The Minnesota Wild is well represented at the 2026 Olympics in Italy. We will write many articles including current Wild players at the Olympics and some former players as well.

On Wednesday the Olympics started for hockey. In the opening game, Finland got upset by Slovakia thanks to Wild prospect Samuel Hlavaj.

Forward Joel Eriksson Ek won 14-of-20 face offs in Sweden's 5-2 win and Goaltender Filip Gustavsson made 20 saves.

Now it is USA's turn.

Matt Boldy, Quinn Hughes and Brock Faber will all be in action today.

Boldy is playing on a line with Jake Guentzel and Auston Matthews. Hughes is with Charlie McAvoy and Faber is with Jaccob Slavin.

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