The opening ceremonies for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will be held 100 days from today, on Feb. 6.

Six days later, 25 American NHL players will take the ice in Italy with one ambitious, yet formidable, goal.

“We’re going over there to win gold,” Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy said, “and anything other than that won’t be successful.”

McAvoy said this in August at the United States Men’s Olympic Orientation Camp in Plymouth, Michigan, where U.S. Olympic hopefuls gathered to hear about logistics and discuss the mission once the puck drops at the Olympics.

“I don’t think we’re dancing around it, either,” McAvoy said. “I think we’re pretty comfortable talking about how it’s our time. We have an expectation amongst our group here. All [the] guys that are here, ev

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