Devils' Jack Hughes Chosen to Unveil Team USA Rosters

New Jersey Devils' star center Jack Hughes will help unveil the Team's USA Men’s, Women’s & Paralympic Ice Hockey teams for the the upcoming 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics.

Per previous reporting from Breakaway On SI and an announcement from Team USA, the U.S. Olympic Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Teams — alongside the Olympic Sled Hockey Team — will be revealed live during the 8:00 a.m. EST hour of Jan. 2's show in New York City at approximately 8:25 a.m. EST. Show anchors will reveal the three rosters, before being joined by a member of each team to go into more detail on the Olympics and Paralympics as Team USA readies for Milan. Hughes has been selected for the men's team, while Laila Edwards and Declan Farmer will represent the women's team and Sled.

Fans of American ice hockey can tune in via TODAY on NBC or Peacock. 

Six players were previously named to the initial men's Team USA roster back in June, consisting of forwards Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, Brady Tkachuk, Matthew Tkachuk and defensemen Charlie McAvoy in addition to Jack's older brother of Qunn Hughes.

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Bill Guerin, who is also the president of hockey operations and general manager for the Minnesota Wild (Hughes's current team following a blockbuster trade), is serving as the general manager for U.S. Men's Olympic Ice Hockey Team at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games.