We’ve known for some time that, thanks to some serious Bettman-ing, NHL players aren’t allowed to take part in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. But there are plenty of former NHLers who’ll be appearing in the games. Here’s a breakdown of some names you might recognize who’ll be playing in the tournament. The men’s games start on February 14th with the gold medal game on February 25th. Until then, there’s plenty of good women’s hockey (the Swiss team won their first game 8-0), gnarly snowboarding and lunatics on luges. 

Group A

Canada

For a roster made up of players who are either too old or too bad to play for an NHL team, the Canadian team looks pretty good. The bookies have the Canadiens as hot favourites to be not quite as good as Russia, but better than everyone else. Chris Kelly will be wearing the C for Team Canada.

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Justin Peters (G)	Kolner Haie	Carolina, Washington & Arizona
Kevin Poulin (G)	EHC Kloten	New York Islanders
Ben Scrivens (G)	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Toronto, Los Angeles, Edmonton & Montreal
Stefan Elliott (D)	HV71	Colorado, Arizona & Nashville
Chay Genoway (D)	HC Lada Togliatti	Minnesota
Cody Goloubef (D)	Stockton Heat	Columbus & Colorado
Marc-Andre Gragnani (D)	HC Dinamo Minsk	Buffalo, Vancouver, Carolina & New Jersey
Maxim Noreau (D)	SC Bern	Minnesota
Karl Stollery (D)	Dinamo Riga	Colorado, San Jose & New Jersey
Rene Bourque (F)	Djurgardens IF	Chicago, Calgary, Montreal, Anaheim, Columbus & Colorado
Gilbert Brule (F)	Kunlun Red Star	Columbus, Edmonton & Phoenix
Andrew Ebbett (F)	SC Bern	Anaheim, Chicago, Minnesota, Phoenix, Vancouver & Pittsburgh
Quinton Howden (F)	HC Dinamo Minsk	Florida & Winnipeg
Chris Kelly (F)	Belleville Senators	Ottawa & Boston
Rob Klinkhammer (F)	AK Bars Kazan	Chicago, Ottawa, Phoenix, Pittsburgh & Edmonton
Brandon Kozun (F)	Lokomotiv Taroslavl	Toronto
Maxim Lapierre (F)	HC Lugano	Montreal, Anaheim, Vancouver, St. Louis & Pittsburgh
Eric O’Dell (F)	HC Sochi	Winnipeg
Mason Raymond (F)	SC Bern	Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary & Anaheim
Derek Roy (F)	Linkopings HC	Buffalo, Dallas, Vancouver, St. Louis, Nashville & Edmonton
Christian Thomas (F)	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	New York Rangers, Montreal, & Arizona
Linden Vey (F)	ZSC Lions	Los Angeles, Vancouver & Calgary
Wojtek Wolski (F)	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Colorado, Phoenix, New York Rangers, Florida & Washington

 

Czech Republic

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Roman Cervenka (F)	HC Fribourg-Gotteron	Calgary
Michal Jordan (D)	Amur Khabarovsk	Carolina
Roman Horak (F)	HC Vityaz	Calgary & Edmonton
Michal Repik (F)	HC Slovan Bratislava	Florida
Jiri Sekac (F)	AK Bars Kazan	Montreal, Anaheim, Chicago & Arizona
Vojtech Mozik (D)	HC Vityaz	New Jersey
Tomas Kundratek (D)	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Washington
Jakub Nakladal (D)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Calgary & Carolina
Martin Erat (F)	HC Kometa Brno	Nashville, Washington & Phoenix

 

South Korea

Fun fact, both Plante and Young are Canadian by birth, but have become naturalised South Korean citizens. They also both had very short, forgettable careers with the Oilers.

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Alex Plante (D)	Anyang Halla	Edmonton
Bryan Young (D)	Daemyng Killer Whales	Edmonton

 

Switzerland

Although it’s unlikely that the Swiss team will get far, having Jonas Hiller in net is probably worth a point or two.

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Jonas Hiller (G)	Felben-Wellhausen	Anaheim & Calgary
Tobias Stephan (G)	Zurich	Dallas
Raphael Diaz (D)	EV Zug	Montreal, Vancouver, New York Rangers & Calgary
Cody Almond (F)	Geneve-Servette HC	Minnesota
Simon Moser (F)	Bern	Nashville

 

Group B

Slovakia

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Ivan Baranka (D)	HC Vitkovice Ridera	New York Rangers
Ladislav Nagy (F)	HC Kosice	St. Louis, Phoenix, Dallas & Los Angeles
Tomas Surovy (F)	Banska Bystrica	Pittsburgh
Peter Olvecky (F)	HK Dukla Trencin	Minnesota & Nashville

Slovenia

Mursak, the only former NHLer on the Slovenian roster, played three (part) seasons in Detroit between 2010 – 2013 (the bad seasons).

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Jan Mursak	Frolunda	Detroit

 

Russia

Technically the team is named Olympic Athletes from Russia, thanks to the country’s ban for state-sponsored doping. This also means that those snazzy jerseys we saw a while back have been consigned to history and replaced with boring, neutral threads instead.

