréal 

Forwards

• Laura Stacey, Montréal 
• Caitlin Kraemer, University of Minnesota-Duluth
• Sarah Fillier, New York 
• Brianne Jenner, Ottawa 
• Sarah Nurse, Vancouver 
• Natalie Spooner, Toronto 
• Emily Clark, Ottawa 
• Emma Maltais, Toronto 
• Marie-Philip Poulin, Montréal 
• Hannah Miller, Toronto 
• Blayre Turnbull, Toronto 
• Kristin O’Neill, New York 
• Julia Gosling, Seattle 
• Danielle Serdachny, Seattle 
• Jennifer Gardiner, Vancouver 
• Daryl Watts, Toronto 

The rosters will be whittled down to 23 players on the women’s side and 25 on the men’s side over the coming months, with the first hockey games set to kick off in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 5 of next year.

You might also like:
• These 12 teams will compete in Olympic men’s hockey in 2026