USA women’s hockey team roster: These are the players for the 2026 Winter Olympics
USA Hockey announced its 23-player roster on January 2, including 12 players making their Olympic debuts. Hilary Knight is eyeing a fifth Olympic medal.
After missing out on gold in Beijing four years ago, the United States women’s ice hockey team are keen to make amends this time around as Milan takes its turn to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Team USA’s Olympic veterans
Head coach John Wroblewski has taken a star-studded 23-player roster to Italy - a group which includes 20 skaters and three goaltenders. Among the big names are seasoned veterans Kendall Coyne Schofield and Lee Stecklein, who both have amassed three Olympic medals - as well as captain Hilary Knight, who is eyeing a fifth medal to add to the gold (2018) and three silver medals (2010, 2014, 2022) already in her collection .
A five-time Olympian, captain and competitor who finds another level when Team USA needs it most.
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) February 3, 2026
Read about captain Hilary Knight’s journey and pursuit for gold at the #WinterOlympics in Milan: https://t.co/zXBRPAEvqY pic.twitter.com/VBnsEt939U
Team USA head into the event as the reigning IIHF world champions, as the team that tops the world ranking and also as the big favorites alongside their neighbors and long-term rivals, Canada.
The United States and Canada are both in Group A, pitted with Switzerland, Czechia and Finland - the five top ranked teams. Wroblewski’s team begin their campaign against the Czechs on Thursday (10:40 a.m. ET - USA Network and Peacock), with their showdown against Canada, the final group game, set for Tuesday 10th.
Women's Ice Hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games
Group A games
- 5 February Team USA vs Czechia
- 7 February Team USA v Finland
- 9 February Switzerland vs Team USA
- 10 February Canada vs Team USA
Smiling because the team's first game at the #WinterOlympics is when? TOMORROW 🤩 pic.twitter.com/EUsksRpScP
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) February 4, 2026
Experience and youth
All of the five teams from Group A and the three teams that finish in the top positions in Group B will advance to the quarterfinals, which take place on 13 and 14 February.
USA Hockey announced the 23-player roster on January 2, with the inclusion of 12 players making their Olympic debuts. The roster is pretty much the same as the group that beat Canada to win the 2025 IIHF Women’s World Championship last April.
Goaltenders
- Aerin Frankel (Boston Fleet)
- Ava McNaughton (University of Wisconsin)
- Gwyneth Philips (Ottawa Charge)
Defense
- Carla Barnes (Seattle Torrent)
- Laila Edwards (University of Wisconsin)
- Rory Guilday (Ottawa Charge)
- Caroline Harvey (University of Wisconsin)
- Megan Keller (Boston Fleet)
- Lee Stecklein (Minnesota Frost)
- Haley Winn (Boston Fleet)
Forwards
- Hannah Bilka (Seattle Torrent)
- Alex Carpenter (Seattle Torrent)
- Britta Curl-Salemme (Minnesota Frost)
- Joy Dunne (Ohio State University)
- Taylor Heise (Minnesota Frost)
- Tessa Janecke (Penn State)
- Hilary Knight (Seattle Torrent)
- Abbey Murphy (University of Minnesota)
- Kelly Pannek (Minnesota Frost)
- Hayley Scamurra (Montreal Victoire)
- Kendall Coyne Schofield (Minnesota Frost)
- Kirsten Simms (University of Wisconsin)
- Grace Zumwinkle (Minnesota Frost)
US Women’s Ice Hockey Team GM Katie Million said: “Our staff has spent the past few months evaluating our incredible player pool and while the depth of the group makes these decisions incredibly hard, we are so excited for this team to compete in Milan. This team brings excitement, passion and pride, and will represent the United States proudly as they look to win gold come February.”
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