The Italian Ice Sports Federation have announced six initial players proposed for its preliminary men’s ice hockey roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

They are: Damian Clara, Diego Kostner, Thomas Larkin, Daniel Mantenuto, Tommy Purdeller, and Luca Zanatta.

The announcement was made in cooperation with the International Ice Hockey Federation, the National Hockey League, the National Hockey League Players’ Association, and the International Olympic Committee.

As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Winter Games, athletes’ participation at Milano Cortina 2026 depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at the Games.

The men’s tournament at Milano Cortina 2026 is scheduled to take place from 11 to 22 February 2026. The competition will be held at two venues: Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, the main 14,000-capacity rink, as well as Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena with a capacity of 5,700.

Each of the 12 teams has been allocated into three groups of four. Canada, Czechia, Switzerland, and France play in Group A; Finland, Sweden, Slovakia, and hosts Italy are in Group B; while Group C features the United States, Germany, Latvia, and Denmark.

Complete rosters for each team will be announced in the early part of 2026.

Discover a history of the Swedish team at the Winter Olympics below, as well as the prior First 6 players named by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association, Finnish Ice Hockey Association and Latvia Hockey Federation.

As compared to previous weeks, there was a smaller number of official visitors in Happy Valley this past weekend, but there were still some notable players.

Overall, nine prospects took their official visit to the Nittany Lions this past weekend, including seven uncommitted targets and two Penn State commits.

Here’s a rundown on each player that was in State College.

Uncommitted visitors

247Sports composite 5-star interior offensive lineman Immanuel Iheanacho was the headliner of the weekend for Penn State. He’s the No. 8 player nationally, No. 1 interior offensive lineman and No. 2 player in Maryland.

Iheanacho recently announced his top-four programs — Oregon, LSU, Penn State and Auburn. He also said on X that he’ll be back in town for the White Out game.

Had ah great OV at PSU looking forward to being back at the whiteout game! #WeAre https://t.co/HZ7am0KBiI

— Immanuel Iheanacho ✭ (@immanueli24) June 15, 2025

Brian Bonner, a 4-star running back out of Valencia High School, made the cross-country trek to State College this weekend. He’s the No. 105 player nationally, No. 7 running back and No. 13 player in California.

Bonner announced a top five of Notre Dame, Washington, UCLA and Nebraska in addition to the Nittany Lions back in April.

Four-star tight end Brayden Fogle also visited Penn State after receiving an offer from the team on May 22. He’s the No. 163 player nationally, No. 10 tight end and No. 7 player in Ohio and has been on trips to Georgia and LSU recently.

It’s a six-school race to land 4-star offensive tackle Drew Evers: SMU, Ohio State, LSU, Texas A&M, Penn State and Oklahoma.

The Texas native out of Flower Mound High School is the No. 208 player nationally and No. 27 player in Texas, and he’s visited each of his finalists except for the Aggies so far.

After many defensive line prospects took their official visit to Penn State last week, another had one this weekend in 3-star T-Ron Richardson.

He comes in as the No. 83 defensive lineman and No. 17 player in Virginia. The Hopewell High School product is another recent player to receive a Penn State offer as he announced his on May 21.

Rounding out the list of uncommitted visitors was offensive tackle Charlie Thom, who recently picked up his offer from the Nittany Lions. He’s unranked in the 247Sports composite, but 247Sports rates him as the No. 74 offensive tackle and No. 5 player in Connecticut.

Thom also visited Boston College earlier this month.

Committed visitors

On top of the seven uncommitted visitors, two players that have already pledged to Penn State made the trip up to Happy Valley.

In-state 4-star linebacker Terry Wiggins, a teammate of 2027 priority target Maxwell Hiller at Coatesville Area High School, has been committed to the Nittany Lions since May 2. He’s the No. 24 linebacker and No. 9 player in Pennsylvania.

Three-star interior offensive lineman Benjamin Eziuka committed on June 3, marking the third offensive lineman in Penn State’s 2026 class. He’s the No. 11 player in Michigan.

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The Original Florida Pokers made up most of this year’s First-Team All-Conference Selections following two schools’ State Championship wins.

