OSN Staff Predicts: Olympic Men's Hockey 2026

With NHL players finally returning to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years, the This Is Ottawa Sports Now Team decided to have a little fun and compile our predictions for the Men's hockey tournament.

Who grabs the medals? How about the MVP at each position? These are OUR takes...

Gold Medal Team

Lee Versage: USA

Chris Stevenson: Canada

Duke Ellingson: USA

Tanner Reil: Canada

Zach McGibbon: Canada

Ben Soübliere: Canada

Ethan Fink: Canada

Silver Medal Team

Lee Versage: Canada

Chris Stevenson: USA

Duke Ellingson: Canada

Tanner Reil: USA

Zach McGibbon: USA

Ben Soübliere: Czechia

Ethan Fink: USA

Bronze Medal Team

Lee Versage: Slovakia

Chris Stevenson: Czechia

Duke Ellingson: Sweden

Tanner Reil: Czechia

Zach McGibbon: Sweden

Ben Soübliere: USA

Ethan Fink: Finland

Dark Horse Team

Lee Versage: Germany

Chris Stevenson: Slovakia

Duke Ellingson: Finland

Tanner Reil: Germany

Zach McGibbon: Switzerland

Ben Soübliere: Germany

Ethan Fink: Finland

Tournament Forward MVP

Lee Versage: Connor McDavid

Chris Stevenson: Nathan MacKinnon

Duke Ellingson: Connor McDavid

Tanner Reil: Nathan MacKinnon

Zach McGibbon: Connor McDavid

Ben Soübliere: Sidney Crosby

Ethan Fink: Nathan MacKinnon

Tournament Defenceman MVP

Lee Versage: Quinn Hughes

Chris Stevenson: Cale Makar

Duke Ellingson: Quinn Hughes

Tanner Reil: Miro Heiskanen

Zach McGibbon: Quinn Hughes

Ben Soübliere: Cale Makar

Ethan Fink: Quinn Hughes

Tournament Goaltender MVP

Lee Versage: Connor Hellebuyck

Chris Stevenson: Elvis Merzļikins

Duke Ellingson: Jake Oettinger

Tanner Reil: Lukáš Dostál

Zach McGibbon: Jordan Binnington

Ben Soübliere: Logan Thompson

Ethan Fink: Jordan Binnington

Tournament Leading Goal Scorer

Lee Versage: Kyle Connor

Chris Stevenson: Nathan MacKinnon

Duke Ellingson: Jack Eichel

Tanner Reil: David Pastrnak

Zach McGibbon: Nathan MacKinnon

Ben Soübliere: Connor McDavid

Ethan Fink: Nathan MacKinnon

Tournament Point Leader

Lee Versage: Connor McDavid

Chris Stevenson: Cale Makar

Duke Ellingson: Connor McDavid

Tanner Reil: Connor McDavid

Zach McGibbon: Connor McDavid

Ben Soübliere: Nathan MacKinnon

Ethan Fink: Macklin Celebrini

Which Canadian Skater NOT At 4-Nations Makes The Biggest Impact?

Lee Versage: Bo Horvat

Chris Stevenson: Macklin Celebrini

Duke Ellingson: Macklin Celebrini

Tanner Reil: Tom Wilson

Zach McGibbon: Macklin Celebrini

Ben Soübliere: Tom Wilson

Ethan Fink: Tom Wilson