NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time since 2014. Here is who is going to Milan, Italy for the 2026 Winter Games.

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For months, there were various projections on which NHL players would make their countries' rosters for the 2026 Olympic Games. Now those projections have turned into actual rosters, which reinforces just how quickly the tournament in the Milan-Cortina ...

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where hockey and snowboarding events will open ahead of the opening ceremony.

Team Canada was set to face off against Finland on Thursday in the opening women's hockey match for each team at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games. But the game has been postponed to Feb. 12 because 13 Finnish players are ill with norovirus or in isolation.

Preparations for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics ratcheted up Thursday on the eve of the opening ceremony while the start of the ice hockey was hit by an outbreak of norovirus.