The chart below shows all 2014 Olympic players sorted by NHL team.
CHI (10): Handzus, Hjalmarsson, Hossa, Kane, Keith, Kruger, Oduya,
Rozsival, Sharp, Toews
DET (10): Alfredsson, Datsyuk, Ericsson, Franzen, Gustavsson, Howard,
Jurco, Kronwall, Tatar, Zetterberg
STL (10): Backes, Berglund, Bouwmeester, Halak, Oshie, Pietrangelo,
Shattenkirk, Sobotka, Steen, Tarasenko
MTL (8): Budaj, Diaz, Emelin, Markov, Pacioretty, Plekanec, Price,
Subban
ANA (7): Fowler, Getzlaf, Hiller, Perry, Selanne, Silfverberg, Vatanen
NYR (7): Callahan, Hagelin, Lundqvist, McDonagh, Nash, Stepan,
Zuccarello
PIT (7): Crosby, Jokinen, Kunitz, Maatta, Malkin, Martin, Orpik
VAN (7): Edler, Hamhuis, Kesler, Luongo, D. Sedin, H. Sedin, Weber
LAK (6): Brown, Carter, Doughty, Kopitar, Quick, Voynov
TBL (6): Filppula, Gudas, Palat, Panik, Salo, Stamkos
BOS (5): Bergeron, Chara, Eriksson, Krejci, Rask
CLB (5): Anisimov, Bobrovsky, Gaborik, Nikitin, Tyutin
MIN (5): Granlund, Koivu, Niederreiter, Parise, Suter
PHI (5): Meszaros, Raffl, Streit, Timonen, Voracek
PHO (5): Ekman-Larsson, Hanzal, Korpikoski, Michalek, Smith
BUF (4): Enroth, Girgensons, Miller, Tallinder
COL (4): Duchene, Landeskog, Stastny, Varlamov
NJD (4): Brunner, Elias, Jagr, Zidlicky
NYI (4): Grabner, Tavares, Vanek, Visnovsky
SJS (4): Marleau, Niemi, Pavelski, Vlasic
WPG (4): Frolik, Jokinen, Pavelec, Wheeler
CAR (3): Faulk, Ruutu, Sekera
DAL (3): Benn, Lehtonen, Nichushkin
EDM (3): Belov, Hemsky, Marincin
TOR (3): Kessel, Kulemin, Van Riemsdyk
WAS (3): Backstrom, Carlson, Ovechkin
CGY (2): Berra, Smid
FLA (2): Barkov, Kopecky
NAS (2): Josi, Weber
OTT (2): Karlsson, Michalek
This year, each NHL team pledged at least one player to the Olympic Men's Ice Hockey tournament with Calgary, Florida, Nashville and Ottawa offering the fewest (2) and Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis loaning the most (10), for a NHL team average of five olympic athletes.
Similarly, each Olympic side has one NHL player on their roster. Canada (25) and USA (25) lead the field filling every spot with NHL players, followed by Sweden (24), Czech (17), Finland (16), Russia (15), Slovakia (14), Switzerland (8), Austria (3), Latvia (1), Norway (1) and Slovenia (1).
The chart below shows 2014 Olympic players by NHL team and country.
CHI (10): 3 Canada, 3 Sweden, 2 Slovakia, 1 Czech, 1 USA
DET (10): 6 Sweden, 2 Slovakia, 1 Russia, 1 USA
STL (10): 3 USA, 2 Canada, 2 Sweden, 1 Czech, 1 Russia, 1 Slovakia
MTL (8): 2 Canada, 2 Russia, 1 Czech, 1 Slovakia, 1 Switzerland, 1 USA
ANA (7): 2 Canada, 2 Finland, 1 Sweden, 1 Switzerland, 1 USA
NYR (7): 3 USA, 2 Sweden, 1 Canada, 1 Norway
PIT (7): 2 Canada, 2 Finland, 2 USA, 1 Russia
VAN (7): 3 Sweden, 2 Canada, 1 Switzerland, 1 USA
LAK (6): 2 Canada, 2 USA, 1 Russia, 1 Slovenia
TBL (6): 2 Czech, 2 Finland, 1 Canada, 1 Slovakia
BOS (5): 1 Canada, 1 Czech, 1 Finland, 1 Slovakia, 1 Sweden
CLB (5): 4 Russia, 1 Slovakia
MIN (5): 2 Finland, 2 USA, 1 Switzerland
PHI (5): 1 Austria, 1 Czech, 1 Timonen, 1 Meszaros, 1 Streit
PHO (5): 2 Czech, 1 Canada, 1 Finland, 1 Sweden
BUF (4): 2 Sweden, 1 Latvia, 1 USA
COL (4): 1 Canada, 1 Russia, 1 Sweden, 1 USA
NJD (4): 3 Czech, 1 Switzerland
NYI (4): 2 Austria, 1 Canada, 1 Slovakia
SJS (4): 2 Canada, 1 Finland, 1 USA
WPG (4): 2 Czech, 1 Finland, 1 USA
CAR (3): 1 Finland, 1 Slovakia, 1 USA
DAL (3): 1 Canada, 1 Finland, 1 Russia
EDM (3): 1 Czech, 1 Russia, 1 Slovakia
TOR (3): 2 USA, 1 Russia
WAS (3): 1 Russia, 1 Sweden, 1 USA
CGY (2): 1 Czech, 1 Switzerland
FLA (2): 1 Finland, 1 Slovakia
NAS (2): 1 Canada, 1 Switzerland
OTT (2): 1 Czech, 1 Sweden
In terms of NHL team leaders by country, Detroit sent six Swedes, Columbus relegated four Russians, Chicago consigned three Canadians, New York Rangers and St. Louis acquiesced three Americans, New Jersey conveyed three Czechs, New York Islanders assigned two Austrians, and four (Anaheim, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay) forwarded a pair of Finns while two (Chicago, Detroit) passed a pair of Slovaks. No team shared more than one player to Latvia, Norway, Slovenia or Switzerland.
Breaking it down by conference, 72 Olympic skaters play in the West (48%) with the East offering 78 (52%). By division, the Atlantic leads all others contributing 40 players, followed by the Metropolitan (38 players), Central (38 players) and Pacific (34 players).
The opening match of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games is February 12th, with the Bronze Medal tilt set for February 22nd and the Gold Medal game scheduled on February 23rd. Barring another agreement between the NHL and IIHF, this 5th Olympiad featuring NHL athletes may be the last.
Let the Games begin!
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