New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald has been selected to Team USA as the Assistant GM at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off and the 2026 Winter Olympics.
New Jersey Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald has been selected to Team USA as the Assistant GM at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off and the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The 4 Nations Face-Off is set for 2025 where USA, Canada, Finland and Sweden are set to compete. Fitzgerald will be working alongside former Devils forward Bill Guerin, who will serve as the General Manager. Chris Drury and Bill Zito will also join as Assistant General Managers.
They will have the challenge of icing the best team possible to win both tournaments. Team USA is likely to be headlined by Auston Matthews, Matthew Tkachuk, Quinn Hughes and current Devil Jack Hughes.
The Americans are widely considered one of the favourites, if the not the favourite to win both tournaments.
Fitzgerald spoke about the excitement and challenges the staff will face when putting together the roster.
"I think Bill Guerin put together a team that I think will challenge one another," Fitzgerald also shared about the opportunity. "It’ll be collaborative but (we’ll) push each other to make the right decisions, proper decisions, and support each other. That’s really what it’s all about and to put the best team on the ice that represents our country to the fullest."
Fitzgerald has represented the USA before, three times to be exact. Fitzgerald wore the Team USA jersey at the 1987 World Junior Championship, the 1989 Men’s World Championship and the 1991 Men’s World Championship as a player. He talked about what it feels like to represent your country.
"It’s an honor, it’s a privilege to be a part of this and to be asked,” Fitzgerald shared. “To represent your country any way (is special) ... I’m really looking forward to working with the staff and building this team. It’s such an honor, such a privilege to throw on the jersey, it means the world to you. You’re one of a very low-percentage that can say they’ve put the jersey on to represent their country. Now on this side of it, it’s still a thrill."
Both tournaments are highly anticipated. It's been ten years since the last time NHL players played at the Olympics and eight years since the last best-on-best tournament.
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