Bennett Gary and Drew Freeman were all part of the 2025 Pokers team and won a State Championship with Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Gary is a University of Miami signee and hit five home runs with 21 RBIs as the Eagles won their first straight title after going 31-2. Freeman is a University of Louisville signee and also made the First Team from MSD. He finished second on the team with 31 RBIs and hit two home runs.

Jake Rizzo is a member of the 2026 Pokers Team and was the MVP at this year’s State Championship. He is a Dayton commit and hit three home runs with 28 RBIs for the Eagles.

Manuel Sarcos recently committed to Miami Dade College and made the First Team. He hit .319 with two home runs, 10 doubles, and 23 RBIs. Adrian Bermudez was also selected and hit .348 with 15 RBIs and 27 runs scored.

Max Burzholz played high school baseball for North Broward Prep and led the team with a .500 batting average. He is signed with Bryant University and also had one home run, five doubles, two triples, 13 RBIs, and 28 runs scored. Eddy Marshall competed at Cardinal Gibbons High School and made the First Team after hitting .360 with 10 home runs and 25 35 RBIs.

The Second Team featured Breylynn Courtney, Thomas Giltner, Nick Diaz, Jonny Lopez, and Jack Rostock, while Mikey Ragusa, Blake Sundberg, Jaden Doverspike, and Julian Diaz all made the third team.

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Good morning, folks! And a Happy Father’s Day to all of the great dads across the Big Blue Nation. How did your old man like that multi-colored tie you got him? The design of tiny golf clubs was a nice addition this year. Now get that man in front of a TV with the US Open on — there’s a couch to be sat on this afternoon.

Not for Mark Pope, though. His Father’s Day celebration will have to wait just a bit longer. As of Saturday, he and a couple of his 2025-26 Wildcats — freshmen Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno — are in Colorado Springs for the 2025 USA Basketball Men’s U19 Training Camp. Held at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, the camp runs from June 14 through June 22. Johnson and Moreno were two of 32 players invited, but only 12 can make the finalized roster. Pope is serving as one of the camp’s assistant coaches, where he’ll not only work with his current Kentucky players but also have a chance to develop relationships with the several top-ranked high school recruits who are also competing.

KSR’s Jack Pilgrim is on the scene and will be providing regular updates throughout the day and the rest of his stay in Colorado. He’ll be dropping plenty of nuggets over on KSBoard. Send Jack some Happy Father’s Day messages, too.

EDMONTON, Alberta — Brad Marchand scored twice, Sam Bennett had his NHL playoff-leading 15th goal and the Florida Panthers moved to the verge of a second consecutive Stanley Cup title by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 in Game 5 on Saturday night.

The Panthers improved to 10-3 on the road this playoffs. They can hoist the Cup again as soon as Tuesday night if they win Game 6 on home ice in Sunrise.

Florida this time built a multigoal lead and built on it, unlike a couple of previous games in the final. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 19 of the 21 shots he faced, making some important saves when needed, and was aided by lockdown defense that took ice away from the Oilers.

Marchand, Bennett and Sam Reinhart provided the offense. Marchand joined Mario Lemieux as the only players in the past half-century to score five-plus goals in a final multiple times, and his 13 career goals in the final are the most among active players.

Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the series after the Oilers fell behind 3-0. Reinhart’s came 46 seconds later to restore the Panthers’ three-goal lead, and by the time Corey Perry scored with 3:13 left, it was too late.

Eetu Luostarinen sealed it with an empty-netter with 1:19 left, silencing the once fired-up crowd for a final time.

Edmonton’s power play went 0 for 3, a product of the Panthers’ aggressive penalty kill knocking McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the rest of the top unit out of their usual rhythm.

Calvin Pickard lost for the first time in eight starts this spring, allowing four goals on 18 shots. He got the nod over Stuart Skinner after entering in relief and winning Game 4 to improve to 7-0, a record that is now 7-1.

Skinner could be back in for Game 6, with the Panthers aiming to close things out following another cross-continental trip back to the other corner of North America. They are in this spot after bouncing back from blowing a three-goal lead and falling in overtime in Game 4, taking advantage of their depth to send the Oilers to the brink again.