Rosters for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Olympics continue to take shape, with half of the participating countries naming three players to their rosters.
NHL players return to the Olympics for the first time since 2014. Each country was required to submit a list to the IIHF of three players who - provided they remain healthy - will be included on the final rosters.
Here are the first three players of each team so far:
Canada
Connor McDavid
Sidney Crosby
Alex Pietrangelo
China
To be announced Oct. 8
Czech Republic
David Pastrnak
Jakub Voracek
Ondrej Palat
Denmark
To be announced Oct. 8
Finland
Aleksander Barkov
Mikko Rantanen
Sebastian Aho
Germany
To be announced Oct. 8
Latvia
To be announced Oct. 8
Russian Olympic Committee
To be announced Oct. 8
Slovakia
To be announced Oct. 8
Sweden
Gabriel Landeskog
Mika Zibanejad
Victor Hedman
Switzerland
To be announced Oct. 8
United States
Auston Matthews
Patrick Kane
Seth Jones
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