It’s a Canadian fact: hockey is most definitely one of the best and fun sports to watch at the Winter Olympics. There’s nothing like watching fully grown men skate fast in the “boy aquarium”, chasing a puck thing with wooden sticks while occasionally shoving each other into the boards. The speed! The skill! The intensity! Sign us up.
And, since the world is (im)patiently waiting for the next season of Heated Rivalry, we took it upon ourselves to do the Lord’s work. We’ll admit, it is a little tough to judge hotness when there’s a helmet in the way but we tried our best. May we present to you, 21 of the hottest hockey players from around the world who are competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics!
Puck drop, let’s goooooooo:
1.
Sidney Crosby, Captain of Team Canada
2.
Leon Draisaitl, Captain of Team Germany
3.
Alexander Wennberg, Team Sweden
4.
Juuse Saros, Team Finland
5.
Tom Wilson, Team Canada
6.
Alex Petan, Team Italy
7.
Roman Josi, Captain of Team Switzerland
8.
Moritz Seider, Assistant Captain for Team Germany
9.
Macklin Celebrini, Team Canada
10.
Pavol Regenda, Team Slovakia
11.
Anri Ravinskis, Team Latvia
12.
William Nylander, Team Sweden
13.
Auston Matthews, Captain of Team USA
14.
Erik Karlsson, Assistant Captain of Team Sweden
15.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Captain of Team France
16.
Michal Kempny, Team Czechia
17.
Phillip Bruggisser, Team Denmark
18.
Tommaso de Luca, Team Italy
19.
Mitch Marner, Team Canada
20.
Alexander Ehl, Team Germany
21.
Mikkel Aagaard, Team Denmark