NHL players are officially allowed to participate in 2022 Beijing Olympics

The decision is official!

The NHL and NHLPA have reached an agreement with the International Ice Hockey Federation that will allow their players to participate in the men’s ice hockey tournament that will take place at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China from February 4-20, 2022.

“Just to be able to represent Canada at the Olympics and compete for a gold medal would be an absolute dream come true,” said Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid earlier this week.

“It’s kind of been a long time since we’ve been able to play best-on-best internationally. I think for me and I think for a lot of guys that were on that team, it’s been a long time coming. We’re obviously looking forward to going to the Olympics if we’re all lucky enough to make it.”

The NHL players last participated in the Olympics back in 2014 in Sochi, Russia. During that tournament, Team Canada easily cruised to a Gold Medal. They beat Sweden in the finals to capture the championship.