USA Hockey announced 44 players will head to the U.S. men's Olympic orientation camp in Plymouth, Mich.

The camp, scheduled for Aug. 26 and 27, is mainly for administrative and team-building purposes and does not feature any formal on-ice activity or public component.

All but one of Team USA's players at the 4 Nations Face-Off will attend after finishing second in that tournament. Matthew Tkachuk will not attend, but a player does not have to be at the orientation camp to be on the final Olympic roster, USA Hockey said.

Tkachuk was already one of six players named to Team USA, with the others being Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, Brady Tkachuk, Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy.

Only five of the invitees have played in the Olympics before. Patrick Kane was at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics, while Ryan McDonagh was on the 2014 team. Brock Faber, Matthew Knies and Jake Sanderson were college hockey players on Team USA at the 2022 Olympics, which did not feature NHLers.

After the Americans won gold at the IIHF men's World Championship for the first time in 92 years, 12 players from that squad are part of the orientation camp as well. Goaltenders Joey Daccord and Jeremy Swayman are among that group, as well as Clayton Keller, Tage Thompson and Zach Werenski.

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The 44 invitees consist of 25 forwards, 15 defensemen and four goaltenders. Hockey Canada, meanwhile, invited 42 NHL players to its men's Olympic orientation camp, which included 26 forwards, 13 defenders and three goaltenders.

Here's the United States' full list of orientation camp participants.

Forwards

Matt Boldy

Cole Caufield

Logan Cooley

Kyle Connor

Jack Eichel

Conor Garland

Jake Guentzel

Jack Hughes

Patrick Kane

Clayton Keller

Matthew Knies

Chris Kreider

Dylan Larkin

Auston Matthews

J.T. Miller

Frank Nazar

Brock Nelson

Shane Pinto

Jason Robertson

Bryan Rust

Tage Thompson

Brady Tkachuk

Matthew Tkachuk

Vincent Trocheck

Alex Tuch

Defenders

Brock Faber

Adam Fox

Luke Hughes

Quinn Hughes

Noah Hanifin

Seth Jones

Jackson LaCombe

Charlie McAvoy

Brett Pesce

Neal Pionk

Jake Sanderson

Brady Skjei

Jaccob Slavin

Alex Vlasic

Zach Werenski

Goaltenders

Joey Daccord

Connor Hellebuyck

Jake Oettinger

Jeremy Swayman

The final American men's Olympic hockey roster is expected to be announced in early January 2026.

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