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Alexey Marchenko (D)	HC CSKA Moscow	Detroit & Toronto
Nikita Nesterov (D)	HC CSKA Moscow	Tampa Bay & Montreal
Slava Voynov (D)	SKA Saint Petersburg	Los Angeles
Andrei Zubarev (D)	SKA Saint Petersburg	Atlanta
Pavel Datsyuk (F)	SKA Saint Petersburg	Detroit
Mikhail Grigorenko (F)	HC CSKA Moscow	Buffalo & Colorado
Sergey Kalinin (F)	SKA Saint Petersburg	New Jersey
Ilya Kovalchuk (F)	SKA Saint Petersburg	Atlanta & New Jersey
Vadim Shipachyov (F)	SKA Saint Petersburg	Vegas
Sergei Shirokov (F)	SKA Saint Petersburg	Vancouver

 

United States

Wisniewski sure got about the league in his time.

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Chad Billins (D)	Linkopings	Calgary
Noah Welch (D)	Vaxjo Lakers	Pittsburgh, Florida, Tampa Bay & Atlanta
John McCarthy (F)	San Jose Barracuda	San Jose
Brian O’Neill (F)	Jokerit	New Jersey
Brian Gionta (F)	Free Agent	New Jersey, Montreal & Buffalo
Bobby Butler (F)	Milwaukee Admirals	Ottawa, New Jersey, Nashville & Florida
Chris Bourque (F)	Hershey Bears	Washington, Pittsburgh & Boston
Jim Slater (F)	HC Fribourg-Gotteron	Atlanta/Winnipeg
James Wisniewski (D)	Kassel Huskies	Chicago, Anaheim, New York Islanders, Montreal, Columbus & Carolina
Bobby Sanguinetti (D)	HC Lugano	New York Rangers & Carolina
Jonathon Blum (D)	Admiral Vladivostok	Nashville & Minnesota
Mark Arcobello (F)	SC Bern	Edmonton, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Arizona & Toronto
Chad Kolarik (F)	Adler Mannheim	Columbus & New York Rangers
Ryan Stoa (F)	HC Spartak Moscow	Colorado & Washington
Matt Gilroy (D)	Jokerit	New York Rangers, Tampa Bay, Ottawa & Florida

 

Group C

Germany

Fact-slam: every player on the German roster plays their hockey in Germany.

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Christian Ehrhoff (D)	Kolner Haie	San Jose, Vancouver, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles & Chicago
Timo Pielmeier (G)	ERC Ingolstadt	Anaheim
Marcel Goc (F)	Adler Mannheim	San Jose, Nashville, Florida, Pittsburgh & St. Louis
David Wolf (F)	Adler Mannheim	Calgary

 

Finland

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Mikko Koskinen (G)	SKA Saint Petersburg	New York Islanders
Karri Ramo (G)	Jokerit	Tampa Bay & Calgary
Lasse Kukkonen (D)	Karpat	Chicago & Philadelphia
Sami Lepisto (D)	Jokerit	Washington, Phoenix, Columbus & Chicago
Joonas Kemppainen (F)	Kajaani	Boston
Petri Kontiolan (F)	Seinajoki	Chicago
Mika Pyorala (F)	Oulu	Philadelphia
Oskar Osala (F)	Vaasa	Washington & Carolina
Teemu Hartikainen (F)	Kuopio	Edmonton

 

Norway

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Jonas Holos (D)	HC Fribourg-Gotteron	Colorado
Patrick Thoresen (C)	SKA Saint Petersburg	Edmonton & Philiadelphia

 

Sweden

After Russia and Canada, Sweden are expected to take at least a bronze medal. Staffan Kronwall is the younger brother of Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall.

Skater	Current Team	Former NHL Team(s)
Jhonas Enroth (G)	HC Dinamo Minsk	Buffalo, Dallas, Los Angeles & Toronto
Staffan Kronwall (D)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Toronto, Washington and Calgary
Joakim Lindstrom (C)	Skelleftea	Columbus, Phoenix, Colorado, St. Louis & Toronto
Dennis Everberg (F)	Avangard Omsk	Colorado
Joel Lundqvist (F)	Frolunda HC	Dallas
Viktor Stalberg (F)	EV Zug	Toronto, Chicago, Nashville, Carolina & Ottawa
Erik Gustafsson (D)	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Chicago
Viktor Fasth (G)	Vaxjo Lakers	Anaheim & Edmonton
Magnus Hellberg (G)	Kunlun Red Star	Nashville & New York Rangers
Oscar Moller (C)	Skelleftea	Los Angeles
Carl Klingberg (F)	EV Zug	Atlanta/Winnipeg
Anton Lander (F)	Ak Bars Kazan	Edmonton
Linus Omark (F)	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	Edmonton & Buffalo

Those are all the former NHLer’s hoping to win Olympic gold in South Korea. All rosters correct at time of writing. H/T to Hockey Reference for being invaluable.