MILAN — The NHL’s return to the Olympics this year is the closest the world has come to international best-on-best hockey in more than a decade, but it isn’t quite that. Russia’s absence from the ...

With Russia’s name banned from the next two Olympics, the country's team and athletes will be officially branded as “ROC,” the International Olympic Committee said Friday. The team name — an acronym ...

Russian and Belarusian teams won't be in International Ice Hockey Federation competitions in 2026-27. The IIHF Council made the decision after a detailed risk assessment and meeting this week. Current ...

MILAN(AP) — Before he became teammates in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup with Alex Ovechkin on the Washington Capitals, T.J. Oshie shined on the global stage with his shootout heroics that helped the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Russia’s status at the Olympics in recent years has been complicated, to say the least. Following the ...

All 12 nations participating in men’s hockey at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will be finalized by Dec. 31, with the teams’ GMs locking in 22 skaters and three goalies apiece. Russia will ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-- The wealth of talented forwards on Team Russia can sometimes make its goaltender's job pretty simple. In most games, it is going to score enough to win as long the goalie ...