Hermantown's Pionk Invited to 2026 U.S. Olympic Hockey Camp

Hermantown's Neal Pionk Invited to U.S. Olympic Men's Hockey Orientation Camp

HERMANTOWN, Minn.- A Hermantown native will get the chance to impress the U.S. Men’s Olympic higher-ups later this month. Neal Pionk was one of 44 players invited to participate at the U.S. Olympic Orientation Camp. The camp is more so an administrative and team-building event and includes no formal on-ice activity or public component. Pionk just wrapped up his 8th season in the NHL. He had 39 points for the Jets last year. The camp takes place …

Hermantown native and UMD Bulldog Neal Pionk makes U.S. Olympic Orientation Camp

Pionk was invited to the U.S. Olympic Orientation Camp, where 44 NHL players spanning 24 different teams were invited.

Hermantown's Pionk invited to 2026 U.S. Olympic hockey camp

HERMANTOWN — Former Minnesota Duluth defenseman Neal Pionk of Hermantown is among the 44 players invited by USA Hockey to this month’s U.S. Men’s Olympic Orientation camp in preparation for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. One of 15 defensemen invited to the camp, Pionk is entering his ninth NHL season — and sixth with the Winnipeg Jets — in 2025-26 since leaving the Bulldogs following a sophomore year that culminated in a loss to Denver in th…

Seth Jones Invited to USA Olympic Hockey Camp

The Florida Panthers should have quite a few players playing in the upcoming winter Olympics including defenseman Seth Jones. On Tuesday, USA Hockey announced that Jones was one of 44 players invited to the U.S. Men’s Olympic Orientation Camp Aug. 26-27 in Plymouth, Mich. Even though there will be no on-ice training, Matthew Tkachuk will not attend due to injury — which leads to speculation that his offseason surgery is coming up. Tkachuk was al…

2 Wild Players Invited to USA's Olympic camp

While hockey is currently not happening and we are still a month away until NHL training camps even start, we do get a taste of what we are all salivating for in several months' time. The preparation for the 2026 Winter Olympics has officially started and on Tuesday, USA Hockey officially named t...

USA Hockey unveils its Olympic camp roster

USA Hockey has unveiled its preliminary 44 man Olympic training camp roster today.Check it out: Goaltenders: Joey Daccord, Connor Hellebuyck, Jake Oettinger, Jeremy SwaymanDefensemen: Brock Faber, Adam Fox, Luke Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Noah Hanifin, Seth Jones, Jackson LaCombe, Charlie McAvoy, Ryan McDonagh, Brett Pesce, Neal Pionk, Jake Sanderson, Brady Skjei, Jaccob Slavin, Alex Vlasic, Zach WerenskiForwards: Matt Boldy, Cole Caufield, Logan Coo…