Blues general manager and president of hockey operations, named Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games
Blues general manager and president of hockey operations, named Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games
Blues general manager and president of hockey operations, Doug Armstrong will serve as general manager of Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and as management group lead for Canada’s National Men’s Team. He will oversee the appointment of management groups that will lead Team Canada at various events over the next two seasons.
Armstrong (59) won gold medals at the IIHF World Championship in 2007 (special assistant), 2016 (senior advisor), and 2023 (general manager), and silver in 2008 (assistant general manager) and 2009 (general manager).
His extensive experience includes being part of the Worlds staff in 2002 and 2013. His successful tenure as the general manager of the St. Louis Blues, where he also serves as president of hockey operations, winning the Stanley Cup in 2019 and the NHL GM of the Year Award in 2011-12.
He recently became the 11th NHL general manager to record 800 career wins and is the second-fastest to reach this milestone. He previously spent 16 years (1992-2008) with the Dallas Stars, winning the Stanley Cup as assistant general manager in 1999.
Armstrong will oversee Team Canada at the 2024 IIHF World Championship, 2025 NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, and 2025 IIHF World Championship, appointing and working with Canadian general managers and executives to help build Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team for the 2026 Olympics.
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