SUPPORT STAFF NAMED
Additional support staff named today for the 2026 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team includes team services manager Brij Singh (Los Altos, Calif./Boston Bruins); equipment managers Chris “Frosty” Scoppetto (Hamden, Conn./New Jersey Devils) and Teddy Richards (Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Florida Panthers); athletic trainers John Worley (Ridley Park, Pa./Minnesota Wild), Travis Green (St. Paul, Minn./Minnesota Wild) and Kevin Morley (Newington, Conn./Nashville Predators); team physician Dr. Joel Boyd (St. Paul, Minn./Minnesota Wild); and media officers Dave Fischer (Colorado Springs, Colo./USA Hockey) and Kimber Auerbach (Morristown, N.J./New York Islanders).
“We’re extremely fortunate to have a tremendous staff,” said Bill Guerin (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnesota Wild), general manager of the 2026 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team and also president of hockey operations and general manager of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild. “Everyone is extremely proud to represent our country and focused on our collective effort to bring home a gold medal to the United States.”
MANAGEMENT STAFF
Along with Guerin, the 2026 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team management staff includes Tom Fitzgerald (Billerica, Mass./New Jersey Devils), Chris Drury (Trumbull, Conn./New York Rangers), Bill Zito (Milwaukee, Wis./Florida Panthers), Stan Bowman (Buffalo, N.Y./Edmonton Oilers), Chris Kelleher (Belmont, Mass./Minnesota Wild) and John Vanbiesbrouck (Detroit, Mich./USA Hockey).
NOTES: The final 25-player roster for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team is anticipated to be revealed in early January. USA Hockey announced the first six players to the roster on June 16, 2025, a group that includes defensemen Quinn Hughes (Canton, Mich./Vancouver Canucks) and Charlie McAvoy (Long Beach, N.Y./Boston Bruins) and forwards Jack Eichel (North Chelmsford, Mass./Vegas Golden Knights), Auston Matthews (Scottsdale, Ariz./Toronto Maple Leafs), Brady Tkachuk (St. Louis. Mo./Ottawa Senators) and Matthew Tkachuk (St. Louis, Mo./Florida Panthers) … The last Olympic medal in men’s ice hockey for the U.S. came in 2010 when Team USA earned silver in Vancouver, B.C. The last Olympic gold in men’s ice hockey for the U.S. was at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.
