England and Wales will face each other in the pool stages of the men's Hockey World Cup later this year. Both countries came through the recent World Cup qualifiers and will be joined in Pool D by arch rivals India and Pakistan.

World Cup of Hockey will be held February 2028. Tournament schedule will be released at a later time. World Cup of Hockey 2028 will be hosted in Europe in historic Prague, Czechia and in North America in the scenic province of Alberta (Calgary-Edmonton), Canada. Rosters will be announced closer to the tournament.

Team USA hockey star Jack Hughes wants his Olympic puck returned from the Hockey Hall of Fame, calling it "bulls---" it has it in the first place.

This in from the Edmonton Oilers, news that star forward Leon Draisaitl will be out for the rest of the regular season: “Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season after sustaining a lower-body injury in the first period of the team’s game versus Nashville on March 15.

The 4 Nations Face-Off was the first best-on-best tournament since the World Cup in 2016. Milan was the first Olympics with NHL players since Sochi in 2014. But now the NHL and NHLPA plan to have a regular schedule of best-on-best tournaments.