Matthews, Pastrnak, Hedman among NHL players named to 2022 Olympics

Rosters for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Olympics continue to take shape, with half of the participating countries naming three players to their rosters.

NHL players return to the Olympics for the first time since 2014. Each country was required to submit a list to the IIHF of three players who - provided they remain healthy - will be included on the final rosters.

Here are the first three players of each team so far:

Canada

Connor McDavid
Sidney Crosby
Alex Pietrangelo

China

To be announced Oct. 8

Czech Republic

David Pastrnak
Jakub Voracek
Ondrej Palat

Denmark

To be announced Oct. 8

Finland

Aleksander Barkov
Mikko Rantanen
Sebastian Aho

Germany

To be announced Oct. 8

Latvia

To be announced Oct. 8

Russian Olympic Committee

To be announced Oct. 8

Slovakia

To be announced Oct. 8

Sweden

Gabriel Landeskog
Mika Zibanejad
Victor Hedman

Switzerland

To be announced Oct. 8

United States

Auston Matthews
Patrick Kane
Seth Jones

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