With the 4 Nations Face-Off and the 2026 Olympics arising, Hockey Canada has chosen a well-known face to assemble the rosters. On Friday, Hockey Canada formally introduced that St.. Louis Blues basic supervisor Doug Armstrong will serve in the identical function for the nationwide staff over the following two years.

This isn’t the primary time Armstrong has been a part of the management group for the Canadian nationwide staff. He helped construct groups that gained Olympic gold in 2010 and 2014, and Armstrong was the final supervisor for Canada when it gained the World Cup of Hockey in 2016.

Armstrong has additionally had loads of success on the NHL degree. He is served because the GM of the Blues since 2010, and he led the staff to its first Stanley Cup in 2019.

Along with Armstrong, Hockey Canada additionally introduced that Anaheim Geese legend Ryan Getzlaf, Scott Salmond, Katherine Henderson and Pat McLaughlin would type the brand new management group.

“There’s a wealth of skilled and profitable Canadian executives all through the NHL, and we imagine Doug is the most effective individual to guide our Nationwide Males’s Workforce and construct our administration teams from a gifted pool of executives at every occasion main as much as and together with the 2026 Olympics,” McLaughlin mentioned in a press release. “Doug and Ryan each carry achieved careers and a few years of NHL and worldwide expertise to Hockey Canada, and Scott has been instrumental within the success of Canada’s nationwide groups in any respect ranges for greater than 20 years.”

In the course of the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend in Toronto final month, the league introduced that NHL gamers might be returning to the Olympics in 2026 after an eight-year absence. The NHL additionally revealed that Canada, america, Sweden, and Finland will take part within the 4 Nations Face-Off subsequent yr.